Gorgeously Flouncy Vintage Fabric

These Darling items of clothing, the Little Miss Mabel Sweetie Skirt - Size 5, a splendidly spiffy twirling skirt for your giggling little one to spin around in and the Wide Leg Cullottes - Size 2,easy to run around in with plenty of room for movement are made with gorgeously floral soft cotton fabric from a vintage tablecloth that was found in perfect condition and upcycled denim. This skirt is knee-lenght and features a fabulous denim flower brooch and you will love the lace trim detail found on the little pocket attached to the pants with 2 funky orange buttons. The pants hemline hits approximately mid calf. Both items of clothing are perfect for all types of weather as they can be worn with just a t-shirt or layered in cooler weather. Both one of a kind and available for sale at Pinna4Piper.etsy.com

PINNA 4 PIPER RETURNS

I am so happy to announce that a beautiful, relaxing sea change has my creative juices flowing again. I have re-opened my Etsy store and endeavour to fill it with unique designs using only the best vintage and upcycled materials. I look forward to sharing the journey of fabulous vintage, secondhand finds that I transform into one of a kind articles of clothing for hip and stylish little cherubs with everyone through this blog. No sweatshops, no mass production, no underpaid workers, no poor conditions, just me and my sewing machine and overlocker in my family home that overlooks the beautiful Eastern Australian coastline in the most awesome Northern Rivers. How lucky can one be!!

SALE SALE SALE

Everyone loves a sale and a good quality one at that!! I am currently having a sale through my etsy store pinna4piper.etsy.com. Everything has been drastically reduced to prices I'm not even sure cover the cost of fabrics let alone the time spent creating but I am feeling generous. The more you give the more you recieve lovelies!!!!! There are a couple of items that are in the $30 USD range but mostly everything is $25 USD and under. Postage has also been slashed to bare minimum so there are no nasty surprises here.
EXAMPLES OF SALE : These gorgeous shorts and bloomers, both made with beautiful quality japanese fabrics, were $30 USD now only $15 USD. A sweet little vintage fabric dress and bloomers set was $30 USD now $18 USD. I am not sure how long the sale will last so go ahead and check it out and maybe pick up a bargain or 2 while you're there.

SCREAMING VINTAGE, SCREAMING 70'S

I just love these 2 skirts. For one the fabrics are fabulously vintage and for two the actual pattern is a vintage as well. Both size 3 and available to buy through my ETSY STORE. . And there is nothing much else that I can say because the skirts speak for themselves, or should I say scream!!

NEW TO MONKEYTAIL & WELLINGTON

There are 2 very cute, very funky little PINNA 4 PIPER pinny's heading to Monkeytail & Wellington very soon and I just wanted to share them with you.
One is made with an adorable fairytale piece of japanese cotton fabric and the other is made with a fabulous vintage piece that screams 1970's at you.
They will both retail for $ 60 AUD and are size 5 and size 6 one of a kinds so first in best dressed!!

NEW TO HANDMADE HEAVEN

This week I sent off some new PINNA 4 PIPER stock to the Lovely Liesa at HANDMADE HEAVEN in Ipswich, Queensland!
Here is a sneak peak at some of that stock which are all priced at a very low $18 each, a small price to pay for a little individuality, ENJOY!!

CUTE LITTLE PINNY

Hope everyone had a lovely and safe Easter. I just wanted to share with you all a pinny that I have made with the most fabulous japanese fabric and absolutely adore. It is on it's way to online store KAWAII KIDS, so look out for it because it's a one of a kind and I also think it is a must have Size 5 Pinny.

ARTSHUSHUS

Well Yesterday I was lucky enough to be featured by the lovely Violet at Artshushus. It is a must to check out Violets beautiful BLOG that features all sorts of diviness including her own fantastic art and while you read through this gorgeous blog you will be treated to some lovely easy listening music. Violet also has 2 lovely ETSY shops as well, ARTSHUSHUS and PARISACCENT. Make sure you drop on in to enjoy the lovliness.
Have a great weekend!

VINTAGE POP

I came across this most lovely fabric a couple of weeks ago when I was searching for freshness. It is called VINTAGE POP and is designed by SHONA FARR designs in Brisbane, Australia.
The quality is divine, the print is divine, the rich redness is divine!!! I made this gorgeous little smock dress with it, teaming it with just some plain rich ruby red cotton, that I wanted to share with you all!
It is available for sale right now in my ETSY STORE, PINNA 4 PIPER, and has also been featured in an article at KIDindependent. Very exciting!!!! I just love my day ( and night ) job!

VINTAGE FABULOUS

I am so excited to share with you all my fabulous vintage find and what it has transformed into so far! Browsing through ebay the other ( well I was just supposed to be browsing, I tried I really did, woops lucky my husband doesn't read my blog, ) and I came across the most delightfully bright, fun and funky vintage childrens curtains. The price tag was a little steep ( O.K a lot steep for my "browsing" budget) but I knew I just had to have them. The possibilities of what I could do with this fabric were endless! So yes I clicked on the BUY button and yes when they arrived I hid them from my husband ( or at least the receipt ) and yes I started sewing madly! And here are 2 of the reproductions so far, I hope you enjoy! For more details and pictures click on the following link, PINNA 4 PIPER, and it will take you to my Etsy store where both these items are available to purchase. Have a lovely weekend everyone.

A FEW MORE WINTER ITEMS

Just introducing to you all a few more of my Autumn/Winter designs. You can see more detailed descriptions and pictures in my Etsy Store, PINNA 4 PIPER .

ONCE A PILLOWCASE

I just wanted to quickly share with you all my latest upcycle.
This pillowcase caught my eye because of the sweetness of the colourings and prints plus the quality of the cotton( it obviously was part of a doona cover set ).
Now it's an adorable little romper suit , a vintage pattern at that!!
Now that's what I call upcycling, recycling , ethical and eco- friendly, wouldn't you agree!
To check out more pics and detail visit my ETSY STORE!

MY 2 NEW FAVOURITE VINTAGE DESIGNS

I went a treasure hunting the other day and stumbled across this brilliant vintage childrens bedroom ( I am assuming ) curtain. In fact I haven't been for a while and to my surprise I stumbled across many a treasure.

But this curtain being my favourite, my mind started ticking over at the possibilities.

Once home and washed the curtain was ready to transform.

And transform it did, into 2 garments in fact. 1 a gorgeous 100% twirlable skirt for a little cherub who is a size 2 and the other a fabo dress top. If you would like to see more detailed pics and info. visit my pinna4piper.etsy.com to check them out.

Enjoy!!

HANDMADE HEAVEN - PINNA 4 PIPERS LATEST STOCKISTS

A unique collection of Pinna 4 Piper ( some outfits pictured in this post) now have a new home at HANDMADE HEAVEN , located at SHOP #11, The OLd Flour Mill, 231 Brisbane St, Ipswich, Queensland.

You can also check out Liesa's lovely Handmade Heaven blog where you can see what else this beautifully unique shop has to offer.

Thanks a bunch Liesa, I look forward to a long and prosperous working relationship!!

I will post more pictures of what is available at Handmade Heaven soon.......

WINTER 2010 ON ITS WAY

Well It's official, I am hopeless at keeping up with regular blogging!!!

My aim for 2010 is to keep it more frequent, so here goes......

I have started on my 2010 WINTER COLLECTION. I know , I know it's still blooming hot.

Anyhow it's full of one of a kind ( as always ) designs that involve denim flares, denim culottes , knicker bockers , pinnafores , overalls and much much more.

The pictures I have included with this post are a little sneak peak but if you want to know more visit my ETSY STORE regularly to keep updated.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!