on my journey to find pre-loved fabrics with an australian story, to create bags with a story that will then continue with the buyer
the new stamps arrived (great service and prompt delivery from stamps.net.au) and now i just need some nice reused (australian) cardboard to stamp them on - anybody have some they want me to reuse? i am improving my sewing skills while assembling my next prototype. snail speed but i'm learning heaps and find new construction challenges as i progress. stick around, I hope to have the prototype ready tomorrow!
.. does not really exist. except that to make this cheesecake, i took a break from disassembling one of the songlines prototypes (the pig halves story, no reason to waste good material!). the cheesecake...
.. let's get it started!
this morning i had coffee overlooking the bower with the lovely kirsten (no, not the hot guy in the pic - but he is wearing one of her creations). kirsten owns the awesome brand 'the rocks push' and...
songlines is currently going through a slight brand improvement phase. one of the to-do's: get business cards. i have decided not to order a big stash of paper cards and then having to throw half of them away as soon as something changes. instead i want to make a set of stamps with my details on it and reuse existing paper, carton etc. the design is done (thanks to mrs. m!!!) and now i need a good place to make my stamps. any recommendations?
friends pointed out that running around with a generic email address was maybe not the way to go. so invested some time - and more of those friends time - and finally got a proper email address. at the same time we fixed the whole url (the name being displayed in the address field on top) and i twiddled around with the layout. do you like the new style? comments, motivational messages, ideas, or anything you feel like addressing to me can still be written on this page, on facebook (songlines ... bags with a story...
(download) Click here to download: pouch-prototype-no-2-done-and-already-continuing-it-s-journey-DIdtdwtmaHbCrudAEiFe.zip (2.06 MB) august last year...
... it's not a bag. oh well, i am so proud of my first project on the sewing machine that i labeled the result with 'songlines' too. the jeans have heaps of stories to tell and so does the other piece of material. i think that counts too ;)
so here it is - the pic of my first project on my industrial sewing machine. instead of ruining a bag prototype i decided to give mr. r's jeans repair the guinea pig status. and I have to say that it...
crafted from re-used australian materials, songlines' products inspire you to explore their past and create their future ... bags with a story. the start of the journey.
the name 'songlines' was inspired by the dreaming tracks of indigenous australians, which are invisible paths across the land (or, sometimes the sky) which mark the route followed by a localized 'creator-spirit' during the dreaming. The paths of the songlines are recorded in traditional songs, stories, dance, and painting ... I want my bags to pass on similar stories :-)
ariane fricke - aspiring bag maker - manly, australia
info@bagswithastory.com
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