Hey Julia, did you like Perth?

This Wednesday Julia Gillard rocked up at  Fremantle High School for a community cabinet meeting. 

A whole range of protesters and supporters turned up to make some noise.
I was there to support  the carbon tax, we wore sky blue!
Everyone was there...from Save Our Marine Wildlife, Conservation Council Australia, gay rights, stop live exports, stop uranium mining, Oxfam, free the refugees....and the list goes on.

Unfortunately a large, loud and slightly intimidating group of fishermen turned up who didn't want new marine sancturies established.

I don't know much about the topic, but when we asked them, "what and why they were protesting?"... they didn't seem to know either. Instead they got defensive, shouting, criticising and shit stirring others.

One even got out a fishing knife and slashed the "Ban Uranium Mining" banner. The police failed to show any interest...

These are some comments I found on a recreational fishing forum.

"I'd even buy a brand new bicycle for the first kid to cast a sinker into the Gingers head and reel her in with a nice 5/0 hook..."

"Is a flag with Ju-liar painted up with a hitler moustache going too far...?"

"We know our fish stocks are improving all the time..." (hmm, not sure where this guy is getting his information from).

But moving on to better things....

Here is the link to an article from TheWest about the day,

Fremantle Thanks PM for Carbon Tax

"Ms Gillard said carbon pricing was the first step towards a cleaner energy future in Australia with the revenue from the tax going partly to fund programs that reduce the country's greenhouse emissions."

The Conservation Council Of Western Australia put out this great article. 

Power of the Positive Trumps Climate Naysayers

"On one side was a sea of young faces and blue T-shirts, proclaiming now as the time to embrace a sustainable future, make polluters pay and invest in clean energy"

 "TAX ME BABY"

 Young and old out to support a clean energy future!

This wooly man was out to stop live exports, he was pretty unfazed about the whole event. Just chillaxing and having a feed.

Sew Your Own

I'v been watching a show on ABCiview, called Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts.
It follows six young fashion addicts who go to India to learn, live and work with the people who sew clothes in factories, and sweat shops, and work in the cotton fields.
Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts revealssome of the real inequalities and problems within the fashion industry and the way our economy functions.

I highly recomend watchin it!

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/lifestyle

Sew...after watching that, I feel even more empowered to resist the temptation to buy new, cheaply produced clothes. Below are some pictures of dresses I have made and altered from the op shop.

I found the dress above from the Red Cross, it was too big and went down below my knees. I took it in at the sides and shortened it.
The floral top was originally an old tea towl, I cut out each flower from the tea towl and ironed it on to the dress top with interfacing. I then sewed around each flower with black cotton to reinforce it.
Other little alterations were changing all the buttons and hemming the bottom with a red scalloped stich.
The dress cost $5, teatowl $1.

I got the bag (above) at the markets for $6, it was such a bargain, and is perfect to take food shopping. My mum found a bag similar in an antique shop for $40!!! crazy!

 I got Pip Lincolne's second craft/sewing book for christmas. I love all the photos in it, and there are great things to sew with simple patterns and instructions. I have been making heaps of her Sunny Day Dresses, which I can now whip up in just a few hours.

These were my first two Sunny Day Dresses, the blue one was made from secondhand fabric for $3 from the Salvos, allthough the fabric is very thin and I have to hand wash it. The yellow dress is an old bed sheet ($5) and the best thing is I still have heaps of fabric left over.

My newest dress is this green one, and its now my favorite!! the fabric cost $4 and it is so colorful and happy. To add some detail I sewed one of my nannas old doilies on the top!

Enjoy!