Alternative Energy Kits – Now Available!
I know some of you out there have been keen to get your hold of the Alternative Energy Pattern so you can wear your bike love with pride. But you’ve been hanging for the day that it finally got upgraded to a kit.
That day is here!
And not only is this kit supporting the Austin Yellow Bike Project but proceeds are also going to the Loophole Bike Repair Centre in Melbourne. So this kit is an intercontinental(inanantiglobalisationkindaway)hummersmashing machine! Thanks always to Katie Lee for this great design.
Each kit comes with everything you need including needle, thread, cross stitch fabric, pattern, instructions and inspiration.
Get your kit in the radical rags store today.
Getting Sweaty
You might remember a while back we put up this pattern designed by Katie Lee and the profits have been going to the super awesome people who run the Austin Yellow Bike Project. We’ve sold quite a few of these patterns and it’s nice to think we’re helping get Texans out of their cars and onto bikes.
I really wanted to stitch it at some point and when I got this old school fluro sweatshirt, I knew this was perfect. It’s been produced especially for the first Craft Cartel market of the summer, which is a bike-themed market we’re running at the Bicycle Film Festival Street Party on Nov 23rd. So if you MUST HAVE this sweatshirt you better get along. I probably won’t put this online for sale.
I just adore the shininess of old clothing labels.
I’m also planning on producing some little kits for the market of this pattern. I’ll be donating half of the proceeds to Austin and half to a local bike recycling project. Although I haven’t decided which one yet, anyone got any tips? If you can’t wait to get a pattern or don’t need all the thread, fabric, needles etc, you can get an electronic one here.
And stay tuned for some very exciting new craft cartel news!
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‘Cause we got the alternative energy
For a nuclear free autonomy! (I’ve had that Combat Wombat track in my head the whole way through this project).
So a while back Katie Lee got in touch with me about this cross stitch pattern she’d designed and was planning on stitching more of to raise some cash for the Austin Yellow Bike Project. And I said ‘well hey! let’s make it into a pattern!
The Austin Yellow Bike Project is a community supported ALL-VOLUNTEER 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing human-powered transportation for the people of Austin, running a community bike shop, and educating kids and adults.
They are on a fundraising drive to set up their new headquarters. All profits from the sale of this pattern will go direct to AYBP.
So if you’re into doing anything you can to help get people out of cars and onto bikes, pop over to the Radical Rags etsy store and grab yours today!