Blue Mountains Business Awards

Kara: Last Friday night I went to the Blue Mountains Business Awards at the York Fairmont Resort at Leura (very swish). I still can't believe it but I received 2 awards: New Business and Home-Based Business!

Receiving New Business Award from Phil Koperberg, MP.
(photo by Jessica Lindsay)

Receiving Home-Based Business Award from
Gold Medallist Swimmer, Duncan Armstrong.
(photo by Jessica Lindsay)

Then, this week, Freedom turned up with a lovely bunch of flowers to say congratulations! I've photographed them here with the awards... which I'm not sure what to do with. Perhaps bookends?

Wrapping up

Hello There,

Laughing Bird has been busy printing gift cards with wildflower prints and printing up tea towels which make fantastic recyclable wrapping paper..for those organized and in a pre Christmas - wrapping up mood already!

Leura Markets

                                                                     April & Freedom
                                                                  Kara & Freedom

We had so much fun setting up our stall at the 2 day Leura market festival. Such a great idea to do it all together. The weather was sunny & the people were friendly, everyone loved our work..

Leura Village Fair

Come and say hi to us at Leura Village Fair this weekend! Freedom and April are sharing a stall and Kara is next door. We are just outside of the Wayzgoose Café (nice and convenient for treats).

Bakelite Buttons

Katoomba boasts quite a few antique shops, Mr Pickwick's being one of them. I found some lovely bright buttons there recently, and used them on the dress below. The hexagonal buttons are 1940s casein, and the two toggles on the sleeves are bakelite, probably 1920s. The supplier, Button Bower, also has a stall in the Victory Theatre antique centre in Blackheath.

The dress is made of hand-dyed hemp silk.

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Squirrels clutch

This fab lil' clutch purse is made from original 60's recycled screenprint. I've sewn a big plastic white button on the front. Would look so cute with a summer frock!

More news: I have made it as finalist in the 4 categories I entered for Blue Mountains Business Awards. The categories are: Environmental Business, New Business, E Business, Home Based Business. I can't believe it and am so excited. Winners announced 17 October at Fairmont Resort where we have booked 2 tickets.

Kara

Creation's Doom

Just finished, a belt and detachable pocket made from hand-dyed hemp silk. The belt was quilted with images from a favourite book of mine, a Pictorial History of Science Fiction. I stitched Icarus falling to earth from a Durer woodcut, a few monsters and lightening bolts, and 'a city of the future' as imagined by a 1920s sci-fi artist. The pocket flap says "Creation's Doom, See inside", a phrase pinched from the cover of a 2 shilling sci-fi weekly.

I quilt with the image I've chosen propped up beside the sewing machine, so I guess it is stitch - sketching.

The belt is fastened with big siver press studs, and lined in black hemp silk. The pocket detaches to be a little clutch purse, also lined in black with a touch of turquoise round the opening.

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