Showing posts with label material. Show all posts
Showing posts with label material. Show all posts

Friday, 16 March 2012

Reverse Garbage

An oldie but a goodie (and a personal fave) - I have a soft spot in my heart for Reverse Garbage.

I would visit often whilst a Uni student finding bits to sew on my pants, or materials to use for model making and just to browse, sift and search through all things used and once treasured. Reverse Garbage is a non for profit organisation that sells, as they say: "high quality industrial discards".

This afternoon we were doing some toy rearrangement and sorting and I decided to make this garage (pictured) an outside toy... when I realised I've not posted before on Reverse Garbage! What an oversight... as it's one of my fave places!

We are due for another visit soon. Last time we went, we bought this garage for $5, a roll of white paper and some exfoliating mittens (which we are going to make into hand puppets soon). There is an ever changing array of wonderful things to be bought - from old magazines, paint, wooden stensils, soft fluffy things, all types of materials you can use as craft - and more and more and more... so go, go and GO!

Sunday, 4 December 2011

Bunting is up and it's all a-go-go!

We put the bunting up for the new bub today. This time I got my fabrics from a couple of places - the plain green from one of the many fabric shops at Marrickville Road shops and the orange foliage print from IKEA. Yes, I do like the IKEA fabrics... they have that scando feel, are often quite nature orientated, are a good thick 100% cotton weight and some of the prints are just gorgeous!


However, I have to confess to (and am very thankful for) my mother in law making the bunting for me this time. I was unable to squeeze in the sewing time as my usual routine of sewing late at night when everyone is in bed - just did not work with my pregnancy tiredness!