Fat Mumma's

New Mini Bag design with zip.

2011-05-15T17:12:00.000-07:00

After many months of procrastination we finally have a new mini bag design with a zip top. Priced at $65.00 via the website (soon to be added) this is a brilliant addition to our collection. Available in a myriad of fabrics, and with an internal mobile phone pocket, top zipper and back zip pocket... the perfect casual bag.

Beautiful Backpack...

2011-04-29T22:17:00.000-07:00

I love this fabric, it's the greatest mix of girlyness, Japanese loveliness and urban funk! Reminds me of Charlie and Lola in a kids illustration sort of way :)

New Fabrics and Styles

2011-04-13T03:11:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness, I have been so busy I've not had time to put anything on the blog for ages... My new day resolution is to change that and be a bit more proactive about blogging! I know I said I'd have the new website up by now, but it's still coming. I also promised new photos by the end of March, but this is looking more like the end of May. However, to give you a taster, here are photos of the

Fat Mumma's Bags for sale a the Darebin Kite Festival 2011

2011-02-26T04:38:00.000-08:00

The Greens Party have been kind enough to offer us space on their stall at the Darebin Kite Festival on Sunday 27th February. This will also raise a few bucks for the Party. Fingers crossed the weather holds out. It was glorious today... but looks like it may be raining tomorrow! Ah well... it's good for the garden and I just planted basil and beetroot today, so they will be happy :) My tomato

Harvest Textiles Workroom

2011-02-23T19:01:00.000-08:00

I am in lust with this place:http://harvesttextilestudio.blogspot.com/Every time I open up their blog I literally feel my mouth water!!! I am sooo desperate to do one of the workshops I feel I'm almost about to have an anxiety attack when I see it!!! Wish I had time. It's got to be one of the new years resolutions... get to the Harvest Workroom and do one of their workshops. I'm sad to miss out

Fat Mumma's Nappy Bag Redesign

2011-02-21T04:26:00.000-08:00

Today I closed down the nappy bag buying page as we have now officially launched our new nappy bag design. It's going great guns and we hope to have photos and information online by the end of March. It's been a bit quiet here at the blog over Christmas and January as of course Australia tends to close down for those months... but we have the redesigned nappy bag to show for it as well as the

Hand Made Christmas Pressies

2010-12-09T17:37:00.000-08:00

One of the things about being into hand-made craft is that you become a little over obsessed with using up every little last bit of scrap fabric or paper. That's where this little product came from:A one off of scrap leftover, but oh so cute!Love and PeaceFat Mumma xx

Bag a bargain for Christmas

2010-11-25T03:32:00.001-08:00

Christmas is rushing at me like a freight train and I've just realised we are almost in December. What with school functions for the kids, fundraisers, dance concerts and markets, it's a crazy, crazy time@!!! But all good fun! No bah humbugging from me at this time of year... I love it! And, because I'm in such a 'love it kind of mood' and want to pass on the Christmas vibe. I'm offering a FREE

2010-11-02T17:39:00.000-07:00

One of our enthusiastic customers recently sent me this lovely testimonial about our quilted nappy bags, which I had to share with you all:"They really are fantastic - I can't imagine why so many people lug around heavy designer bags - and I was almost one of those people. Your bag has the perfect amount of pockets - one for the keys, the drink bottle, the phone, diary, and importantly one for

Winner of St Kilda Stencil Design Competition

2010-10-30T00:29:00.000-07:00

Fat Mumma's is proud to announce their winning entry in to the St Kilda Stencil Design Festival. Keep you eyes peeled around Port Phillip Bay, for this winning entry popping up around the place.Fat Mumma does Luna Park!

New Daylesford Retailer

2010-10-25T17:30:00.001-07:00

Yay, a new retailer in Daylesford!The girls at Can't Think Straight contacted us recently to order some or our bags for their store. They seem so lovely, and the shop sounds great and such a good fit! I love the ethos of the store concept and hope they do really well :)))They even have an online shop which has some brilliantly, different and unique gifts and products.You can find out more about

FAT MUMMA'S 2010 BAG SALE...

2010-10-11T15:59:00.000-07:00

Where: Westgarth Books, 77 High Street, Northcote.When: FRIDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2010Time: between 10.30am and 9pm Come and join us for a daytime coffee or an evening glass of wine.We will be selling off bits of leftover fabrics, kids clothing, sale prices bags and other bits and bobs. You will be sure to pick up a bargain. The great thing is you can also go out for dinner after, to one of the lovely

Challenges facing a craft business

2010-09-09T18:32:00.000-07:00

One of the challenges of running your own craft business is firstly staying on track and making sure you don't stray in to 'play around land'. That is, when you get a bit tired of making the same product over and over again, you suddenly decide you might make yourself a dress, or a cushion or something equally unsellable! The second is that you often find a great fabric, make it up in to a bag

Sweatshop Free Labour

2010-08-25T21:43:00.000-07:00

Ever wondered what the Fat Mumma's sweatshop looks like? Here a good example of bags on the go in the dining room :))There is a tiny peak in to the works in progress, including a few 'coffees-in-progress as well :) Love and PeaceFat Mumma xxx

Eco-Friendly kids toys.

2010-08-14T00:03:00.001-07:00

This great stuff from the UK came to my attention the other day! Having half my family over there still, I thought I'd introduce you to it, as it's gorgeous looking stuff and oh, so eco!www.thetravellingsouk.comThe model of the business reminds me a lot of what we are trying to do here in Australia with the travelling craft markets, but this idea takes it to a whole new level. It would be great

More Cool Fabrics from Hawaii-Five-O

2010-08-04T05:33:00.000-07:00

More of those gorgeous fabrics from Hawaii!Hey, we will also be doing a special winter Twilight fair at MLC in Kew, Melbourne. It's indoor, which is what we are most excited about!!! :)Love and PeaceFat Mummas xx

New bag fabrics

2010-07-19T17:19:00.000-07:00

Half of the Fat Mumma's team just returned from Hawaii, where (as hard as they tried) they couldn't stay away from fabric stores!!!!! It drove her family insane... but it did mean there are some brilliant, bright new fabrics on offer to brighten up some dull winter days.Why not come down the St Kilda market on Sunday's throughout the year to have a browse... or just contact me about any that

Hand Made Market Week

2010-06-26T07:06:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to put in a quick reminder that we do have a stall every week at the Esplanade Market in St Kilda, Melbourne. If you are in the area and want to come and touch and feel our products, that's the best place to come. We are always happy to have people come and say hello as it can be a long cold day, especially at this time of year! Come and check out our nappy bags, or take advantage

2010-06-10T06:04:00.000-07:00

Sometimes there is a need to think of something other than Nappy Bags, and so I have to say how excited I was to meet the childrens' book illustrator Andrew McLean the other day. I think his illustrations are beautiful including this recent release, 'There's a Goat in my Coat" which was written by the now deceased Rosemary Milne.I'm always really inspired by creatives that have stuck to creating

Free Nappy Bag

2010-06-03T07:07:00.000-07:00

Did you know we have this great offer where you get a free quilted nappy bag with every vinyl nappy bag you buy? I know, you may say, "Why do I need two nappy bags?" Well let me give you a list of why:1. Because this is a backpack, so when you are travelling it's really handy.2. It's unisex and stylish for dad, so that you don't have to make him wear the floral pattern.3. It's really, really,

Video showing more detail of nappy bags and handbags

2010-06-02T19:39:00.000-07:00

I've now got two videos up online about our bags. One shows the nappy bag in more detail, and the other shows our range of messenger, day and zip-up shoulder bag.If you are interested in seeing how big the bags are and what they hold, these are great little vids to get you started on the Fat Mumma range! :)Love and PeaceFat Mumma xx

Day Bags and Zip-Up-Shoulder Bags

2010-05-27T21:57:00.000-07:00

I've had a few enquiries recently about some of our bag ranges that aren't currently for sale via the web. Basically I'm getting photos together, but that always seems like a much bigger task than it needs to be :) I currently have been talking to a friend studying photography, so hopefullywe'll continue to get better at offering a greater, changeable range :)Here is an image of each of the

Messenger Bag Style - Nappy Bag Use...

2010-04-13T19:25:00.000-07:00

Well thank god school holidays are over. I feel I can finally start thinking again. As much as I love the peace again, it was a fun Easter holidays! There was plenty of creative fun to be had, and we even got down and got dirty with the fabric paint! Here is a great t-shirt dress that my youngest and I put together! She did such a great job! If you want instructions on how to make one, just email

Ebay Specials

2010-04-13T05:02:00.001-07:00

We have had an Ebay site for a while where we sell off our overstocked fabrics, etc. We currently have green nylon which we bought thousands of metres of in order to get the 'right' colour. Of course, in true manufacturing style, as soon as we bought these thousands, they then started stocking 'said' colour and selling in much smaller amounts!!!! :) Ahh.. the life of small hand-making business!!

More made up bags!!!

2010-03-25T01:57:00.000-07:00

I finally managed to get the light box set up the other day and have taken a few more product shots of our hand bags which are due to put on the website for sale in the next few days. Here's a sneak preview before they go up.Just a little teaser of our day bags, and two of our zip-up shoulder bags. I'll also be putting us a couple of our messenger bags as well as some new backpack designs :)Love