My Creative Space...

This week we are starting preparations for the Kustom Kraft market on May 23rd. It will only be the third market that we have done and we thought that it was time to spruce up the stall a bit.

First up some red and black felt bunting for along the front of the table.

Ironing bias binding, the epitome of excitement and burnt fingers

Pinned up and ready for sewing

Even though we predominantly sell fabric and buttons at our stall it is always nice to round things out with a few handmade items.

Some Voodoo Rabbit skins ready for Cloud to put together this weekend
(told you I would be cracking the whip)

Don't forget to check out Kirsty's blog for some more creative spaces.

Ky

Redlands Quilt Extravaganza 2013

The Redland Quilt Extravaganza was held last weekend and we were lucky enough to be invited to be vendors again. I thought that I would do a real quick overview, sorry for the bad iPhone photos. Also I didn't get a chance to photograph any of the quilts as I couldn't leave the stand for too long.

We decided to trial having bolts of fabric and cutting on the stand which is something we haven't done since we could fit all of our fabrics in one car :) It seemed to work out well, we are hoping to do something similar at the upcoming Craft and Quilt Fair in October.

Market display setup isn't really my forte but hopefully it didn't look too bad. The big sellers of the weekend were the Quilting News Fabric (sold out), Ladies Diary Fashion Plates (sold out) and the Sew Retro Montage and Notions fabrics (still available).  The transportation bunting kits, sample hanging around the table, was also popular.

The Quilt Extravaganza is a community event so there are always displays from a number of the craft guilds including Queensland Quilters, Australian Sewing Guild, Embroiderers Guild and the Lacemakers Guild.

Here is the quilt that I didn't win in the raffle *sigh*. Maybe next time :)

Here is a pic of the one other quilt that I photographed at the Redlands Quilt Extravaganza, for some reason it kept grabbing my attention :) It was sewn up by a lady in her 80s and if you look really close at the bottom right panel you can see a piece of Black Echino Spider and Web Lace from Kokka.

Our favourite vendor is JoyPatch, Joy is the loveliest person you could ever meet and has been our neighbour for the last two Quilt Extravaganza's. Sunday morning was a bit quiet so I decided to try my hand at English paper piecing. I had been watching Joy working on her pieces over the weekend and she was kind enough to give me a quick lesson.

This is as far as I got, I have no idea what to do with it now. I'm open to suggestion?

There were a few other vendors including Wayne Achilles Wood Turning, he specialises in hand turning sewing and craft accessories which were pretty nifty. CherraBella Buttons who hand-makes very cute porcelain buttons, I was extremely jealous of her black and pink display stand. Bayside Stitchcraft and Melanie Screech Hand Craft were also present, sorry my photos were blurry of these two.

The Quilt Extravaganza is moving to a bi-yearly event so hopefully we will see everyone again in 2015.

- Ky

Craft and Sewing Show: Brisbane 2012

Voodoo Rabbit will be at the Craft & Sewing Show March 22 - 25, 2012 at the Brisbane Exhibition Centre, South Bank. We will be teaming up with the lovely Pauline from Funky Friends Factory for the Show.

The show is going to be huge so make sure you see us at Stand D18 for the best selection of alternative, goth, rockabilly and kawaii fabrics in Brisbane.

• Alexander Henry: All the favourites! Skulls & Roses, Las Senoritas, Skullduggery, Contigo, The Ghastlies and Pin Ups!
• Kokka: Latest Ruby Star range from Melody Miller, Echino, Bi-Planes & Cars
• Cosmo Textiles: Alice in Wonderland and the most kawaii fabrics ever -  Floral Piggies & Forest Panda
• You Sew Girl: A-Line Skirt, Hat, Bag Patterns, Purse Kits and hardware
• Funky Friends Factory: Pauline will have her range of toy patterns. Ozzie the Octopus & The Laid Back Owl patterns will be available at the Show for the first time.
• Voodoo Rabbit: Bunny Goth Bunting Kits, Lolita Apron Patterns and two brand new baby cube kits - Beep Beep and Toy Box.

We have a mountain of cutting and preparation to do, so we are closing the showroom from Friday 16 March and re-opening on Tuesday 27 March. We will still be taking online orders up to and during the Show (www.voodoorabbit.com.au) but orders placed after March 20 won't be posted until March 27 at the earliest. 

We look forward to seeing you at the Show!

Ky and Cloud

Bulimba Festival on Sunday

Voodoo Rabbit will be at the Bulimba Festival this Sunday. You can find us between Cambridge and Jameson Streets just up from Riverbend book shop and the K Rudd tent (see map below). Entertainment will include Mental as Anything', and 'Ross Wilson' from Daddy Cool with other acts including local Brisbane band Prefontaine (Nee Wayward Gentleman), The Frets and Russ Walker duo.

When:
28th August 2011

Time:
10am - 4pm

Where:
Oxford Street Bulimba

What:
We will have fat qtrs of all of our commercial fabrics as well as a selection of Voodoo Rabbit original design fabrics, kits, buttons and handmade goods.

Payment:
We except payment via EFTPOS and cash at all of our market stalls.


If you would like us to bring meterage of any of our fabrics for you to pick up at the markets please contact us at sales@voodoorabbit.com.au. We will be more than happy to bring your order along with us.

- Ky

BrisStyle Indie Designer Markets

The Bristyle Indie Designer Markets will held next Saturday in Hamilton, Brisbane. Once again we will be sharing a stall with Pauline from Funky Friends Factory.

Pauline will have a bunch of her awesome Funky Friends patterns and kits and we will have Original Design Voodoo Rabbit fabric, Voodoo Rabbit sewing kits, dyed buttons and a selection of handmade items. Our stall is going to located outside in the church grounds (see map below), here's hoping the weather co-operates.

The market will also feature local emerging and established artists, crafters and designers from Queensland's South East who specialise in producing quality handmade goods including handbags, sweet art, jewellery, children's wear and vintage re-creations.

Where: St Augustine's Church Hall and grounds, Racecourse Road, Hamilton
When: Saturday July 9, 2011. 9am-2pm
Website: http://www.bris-style.com/page/indie-designers-market/

 - Ky and Cloud

BrisStyle Twilight Markets

We arrived back in Brisbane yesterday after our mammoth Japanese shopping trip but there is to be no rest for the wicked!  You can find us at the Brisbane Indie Twilight Markets (BiTM) tonight in King George Square.

It looks like to weather is going to co-operate this time, so it should be a lovely night out under the stars.

Once again we will be sharing a stall with Pauline from Funky Friends Factory and in the stalls around us you will find Hungry Designs, Pannikin, Feybles Nel and Catamation. We are tucked away right up the back of King George Square on the Anne Street side (see the map below).

Pauline will have a bunch of her awesome Funky Friends patterns and kits and we will have Original Design Voodoo Rabbit fabric, dyed buttons and a selection of handmade items. 


Where: King George Square (in front of city hall)
When: 5 - 9pm Friday 27th April 2011

- Ky and Cloud

Travelling Bunnies - Kyoto Day Trip (Day 4)

On Saturday we went to Kyoto for the day. It takes about a half hour from Osaka on the Special Rapid train and is really cheap (only 530 yen each way). On the 21st of each month there is a huge outdoor market in the grounds of Toji Temple.

Japanese couple in traditional dress kindly posed for a photo

The market was very crowded and hot

We walked to get to the market. It was a super humid day in Kyoto so we were extremely hot bunnies! The market was big, loud & colourful. On offer were ceramics, second hand kimonos and yukata, fresh octopus, tea, mystery foods on sticks, and a mixture of second hand goods (a bit like a trash and treasure / flea market set up).

Octopus

There was so much to buy but we restrained ourselves - we need to keep our baggage allowance free for fabric. We walked back to the station for lunch and air-con.

Kyoto Station itself is a popular landmark - the roof is amazing. According to Wikipedia it is "Japan's second-largest train station building and is one of the country's largest buildings. It includes a shopping mall, hotel, movie theatre, department store and more under the 15 storey roof. Photos of the roof just do not do it justice, nor do they impart the scale of the place - it really is a place to see to believe. There used to be a cool Tezuka (creator of Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion) museum shop at the train station but we were very disapointed to discover that it closed earlier this year.

Kyoto train station

After lunch we jumped on a bus to our favourite fabric shop in Kyoto - Nomura Tailor for a spot of fabric shopping. Cloud's feet by this stage were swollen up to the point that her ankle bones couldn't be seen anymore - they had moved beyond 'cankles' to 'thankles' (ie: swollen up to become part of her thighs :P). Time to head home!

~ Ky & Cloud

My Creative Space

This week we have been transforming boring colourless buttons into new and awesome ones by dying them. They look so pretty, just like lollies, mmm lollies....

We will have packets of dyed buttons available at the BiTM tomorrow night in King George Square, we hope to see you there:)

For more creative spaces head over to Kootoyoo.

- Ky

BiTM this Friday...

If you haven't got any plans for Friday night then pop on down to King George sqaure and visit the Brisbane Indie Twilight Markets (BiTM). Voodoo Rabbit will be there and as an extra incentive we will be sharing a stall with Pauline from Funky Friends Factory!


Pauline will have a bunch of her awesome Funky Friends patterns and kits and we will have Original Design Voodoo Rabbit fabric, dyed buttons and a selection of handmade items.

Where: King George Square (in front of city hall)
When: 5 - 9pm Friday 29th April 2011

- Ky

April Market Update

A quick update to let you know that you can find Voodoo Rabbit at the following market/s.

Marky Markets 

When:
Sunday 17th April, 11am - 5pm

Where:
The Hi-Fi Bar, 125 Boundary St, West End

BrisStyle Indie Twilight Market (BiTM)

When:
Friday 29th April, 5pm - 9pm

Where:
King George Square, Brisbane City

March Market

This month you will find Voodoo Rabbit at the 9th Annual Logan Tattoo and Art Exhibition on the Saturday the 19th March. The exhibition will be held at the Acacia Ridge Hotel, 1386 Beaudesert Rd Acacia Ridge.

We will have a selection of fabric from Alexander Henry, Michael Miller, Kokka, Lecien, Voodoo Rabbit originals and more. We will also have a number of handmade toys, bags, badges and hand dyed buttons.

Don't forget that you can also find us every week at Coorparoo Market, Upper Level, Cnr Old Cleveland Rd and Cavendish Rd, Coorparoo, Brisbane. Thursday - Sunday from 7am to 3pm.

- Ky

BiTM this Friday Night

If you are in Brisbane and can make it into King George Square in the City this Friday night stop by and visit the BiTM from 5pm - 9pm.

Cloud and I will both be part of the co-op stall and we will have a selection of our handmade products and Voodoo Rabbit original design fabrics.

Who's going to stop by and say hi.

- Ky

Feb 2011 Markets

In addition to our Coorparoo Market store you will be able to find Voodoo Rabbit at the following markets this month.

First up will be Marky Markets
When: Sunday 20th Feb
Where: Hi-Fi Bar, 125 Boundary St, West End
Time: 11am - 5pm
What: handmade items and cut fabric (commercial and Voodoo Rabbit originals)

We are also pleased to announce that we will be attending our first BrisStyle Indie Twilight Market
When: Friday 25th Feb
Where: King George Square, Brisbane City
Time: 5pm - 9pm
What: handmade items and Voodoo Rabbit original fabric

- Ky and Cloud

Fabric Fiday: Bunny Goth

The first of our Bunny Goth range has arrived and is available online and in our Coorparoo Markets store.

Bunny Goth in Graveyard Grey and Ghostly Grey

Bunny Goth - Scatter Spot

Bunny Goth - Pinstripe Bones Ghostly White

Bunny Goth - Stripe Graveyard Grey

Pink range to follow in January.

- Ky

My Creative Space

Last week I made up a couple of cushion covers for a custom order.

The fabrics chosen were Green Echino Glasses by Kokka (pictured above) and Domestic Diva Utensil Damask Red (which I forgot to photograph).

The Echino cotton/linen fabric was such a joy to sew with that I decided that we needed to make more cushions to sell at the Marky Markets last Sunday.

Pink Glasses

Black Glasses

Purple Camera

Blue Camera

Unfortunately none of them sold at the market but they will all be available from our Coorparoo store from tomorrow.

We also made up a heap of 25mm fabric covered badges. We have used a variety of commercial and Voodoo Rabbit original fabrics and have covered the fabric with Matte Heat n Bond Iron-on Vinyl to help stop the fabric warping when it goes through the badge press.

For more creative spaces head over to Kristy's.

- Ky

My Creative Space

Lots of sewing has actually been happening here at Voodoo Rabbit : )  This week we have been making up samples of some new Funky Friends Factory patterns that we are stocking in our Coorparoo Store. All of these patterns are designed by the very talented Pauline, a Brisbane local.

Stu the Sea Turtle
- Shellburne Circus Wheels Black by Windham (shell and beak)
- Shellburne Circus Flags Black by Windham (head and flippers)
- Ta Dot Black by Michael Miller (tummy and sides)
We found that this pattern went together quite easily, the trickiest bit is sewing the curves but as long as you go along slowly it isn't too hard. We used 3 fabrics but he could easily be made up in just two if you make his tummy out of the same fabric as the shell and his sides out of the same fabric as the head.

Heather Hippo
- Apple Dot Autum by Sandi Henderson for Micheal Miller (main body)
- Early Bird Yellow Crosshatch by Cosmo Cricket for Andover Fabrics (tummy, ears and feet)
This pattern was a bit trickier, as soon as you introduce gussets, foot pads and snouts the difficulty level increases. The result in well worth the effort though.

Prince Charming
- Send in the Crowns Plum by Micheal Miller (main body)
- Small Leaves Black by STOF (tummy)
This is probably the easiest of the 4 patterns so far. There are only 2 main pattern pieces plus the eyes and crown. Once again as long as you sew slowly around the curves you shouldn't run into too many problems. The pattern suggests using plastic pallets in the feet but we found that this didn't look very good since we used cotton fabric (would be fine in fleece) so we have just used poly fill.

Artie Aardvark
- Early Bird Geometric Floral by Cosmo Cricket for Andover Fabrics (main body)
- Early Bird Yellow Crosshatch by Cosmo Cricket for Andover Fabrics (tummy, ears and feet)
The aardvark would be on par with the hippo in regards to difficulty level, the snout is a bit trickier and we recommend sewing it in by hand as there just isn't enough space to get you machine in.

We still have a platypus and lion pattern to make samples up so stay tuned. I have also just found a tutorial on Pauline's blog on how to sew in the perfect foot pads, which I will be following dilegently next time I need to sew a footpad in.

For more Creative Spaces head over to Kirsty's.

- Ky