tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89390065491746765902024-03-15T00:22:44.349+11:00Made By BronwynBronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-71910646635339804642019-07-03T13:37:00.001+10:002019-07-03T13:39:07.187+10:00Deep Art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I love finding online programmes that can turn things into art - and are great time wasters! I've mentioned <a href="http://www.tagxedo.com/" target="_blank">Tagxedo</a> <a href="http://madebybronwyn.blogspot.com/2014/01/do-you-know-tagxedo.html" target="_blank">before</a>; now I've found <a href="https://deepart.io/#" target="_blank">DeepArt</a> - "Repaint your picture in the style of your favourite artist."<br />
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Here I mashed a silhouette of a Dalek with a simple floral design. "Pollinate! Pollinate" (Doctor Who in-joke.)<br />
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-69784044788774169162019-06-25T17:09:00.000+10:002019-06-28T15:59:37.077+10:00Fundraising with full colour tea towels<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Naturally for every hole in the market there's a provider. You may have seen this sort of tea towel fundraiser from a school:<br />
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They are lovely, but they are one colour only and the middleman takes their cut, lowering your fundraising take.<br />
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In the era of online, on-demand full colour printing, povided by companies such as <a href="https://www.spoonflower.com/" target="_blank">Spoonflower</a> in the US and Europe (also available via Etsy and Amazon) and <a href="https://nextstateprint.com/" target="_blank">Next State</a> in Australia it's now easy to create your own. With a bit of effort in uploading a design, cutting, ironing and sewing, we made almost $10 per tea towel - selling 80 tea towels, that's almost $800 raised.<br />
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It was my son's school's 95th Anniversary. We had a number of colours and design elements from the school we could work with, and this design was arrived at: (I love tea towel designs that have elements that read right-way-up when folded over.)<br />
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As I'm in Australia, I used Next State Print to print 4 tea towels per metre of fabric. This is printed on Next State's "Soho" fabric - a cotton linen mix, price at the time of writing at $34 a metre, so each tea towel was 8.50, raw (the cost of postage also has to be factored in). Next State Print staff will assist in layout if necessary. I designed the tea towel with a border to assist with cutting and sewing, and cleared the dining room table for a workspace:<br />
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The border assisted in hemming - after cutting, each tea towel had to have the hem allowance turned under, then sewn. I made lengths of tape with the offcuts of the selvedge to create hanging strips, sewn into the corners.<br />
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In this case I did the majority of the cutting, ironing and sewing, but this part of the process could be shared out amongst your fundraising committee. I also employed a local sew-er to sew the hems of some when I ran out of time - that worked out at about $1.30 per tea towel.<br />
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The best part of this fundraiser is that you can do it with little risk of left over stock - often a major issue with producing merchandise. We made a sample batch and sold them at a fete - then took orders for more, and only had printed the number that we required.<br />
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All up, the cost of printing, postage and hemming amounted to about $10 per tea towel. We sold them for $20 - not an unreasonable price for a fundraising tea towel, so made almost $10 profit per tea towel.<br />
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-1872410607898640012019-02-15T17:35:00.000+11:002019-06-25T18:20:55.527+10:00Sparkles on jewels<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A silk / cotton voile from <a href="https://www.potterandco.com.au/" target="_blank">Potter Textiles</a> in Perth turned into a self-drafted loose peasant top, with sequin embroidery as I didn't think it had enough bling!<br />
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-398040828321056792018-08-12T19:49:00.000+10:002018-08-12T19:49:10.279+10:00Stranger Things birthday card<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I googled "pop up flower card" and followed the instructions to create 7 flowers for the most common flower pop-up card you will find on the net. I printed a A4 page of a "Stranger Things" wallpaper for most of the "flowers" but created an 8-petal flower using Photoshop and this image to create the "petals" for the demogorgon:<br />
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The pop up 7-flower cards use an 8-petalled flower from which one petal is removed, and then two petals are overlapped, resulting in a 6-petalled flower. So my demogorgon ended up with 6 "petals" (flanges?) instead of the 5 as pictured. But who's counting?<br />
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The other 6 flowers I cut from the Stranger Things wallpaper.<br />
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If you make each flower from a 3 inch square, the whole "pop up" arrangement will fit in a traditionally sized greeting card - 4 x 6 inches (A6 envelope size). BUT make your demogorgon from a 4 x 4 inch square so it standout out more.<br />
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-5001520250816561732018-06-24T19:07:00.000+10:002019-06-25T19:09:28.063+10:00Designer Dalek<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My mind went here: (It's a Dalek, one of the Doctor's<br />
mortal enemies from the television series.)<br />
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All I needed was some styrofoam balls and some matching fabric (I found some girls' leggings in Zara which fit the bill:</div>
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I attached the "bumps" with sticky velcro dots, thinking I could peel them off and use the dress in its natural state. Unsuccessfully, unfortunately.<br />
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-869949579207299942017-11-27T18:45:00.001+11:002017-11-27T18:45:39.366+11:00Winter sewing finished - another Missoni jacket<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Years ago I made an <a href="http://madebybronwyn.blogspot.com.au/2009/10/purple-missoni-cropped-cardigan.html" target="_blank">unstructured jacked from Missoni</a> woollen fabric from <a href="https://www.tessuti-shop.com/" target="_blank">Tessuti Fabrics</a> in Sydney Australia. And years ago I bought more fabric to make another one. Earlier this year I started sewing, and sewing, and sewing (with a bit of unpicking thrown in too!) and, just in time for the Australian summer, I finished it:<br />
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It's a self-drafted pattern, and should be easy as there's little hemming - the bottom edge f the jacket is the raw edge of the fabric, and the front edges, neckline and arms are all bound with f<a href="https://www.tessuti-shop.com/collections/binding/products/wine-red-wool-binding" target="_blank">oldover woollen binding tape</a>, also from Tessuti Fabrics in Sydney.</div>
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Thank you to my friend Megan of <a href="http://www.meggipeg.com/" target="_blank">Meggipeg</a> who photographed it for me.</div>
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Yeah, so? Well, the last handbag I bought in Barcelona. I was last in Barcelona in 2006. Not that I had been using the handbag for 10+ years - I had to wear out the handbag that came before Barcelona bag. (Where exactly was Barcelona bag bought? Not sure - but somewhere on this map (we had dinner at Taller de Tapas when we bought it; if I'd known I'd want to blog about it over a decade later I would have kept better notes!):<br />
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But Barcelona Bag was becoming an embarrassment and had to go. But only when I found the right one. And it was right under my nose - in a <a href="http://www.desabags.com.au/page/contact_us.html" target="_blank">shop in Sydney</a> next to the suburb where I used to live. I owe Sarah for telling me to go in and have a look.<br />
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And it is my favourite colour (note matching shoe)!<br />
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And luck it was, as I was set on getting a bag that had at least 2 internal pockets (in addition to zip pockets and a phone pocket. And it didn't. But that was soon fixed. I made a handbag insert:<br />
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The fabric was purchased to mimic heavy duty canvas for an apron for my son's role as a coal carrier in the school musical (right), and has a synthetic canvas on one side and black felt on the other. It's thick enough to stand by itself.<br />
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I traced around the bottom of the bag for a pattern for the insert, then simply cut rectangles the height of the bag, and sewed them together with a zig zag stitch to create an insert with 3 compartments. I bound the top of the insert with bias binding (still using my grandmother's stash, last seen in <a href="http://madebybronwyn.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/poppy-skirt.html" target="_blank">this project</a>. My grandmother is 100 as of a fortnight ago. The saving of these small amounts of bias speaks of the "mend and make do" era. Photos below of grandmother and the bias stash.)<br />
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-48311630465855432412017-04-13T22:24:00.000+10:002017-04-14T15:22:41.610+10:00Poppy Skirt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Visiting New York in 2013, I arranged to meet a volouteer guide through <a href="http://bigapplegreeter.org/" target="_blank">Big Apple Greeter</a>. Amazing experience. </div>
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But more importantly, Angelina took me to <a href="https://bandjfabrics.com/" target="_blank">B&J Fabrics</a>, where I found this:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">I decided on a straight-ish skirt pattern, using the <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/sewing/patterns/easy-pleated-skirt/239041" target="_blank">Easy Pleated Skirt pattern</a> from So Sew Easy via <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/" target="_blank">Craftsy</a>. The pattern is designed for softer fabrics than my cotton fabric, so I wouldn't use this pattern again unless I had a softer, more drapey fabric. </span></div>
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Pockets in red fabric for contrast:</div>
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Raw fabric edges finished with bias thanks to stash of bias from Grandmothers' sewing box:</div>
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Funnily enough, my favourite designer also had a skirt with a poppy design fabric:<br />
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We've all see time lapse videos of flood icing on cookies (biscuits for the Australians and Europeans reading this), such as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC732eTa7eA" target="_blank">this one</a>. Oh, it looks so quick and easy! It's probably a great hobby if you don't have children, or pets, or a house to clean, or meals to cook.... (Having made the dough the night before [maybe 15 minutes work], baking and decorating 20+ cookies took me about 3 hours.)<br />
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Never-the-less, I thought I'd give it a go, as I was holding a fundraising movie afternoon screening "Beauty and the Beast" and wanted something special to present to guests... Here's the results:<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Fortunately any deficiency in icing technique can be more than overcome by the generous application of decorations (such as these) readily available in most supermarkets:</span><br />
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I used The Decorated Cookie's <a href="http://thedecoratedcookie.com/2008/11/cookie-dough-and-frosting-recipes/" target="_blank">sugar cookie recipe</a>, and a royal icing recipe from <a href="http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/royal-icing/a1523405-3d42-49f1-936d-d927812cecf5" target="_blank">Taste</a>. I whipped the egg white until frothy first, added icing sugar to the desired (flooding consistency) then removed about a quarter of the icing from the bowl, and added more icing sugar to make the icing thicker. I used the thicker icing to pipe an outline, then flooded the outline with the more liquid icing, adding decorations both before and after the flooding.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">I was a latecomer to the Firefly franchise, but figured I've got the hair and sense of humour for Kaylee - seated left, here: (I wish I had the hair, figure, looks and wardrobe for Inara - standing right - but one must be realistic.)</span></div>
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I actually placed it back on the remnant table after picking it up - after all, what was a mother of 2 with few opportunities to dress up going to do with 2m of ombre silk? I then realised that I would regret it if I didn't buy it - especially at that price - so I bought it.<br />
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And wouldn't you know, my middle school son presented me with an invitation to a "semi formal" night out, so I sewed the fabric into a tube (the rolled hem foot got another workout - see right), gathered it onto an elastic waistband, and wore it out:<br />
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Completing the outfit with an vintage rhinestone ombre brooch I picked up on eBay years earlier, just in case....<br />
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-49972000137071620532017-02-21T00:49:00.000+11:002019-06-29T16:58:07.354+10:00A dress from 5 rectangles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When I saw this fabric at <a href="http://madebybronwyn.blogspot.com.au/2017/02/a-new-year-new-dress.html" target="_blank">Alta Moda in Bali</a>:<br />
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it triggered a vague memory, of a dress I'd seen with lace inserts...<a href="https://au.pinterest.com/pin/247557310747201804/" target="_blank"> thank goodness for Pinterest</a>. The fabric is a polyester chiffon with sewn-in lace running the length of the fabric. It came in 3 different colours - a taupe / brown, the pink I purchased, and a green tone. It was around A$3.50 a metre. I almost left the store without it, as I'm not keen on polyester, but at that price....! I turned back and went for it.<br />
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Here's my plan of attack for the 2m of fabric I purchased:<br />
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Here's the inspiration - and the realisation:<br />
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Not having sewn much chiffon, and given the fabric was a <i>bargain</i>, I treated myself to a rolled hem foot to assist. True, the rolled hem foot came in a box with 14 other feet, but again, it too was a bargain - all 15 feet for about twice what a rolled hem foot alone would cost! Thanks <a href="http://www.sewmucheasier.com/presser-feet/" target="_blank">Sew Much Easier</a>!<br />
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-48488796598009077572017-02-20T17:36:00.000+11:002019-08-23T19:04:37.466+10:00Displaying a vintage board game<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My 99 year old Nan is determined to die possession-less. She's Marie Kondo-ing with vigour. Luckily I get to intercept some of the stuff, and see if it "sparks joy" with me. This piece did, battered though it is:<br />
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I had an IKEA Ribba shadow-box frame to hand. which fit the board perfectly. I used double-sided tape to secure the board to the back of the cardboard insert in the frame. For a bit of interest, and given I had the depth of the frame to fill, I had my Dad drill a hole in a dice (die), and pushed a nail through from the back of the board, and mounted the dice on the nail, so it appeared to be caught mid-toss. Here's some closer views of it:<br />
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-68866407857337351162017-02-06T19:42:00.000+11:002017-02-06T19:42:01.588+11:00A new year, a new dress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Before leaving, I asked a sewing friend who had been to Bali if she had any tips for me. She referred me to her <a href="http://www.meggipeg.com/2011/05/fabric-shopping-in-bali.html" target="_blank">blog post about shopping for fabric in Bali</a>. I was sold!<br />
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So, I hired a driver and set out one day for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AltaModaFabrics/" target="_blank">Alta Moda Fabrics</a>. It was everything Meggipeg had promised. Floor to ceiling fabrics over 4 floors; "floors" being another word for "fabric storage space":<br />
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I came away with 4 fabrics, a total of 9 metres. The experience was definitely enhanced by the fact there was a 50% off sale on, so everything was half price. Here's my 4 purchases:</div>
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First up I chose to make a simple shift dress with the most expense fabric - an Italian cotton with a waffle weave and a brilliant graphic floral design. I think it worked out to about A$14 a metre and I only bought 1m:</div>
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The fabric was so rich I didn't want to make anything too complicated:</div>
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In order to squeeze the dress out of 1m of fabric there are no facings, but the neckline and armholes are finished with a vintage bias from my grandmother's stash. (I followed <a href="http://www.seasonedhomemaker.com/attaching-bias-tape/" target="_blank">this tutorial</a> to attach the bias.)</div>
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-32602949200830323842016-11-18T20:11:00.000+11:002017-02-06T20:11:42.585+11:00Sewing a holiday wardrobe. Well, a holiday dress!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When I spotted this knit rayon on the "marked down" table at Spotlight I immediately loved the colours and know what I wanted to do with it - a pillowcase maxi. Specifically a pillowcase maxi to wear on a trip to Fiji. Something that was soft and cool and packed well.<br />
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There are a number of tutorials on the web - I followed <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/270183/elegant-and-easy-dress?czone=crafts/sewing-cnt/sewing-projects" target="_blank">this one</a> and <a href="https://www.allfreesewing.com/Dress-Patterns/Friday-Night-Maxi-Dress-Pattern" target="_blank">this one</a>. Naturally I had to complicate things by only sewing one side seam. Accordingly I had to cut then bind the other armhole (otherwise you'd just end the seam below your armpit, as you do on the seamed side).<br />
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Ever since <a href="http://www.meggipeg.com/2016/11/thoughts-on-sewing-fashion-and-ready-to.html" target="_blank">Meggipeg mentioned it in her blog</a>, I've been paranoid about pattern placement , so I knew I had to offset the pattern so as not to inadvertently lead the eye when you don't want it led (ie don't place a blossom smack bang over a breast - unless that's your thing, of course!). I hope I got it right:<br />
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How to decorate gingerbread people as skeletons for Halloween. In two speeds. Mini gingerbread person cutter and royal icing used. Recipes are easy enough to find on the internet. My piping bag was a zip lock bag with the corner snipped off; this gives you control over the size of your piping.<br />
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How fortuitous that I enrol in yoga and <a href="https://www.spoonflower.com/" target="_blank">Spoonflower</a> launches its sports lycra fabric.<br />
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Thank you to <a href="http://www.meggipeg.com/" target="_blank">Meggipegg</a> who lent me her <a href="http://megannielsen.com/collections/maternity/products/virginia-leggings-sewing-pattern" target="_blank">Megan Nielsen</a> leggings pattern.<br />
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The pastry cases spent a week in the freezer before being filled and baked again. Don't bake them too well the first time - leave them very pale:<br />
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I used <a href="http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/31049/pecan+pie" target="_blank">a recipe from taste.com.au</a> for the filling, but as I was filling much smaller pastry cases, I made less filling. For 24 pastry cases you will only need:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">50ml golden syrup</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1 egg, lightly beaten</span></span><br />
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I'd seen these on the interwebs and thought it would be fun to try. I used cardboard, my printer, and a short (bracelet length) glowstick. I set up the text and the lightsabre hilt (copied online) in Photoshop, printed and folded the card, cut a slot for the glowstick, and fastened it in place with stickytape.<br />
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-42224033906335592572015-09-22T15:36:00.000+10:002017-04-17T19:00:02.590+10:00Pyjamas for a Hunger Games Fan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Loving <a href="https://www.spoonflower.com/welcome" target="_blank">Spoonflower</a>!<br />
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The designs are based on the cover art for the Hunger Games stories. Perhaps that's why you can't find the fabric on Spoonflower anymore! The nearest I could find was <a href="https://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/6012581-arrow-phoenix-by-stofftoy" target="_blank">this</a>.<br />
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-76303694482797846922015-05-21T23:09:00.000+10:002015-05-21T23:09:31.881+10:00Home made raffle tickets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I used the online <a href="http://www.ticketmaker.com.au/Ticket-Size-pg7136.html" target="_blank">TicketMaker</a> programme to create the tickets. One word of advice - it's much easier to remove fields from the template than to add them, so try to make your data fit in the existing template rather than muck around with it too much.<br />
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Once printed (8 per A4 size), I ran the pages of tickets through the sewing machine (about 6 pages at a time - how many you can perforate depends on the strength of your sewing machine), before cutting and collating.<br />
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A book of 5 tickets was sent home with each family at the school, with the request that they buy or sell the tickets at $1 each ($5 for the book of tickets), or return the tickets. Naturally most families just sent back the cash and the ticket stubs, and waited for their number to be drawn.<br />
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Usually we would only sell tickets on the night of our markets, and maybe make $100. We made over $500 on this raffle.<br />
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There are always local laws pertaining to the running of raffles - licenses are usually required unless the raffle is limited in scope (eg just run within a community group), limited in time (just sold at one venue on one night) or limited in prize value. We kept our prize value below the local gaming law $200 ceiling that enabled us to run the raffle over a week and beyond our local community.</div>
Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-13390741079868438112015-05-21T20:53:00.002+10:002019-08-13T17:40:11.832+10:00Compare and Contrast - a review of three online ticketing sites in Australia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">This is for <b>Australian </b>readers of my blog who may be involved in organisations that have to run events for fundraising - or just run ticketed events, or any event where you have to keep track of who has paid and how much money you have made. <b><i>Updated in 2017 to reflect a change in Sticky Ticket's pricing policy.</i></b></span></div>
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Having been involved in a few functions for my school's P&C, I think that one of the most labour intensive parts of any function is ticketing, where you can't just directly sell tickets but have to send home information about how to purchase tickets remotely. From the flyer (designing, printing, sorting, distributing) to the tickets (designing, printing, colating, cutting) to receipt of cash and completed forms (money getting lost on way, wrongly completed forms with illegible names etc), or matching forms to bank deposits (snore!), then distributing tickets (cross matching deposits and cash with names, physically distributing ticket) to getting tickets from children into parents' hands ("Hello, we paid, but don't have tickets? What do we do?"), to depositing cash at the bank... it's a hassle.</div>
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Using an online site, it will cost a little bit of money on top of the ticket price, but when you are in a situation where volunteers with time to do the ticketing function are short on the ground, it's a way of equitably sharing the "cost" (in $ rather than time). </div>
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Each site will allow credit card payments, and will tabulate ticket purchase details, including details of purchaser (so you can have a contact name for each ticket sold). (As I typed all this I wished I knew Excel and I could plug all the figures into a spreadsheet which would calculate the on-costs of any price ticket....)</div>
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Here are the prices for comparison:</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Eventbrite charges 2.5% of the ticket price plus AU$0.99 per ticket, plus a 3.5% payment processing fee in Australian dollars. Pay with Visa, Mastercard or PayPal. Can absorb or pass on costs (although can't absorb PayPal costs) or chose to absorb some and pass on some.</span><br />
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A $10 ticket will therefore cost $10 x 2.5% = $10.25 + 99c = $11.24 + ($11.24 x 3.5% = 39c) =<b> $11.63</b> (or, if you absorb the costs, the organiser collects only <b>$8.37</b>).</div>
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(Calculations for $20 ticket - $20 x 2.5% = $20.50 + 99c = 21.49 + (21.49 x 3.5% = .75c) = $22.24 [Or organiser collects $17.76 if they absorb all the costs.])</div>
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There's a suggestion that not for profit organisations could get it for less - "If your organization is recognized by the government as a nonprofit, you can apply for lowers fees on your events." - <a href="http://help.eventbrite.com.au/customer/en_au/portal/articles/428887-can-my-charity-get-lower-fees-for-our-events-" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://help.eventbrite.com.<wbr></wbr>au/customer/en_au/portal/<wbr></wbr>articles/428887-can-my-<wbr></wbr>charity-get-lower-fees-for-<wbr></wbr>our-events-</a></div>
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The site offers a flat fee of $1 for ticket sales up to $9.99 and $1.50 for tickets up to $24.99 (you can see the full fee structure as well as a calculator of fees on the link above.) You can decide whether to absorb this cost in your ticket pricing or pass it on to the purchaser. The site accepts Visa and Mastercard, but charges more for AMEX. No PayPal.</div>
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So for a ticket up to $10, you could charge an extra $1 to the ticket price to cover the booking fee, or you could absorb the fee in your ticket price. </div>
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In addition, they offer a 10% rebate of fees charged for "not for profits", as well as rebates for educational institutions, not for profit/community groups and 20% rebates for charities and events held in order to fundraise for registered charities. (<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.stickytickets.com.au/community-clubs-ticketing-rebate&source=gmail&ust=1565768118035000&usg=AFQjCNHH12LLobzHKGej6CumaP3ZAAQrpw" href="https://www.stickytickets.com.au/community-clubs-ticketing-rebate" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.stickytickets.com<wbr></wbr>.au/community-clubs-ticketing-<wbr></wbr>rebate</a>)</div>
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<b>TryBooking</b></div>
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Different structure again - 30c per ticket cost for purchasers (which the organiser could absorb by dropping the ticket price by 30c), then organisers get charged a percentage fee plus a fee <b>per transaction - </b>not per ticket! So may work out more cost effective:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">For a $10 ticket, the purchaser will pay $10.30 ($10 + 30c). The organiser is charged 2.1% of $10 = 21c + 50c per transaction - so the organiser collects ($10 - 71c) <b>$9.29</b></span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">. Only Visa and Mastercard credit card payments; Amex attracts extra fees.</span></div>
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(For a $20 ticket, organiser collects $20 - [2.1% of $20 = 42c + 50c] = <b>$19.08</b>.)</div>
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Any way you dice it, TryBooking would seem to be the most cost effective site. Interestingly, it is used by two public schools in Perth - both Perth Modern School and John Curtin Senior High School - for ticket sales to their performances, so the site must be safe and secure.<br />
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Always be upfront, though, about whether you are passing on booking fees or not. I hate to see event advertised at "$25" but then once booking fees are added it's closer to a $30 ticket price!<br />
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Thomas had seen an art show on TV in which they personalised plain canvas sneakers. Then we were in Target and saw this (Cue "Mu-umm?!?"):<br />
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Embellish with "puffy paint" (and touch up with a black marker).<br />
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Nothing like killing three (3!) birds with one stone - Christmas tree, advent calendar and a lesson in Roman numerals:<br />
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How did I ensure the number was centred on my cut-out? Easy - use a template you can see through (a glass):<br />
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Bronwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397337190353402398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939006549174676590.post-77913042703214899772014-07-23T19:23:00.000+10:002017-04-17T19:27:03.709+10:00Missoni Infinity Scarf<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I promise not to <a href="http://madebybronwyn.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Missoni" target="_blank">make anything else from Missoni fabric</a> when:<br />
1. The fabric store stop stocking it (I'm looking at you, <a href="https://www.tessuti-shop.com/" target="_blank">Tessuti</a>, and Mood [right]); and<br />
2. My stash runs out! (No time soon, I assure you.)<br />
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Machine sewn, except for the last section, to close the join:<br />
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