KK Orders will start getting posted on Monday, so I will send out emails for payments over the weekend. I am still working flat out to finish them in that time, because so many interruptions keep occurring.
At this stage I am unsure when I will return to accepting nappy orders in any large numbers, but when I do I am taking to steps to ensure I do not get overloaded.
I am still trying to sort out this mess of boxes, and soon it is school holidays when I will have my eldest grandson visiting; after that we have holidays coming up and I plan to make it a proper holiday this time, not like last year when I sewed in the caravan the whole time I was away.
I am staying offline as much as I can at the moment to try to devote as much time as possible to sewing.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Still surrounded by mess
I still have a couple of weeks ahead of me with the moving saga;but have stopped and put it all on hold (despite the house still being covered by boxes and bags) to try to finish the current long list of KK orders.
I am still not taking any nappy orders but will be able to do that once everything else is caught up;however I will be limiting the time period each month when orders will be accepted. If I don't do this I am finding I have no time to do anything else and I do have other interests and commitments which I would like to pursue.
I am looking at a wholesale option for KKs but that is a little way off and may not be the path I decide to take.
Frances and I are still accepting knitting orders but need to advise that currently we are full for June and into the early part of July.
I will not be online now until next week, I am taking a weekend free of the computer so I can sew and knit without getting distracted, as I do everytime I look at the screen.
Those of you who have ordered KKs should receive an email early next week with payment info and I apologise for the delay. I am wishing I had never started moving anything. For the record I am not actually moving house, just the workshop. I had spread over the spare bedroom, the lounge, the office, the front verandah, a store room and a large guest room and DH was getting fractious. I have no idea how he expected me to condense it down to 1 room as I am still using 4 of those with quite a bit of mess to still be sorted.
We are hoping to take the caravan away in the coming months for a couple of short breaks. The caravan parks we visit tend to be on calm water so DH can take his car top tinny out easily and pretend to fish. This means I am left in a boring caravan park miles from civilisation so usually end up filling the truck with sewing machines and fabric to give me something to pass the time. I refuse to do that this time and am just taking books and knitting.
I will update this page when I can, and also need to update the website but until someone offers to be my assistant that is one job that gets put at the bottom of the list.
I am still not taking any nappy orders but will be able to do that once everything else is caught up;however I will be limiting the time period each month when orders will be accepted. If I don't do this I am finding I have no time to do anything else and I do have other interests and commitments which I would like to pursue.
I am looking at a wholesale option for KKs but that is a little way off and may not be the path I decide to take.
Frances and I are still accepting knitting orders but need to advise that currently we are full for June and into the early part of July.
I will not be online now until next week, I am taking a weekend free of the computer so I can sew and knit without getting distracted, as I do everytime I look at the screen.
Those of you who have ordered KKs should receive an email early next week with payment info and I apologise for the delay. I am wishing I had never started moving anything. For the record I am not actually moving house, just the workshop. I had spread over the spare bedroom, the lounge, the office, the front verandah, a store room and a large guest room and DH was getting fractious. I have no idea how he expected me to condense it down to 1 room as I am still using 4 of those with quite a bit of mess to still be sorted.
We are hoping to take the caravan away in the coming months for a couple of short breaks. The caravan parks we visit tend to be on calm water so DH can take his car top tinny out easily and pretend to fish. This means I am left in a boring caravan park miles from civilisation so usually end up filling the truck with sewing machines and fabric to give me something to pass the time. I refuse to do that this time and am just taking books and knitting.
I will update this page when I can, and also need to update the website but until someone offers to be my assistant that is one job that gets put at the bottom of the list.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
The move goes on!
I am still lost in a mountain of boxes and fabric; this is a mammoth effort and I am working my butt off to get it finished but a few spanners have been thrown in the works to drag it on a little longer.
I have been absolutely inundated with KK orders, which I am totally unable to sew until the machines are in place again, so I have decided to put a temporary hold on all sewing orders from now until further notice(excludes those already received this morning).
If you have emailed and I have not replied, I will have received it and will answer asap; it loses me many hours in the day answering all the emails that I get and my priority in daylight hours is to move and sort everything; so please don't think I am ignoring you, but you will be on my list for nappies as soon as I can get to them.
I sincerely apologise for the delay but hopefully the new setup will be more efficient-if I ever get it completed.
Knitting proceeds at night as usual.
A large piece of the tiger poly velour fabric in pictured nappy is free to anyone who can pick it up from Brisbane Western suburbs , otherwise it will go to Lifeline along with a mountain of dress fabric lengths and probably flannelette.
Monday, May 25, 2009
It's Moving Time
The day has arrived.
As my sewing supplies and workspace have taken over the whole house, increasing each year for many years, it has become time to move it out; so I am taking a 2 week break ( at least) from all sewing to relocate my workshop.
During that time any KK orders will be placed in a queue but will not be able to be started until the move is complete as all machines ( and I have a LOT of machines) are being packed up in readiness.
Knit orders are fine anytime as I knit at night, moving all has to be done during the day.
Ceejay packs are on hold-these take a very long time to make and are really done for advocacy only , and at the moment I am just unable to fit them in.
There may be many trips to Lifeline/St. Vinnies or an occasional package of fabric etc may turn up on the specials page of the possum pouches website as I previously spilled over 4 or 5 rooms in the house, and I won't have this at the new place; so anything not used for 12 months is going out.
I will try to post here if I list anything but will not be online much as this is going to be a mammoth effort.
As my sewing supplies and workspace have taken over the whole house, increasing each year for many years, it has become time to move it out; so I am taking a 2 week break ( at least) from all sewing to relocate my workshop.
During that time any KK orders will be placed in a queue but will not be able to be started until the move is complete as all machines ( and I have a LOT of machines) are being packed up in readiness.
Knit orders are fine anytime as I knit at night, moving all has to be done during the day.
Ceejay packs are on hold-these take a very long time to make and are really done for advocacy only , and at the moment I am just unable to fit them in.
There may be many trips to Lifeline/St. Vinnies or an occasional package of fabric etc may turn up on the specials page of the possum pouches website as I previously spilled over 4 or 5 rooms in the house, and I won't have this at the new place; so anything not used for 12 months is going out.
I will try to post here if I list anything but will not be online much as this is going to be a mammoth effort.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
short break
Due to the immense popularity of KKs ( well they are the best night AIO) and the fact I try to make them available at any time someone needs one , I have been inundated with orders for them; so much so that I have neglected other things that need my attention urgently.
I am therefore taking 2 full weeks free of nappy sewing to work on other projects. I am completing all current KK orders this week . Orders may still be sent during this time and will be placed in a list, but please be aware that they may not be sewn until after 8th June, unless I get everything done faster than I am guessing.
In that time I will be concentrating on a full relocation of my workshop, as well as several other projects.
Knits are excluded from the delay, they can still be ordered at any time but there is a waiting list for these as well, however Frances and I ( especially Frances, God bless her) are getting through these quite well now.
Please email if you have any questions but DH has "suggested" that I cull my online time a little, so I may take a little longer to reply, but I will answer you I promise.
Thank you to everyone who keeps Possum Pouches going from strength to strength ( and keeps me off the streets!)
and happy birthday today to my darling d'ter who is my youngest at 33 .
I am therefore taking 2 full weeks free of nappy sewing to work on other projects. I am completing all current KK orders this week . Orders may still be sent during this time and will be placed in a list, but please be aware that they may not be sewn until after 8th June, unless I get everything done faster than I am guessing.
In that time I will be concentrating on a full relocation of my workshop, as well as several other projects.
Knits are excluded from the delay, they can still be ordered at any time but there is a waiting list for these as well, however Frances and I ( especially Frances, God bless her) are getting through these quite well now.
Please email if you have any questions but DH has "suggested" that I cull my online time a little, so I may take a little longer to reply, but I will answer you I promise.
Thank you to everyone who keeps Possum Pouches going from strength to strength ( and keeps me off the streets!)
and happy birthday today to my darling d'ter who is my youngest at 33 .
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Due to recent events within cloth circles which have distressed me greatly the rest of my May promotion has been cancelled.
Instead I will continue to offer the best possible prices on all my items at all times as has always been my preference.All orders continue to be accepted by email.
KK orders which are in place are being worked on this week; Frances and I are knitting as fast as we can to complete our growing list of knit orders asap.We are thrilled with our 100% positive feedback and thank those of you who are prepared to wait for us to finish your garments when life throws an occasional spanner in the works to change our estimated completion times.
Do please email if you have any questions at all.We prefer to help each person individually.
Instead I will continue to offer the best possible prices on all my items at all times as has always been my preference.All orders continue to be accepted by email.
KK orders which are in place are being worked on this week; Frances and I are knitting as fast as we can to complete our growing list of knit orders asap.We are thrilled with our 100% positive feedback and thank those of you who are prepared to wait for us to finish your garments when life throws an occasional spanner in the works to change our estimated completion times.
Do please email if you have any questions at all.We prefer to help each person individually.
Monday, April 27, 2009
DDF @ PP
I am really pleased to announce that Possum Pouches is now the Australian licensee for Daddy Flats, created by Dawn from That Bottom Lip Designs.
These are a 2 layer flat nappy, with no elastic, that folds as easily as a trifold, simply flip to one side then back the other way and you have a flat nappy complete with soaker pad. It comes in a day version ( 6 absorbent layers) or night version ( ten absorbent layers).
I will be making these in all fabrics including bamboo.
It is planned that from early May all nappies will once again be sold from email orders at any time. This will include the fabulous KK windpro nappy for night time and/or heavy wetters; the ceejay fitteds (and pul version) for everyday, your budget nappy choice in small medium and large, and daddy flats.
Pockets, wool KKs and pul KKs will be offered only as instock OOAKs as time permits.
Mother's Day Jewellery is now listed at Ozebaby, check my earlier blog post to find out how to get a discount for very limited time only.
And last but by no means least we got our very first egg from our lovely new chooks today;hopefully I never have to buy eggs at the supermarket again.The first to lay was the one Jacob had named "Eleven".
Easiest way to contact me over next few days is via the website-I have redirected the contact email and will be checking that address a few times when possible.Orders will come to that email if sent via the site.
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