Daylesford Makers Market this Saturday

Are you looking for a crafty fun day out this Easter Weekend?
Then why not come and visit the Daylesford Makers Market - the weather forecast is for a perfect 20 degrees.

New Sunnies / Spec Pouches

There are going to be over 50 stalls chock full of handmade craftiness.

New Hairclips

I'll be selling all of my old favourites...

Plus lots of new things too....

Don't be shy, come and visit and say Hi!

A Wacing Car Twack

I whipped this one up quickly today for Moo Moo, and took it over to him thisafternoon. The best thing about making a second version of anything, is that you can modify the design to make the construction quicker and better.

I found a tiny bit of car fabric in the stash.... only enough for the top pockets, so I had to substitute some green and blue spots for the bottom pockets.

Moo Moo was very excited, and was finding it very difficult to close his eyes and put out his hands (something that myself and all my siblings were taught as kids.... passed on to the next generation - scary) to wait for the big suprise!

He even gave his daddy a quick demonstration of how it worked when he arrived home from work.... except that he got a bit confused and was trying to roll it longways!

Predictable

Predictions.... they can come true.

Nikki Cardigan predicted that Moo Moo would want one too. I got a phone call at 8PM Monday night.... and a little voice on the other end said "Hello Cam, can you please make me a car roll up too?".

How could I say no?

So this mornings job is to search the stash for some cute boy friendly fabrics.

In other boy news, I received a very nice email from Spotlight Customer Service on Monday. Although my local store currently has nothing in stock for boys, I'm assured that they do have three new ranges which are being released in early April. There's one named Bot Camp (think robots) which looks pretty cute. I appreciated their very quick response.

Sometimes my budget just can't stretch to expensive designer fabrics, and I need something cheap and cheerful to fall back on (especially when it comes to birthday pressies for three year olds)!

The reason for the BOY fabric

So after my complete waste of time trip to Spotlight* yesterday, I came home and searched through the stash instead.

I couldn't find any car fabric, but I did find an offcut of this cute little heavy machinery fabric... plus the stripey fabric for the binding, some navy cotton drill, and blue felt.

....so I set about making a birthday pressie, loosely based on this tutorial.

There are eight little pockets for Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars, and you can fold the flap over.....

....and roll it up. Perfect for a bit of play on the run.

I decided to use velcro for the closure as the birthday boy is a bit too young to be tying things up just yet.




* I have sent a complaint email to Spotlight to find out what is going on.

** Message to Moo Moo - don't worry - Aunty CurlyPops will not be including your hot wheels cars with the pressie. They're all heading back to your toy box!