Archive for November, 2006

Cascadia Wildlands Holiday Benefit Auction

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

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The auction is happening this Saturday, Dec. 2. I decided to offer a diaper bag this year. Someone should jump on it, it will probably go for a good price. The bidding has been open since the 20th, but the person arranging my donation only picked up the bag this tuesday.

I’m sorry, I haven’t been promoting these very well. People who saw them at the Babywearing Conference can tell you how cool they are, though. They are designed with cloth diapering and E.C. in mind.

Each bag comes with a special snap-in PUL lined wet bag, for diapers or wet clothes. As your kids get older, they are still useful for swimsuits, squished bananas, muddy socks, or anything else that you don’t want in your purse but have to carry home anyway.

There is also a removable small purse, just the right size for a wallet and a checkbook, so you don’t have to switch your cards around when you don’t want to carry the diaper bag.

The flap has a PUL-lined wipe pocket built in, great for packing your own cloth wipes, but large enough for paper ones too.

There’s also a cell phone or small camera pocket, a key clip, and a pocket on the outside for quick access.

If you’re interested and near Eugene, OR you should come to the auction. It is huge, Ring of Fire is catering, and there will be all kinds of good stuff for sale. For those of you too far away, they are offering absentee bidding. There is more information on their website, www.cascwild.org or you can email them at info@cascwild.org, or call 541-434-1463. They need to know your name, phone number, mailing address, item selection (call it “Mama By Design Diaper Bag”) and maximum bid amount. I told them retail $200, but you all know it was on sale for $160….

Simple Panels with Olive Canvas

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

People have been asking to see what these look like, so I thought I’d sew them in and show you. I took them outside trying to take advantage of the natural light. The sun was peeking in and out of the clouds, and the light kept changing. I realize that the olive appears to be a different color in each of these pictures! I think the best likeness is in the swan panel.

These are thumbnails, click on them and they get bigger. I kept the file nice and huge for everyone who has been asking me for larger pictures.

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Fish, Dragonflies, Swans and Reeds

The big surprise for me was how much I like the swan fabric in this application. I think this would be the one I would choose if I were ordering one of these carriers, which is really funny because when I made the sample panels in the first place, it was my least favorite of the batch. For me it would be a choice between the swans and the reeds, it’s hard to say. I like the fish too, but I tend to wear more warm colors. Oddly enough the dragonflies are my least favorite. I like that fabric as a background for the embroidery and maybe I’ve been looking at it as a blank canvas for too long to be able to appreciate it on its own merits. It does have that neat blue stripey pattern which looks a lot better in person than it does in my pictures.

Keep in mind that these are not finished carriers, so you are not seeing the topstitching for the leg and neck padding. I put the labels on, though, because I think they’re cute.

A nice picture

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

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I just like this one. It shows good strap placement although that one strap on the right needs to be flipped over and pulled down just slightly, it’s covering the pretty flower.