Its a first for us at Helter Skelter Kids... a blog post!
By way of introductions, I should mention that I'm Jane, mamma to two and crafting enthusiast who has teamed up with Sliz, another mamma (of two) to bring our kind of style to the world of kidswear.
Sliz and I have come together by a number of co-incidences, or perhaps fate. Our eldest children have attended the same nursery for the last few years, but our friendship wasn't sparked at the school gates. Rather, one day I recognised her daughter from across the playground and waddled over to introduce myself to her parents. I say waddled because I was pregnant at the time. So was Sliz. It turned out our due dates were only weeks apart. We also lived in the same neighbourhood and seemed to be the type of people who might be friends without the great unifiers of children, geography and pregnancy.
Fast forward slightly and our babies had been born, our friendship furthered over Facebook and we'd independently been trying to figure out how to return to work while still caring for our young families.
One of my status updates to Facebook revealed that I'd been out fabric shopping which piqued Sliz' curiosity. "What's she up to, then?". She called me and we discovered that we'd both decided to make kids clothes as a means to get working again. After a little bit more conversation we discovered that our ideas were almost identical. We'd both discovered a little dress - a cute apron, crossing over at the back with buttons at the sholders - that was sure to sell well and it was our starting point for a brand new business.
So we decided that two heads were better than one and decided to work together.
Its been about 6 or 8 weeks since then and I have a lot to report already, but I won't be hasty and use all my material (punny!) in my first post. There will be plenty of time for that. Lets just say that there has been plenty of sewing, tons of mothering, a fair amount of head-scratching as well as excitement and pride in how far we've come already.
Please join us as we leap hurdles and gear our sewing machines into high speed.
Au revoir for now, but look out for another post soon.
Jane
