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Craft Cartel All Grown Up

One of the reasons I haven't been posting on here much recently is that we;ve been BUSY BEAVERS building a new website for the Craft Cartel. Yip, seven podcast episodes, a great market season and a public talk later. We decided it was definitely time to move out.

Free Lex Wotton

Today is the International Day of Action in solidarity with Palm Island man Lex Wotton who is due to be sentenced in the Brisbane Court for a riot conviction.

Four more sleeps!

For those of you people like me, living overseas, you probably should've voted by now. If you haven't, get on to it quick smart!!

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Location:: Melbourne, Australia

About Me:: Hi I'm Kakariki which means Green in Maori and it is also a native parrot in Aotearoa New Zealand which is known for it's cheeky inquisitiveness. So I'm the cheeky green parrot ;)

I do cross stitch. And other kinds of embroidery and crafty stuff. But mostly cross stitch. And it's all rather radical, check out my website for a DIY guide to radical cross stitch.

I also co-host the Craft cartel podcast, check it out on the website.

Gender:: Gal

I am a/an:: Independent Artist/Designer, Blogger

(Designers only) I create:: Recycled clothes with a radical bent. Embroidery for Eco Warriors. Cross Stitch for the Conscious Crew.

(Designers only) I am willing to do:: Custom orders, Consignment

(Designers only) I have been featured on:: Craft Zine http://craftzine.com
Extreme Craft http://www.extremecraft.com/
Extreme Craft Lithuania http://flickr.com/photos/8593586@N07/
Whip Up http://whipup.net

(Designers only) My work is sold at:: Mintd http://radicalrags.mintd.com
Etsy http://radicalrags.etsy.com

Website:: http://radicalcrossstitch.com

Website #2:: http://radicalrags.etsy.com

Website #3:: http://radicalrags.mintd.com

Favorite Designers/Artists:: Kate Pemberton http://katepemberton.com/
Kate Westerholt http://www.katewesterholt.com/
Julie Jackson http://www.subversivecrossstitch.com/

Favorite Music/Musicians:: Combat Wombat
Blue King Brown
Kora
Mulatu Astatke
Fat Freddy's Drop
Cornerstone Roots

Favorite TV Show & Movies:: The Edukators
V for Vendetta
The Collectors
Mirror Mask
Man on the Moon

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Craftster Feminist Swap

With much excitement I present the beautiful wee things I made for my first ever craft swap! I’ve looked at them before and been tempted. but this one had such an obvious theme for me, I couldn’t help but get involved.

The idea of a craft swap is that you are connected with someone else and you make a certain number of objects for each other within a certain timeframe and along a certain theme.

The swap I got involved with was a feminist/women-centred theme on the…

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Posted on October 7, 2007 at 5:11pm —

Finite

This is a piece I made for the NSW Greens Fundraising Art Auction. It's called “Finite” or “Vote Green or the Planet Gets It”.

This upcycled piece is a framed hand-made cross stitch design on vintage fabric. Made and framed with 100% second hand materials.

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Posted on October 7, 2007 at 4:44pm —

Super easy refashioned baby hat tutorial

I made this super cute hat.

and this one.

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Posted on August 21, 2007 at 6:20am — 1 Comment

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At 6:07am on September 8, 2008, Katie Kutthroat said…: hey :) hehe i found you on here!

At 1:49pm on July 20, 2008, Candice said…: Ahhhh...."Question Authority"...as pertinent today as it was in the 70's!

At 11:38am on July 14, 2008, Vahik Kazarian said…: Hi Kakariki (-:

At 7:13am on May 20, 2008, KM Stitchery said…: Well hello! You're on here too! Cool! I am in love with your "if it's yellow let it mellow...etc" cross stitch! Super cool! We say that all the time ;)

I'm going to write you back on etsy now!

At 10:54pm on April 20, 2008, AlwaysAmy said…: So, I'm having an Indiepublic blog warming party! hehe I thought I would send a note to you to let you know a new place to find a bit of me on the net! I'm very excited about it & would love it if you all came to check it out!

www.always-amy.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for your time & for taking a look!

Always,
Amy

At 2:25pm on April 18, 2008, Indiebunnie♥ said…: thanks so much....just found your message...sorry !!

xoxoxo

bunnie

At 5:34pm on April 9, 2008, Indiebunnie♥ said…: hi!!! bunnie here....babe, can i SELL on that mindt site in im in the US? it wont let me create my shop because it wont accept my phone number.....am i that blond? im putting it in with a 1 infront of the area code....is that not what it wants....it says use a prefix or a 0......isn't the 1 the prefix !???

thanks soooo much !!

At 5:40am on August 24, 2007, Nicolette Tallmadge said…: Hi Kakariki!
Thanks for joining the Creatives with a Cause group and writing about your charity craft! Those hats are super cute!

At 6:10am on August 21, 2007, tomate d epingles said…: yay for recycled artists! lets stick together to stop the waste and begin a new generation of art!

At 4:40am on August 19, 2007, the tiny little girl said…: yeah, you definitely should. pretty much all my family and friends live there. i've only lived in melbourne for about a year and a half. ready to go back now!! ;-)