QLD Flood Appeal Auction : W Class Cushion, plus!

As part of the Queensland Flood Appeal Auctions being coordinated at Make It Perfect I've put together a package of tram goodies for your bidding pleasure.

The first item in this prize pack is, of course, a custom W Class Cushion.

W Class Cushions celebrate Melbourne's iconic rattly W Class trams in huggable textile form.


They've been featured in The Age's M Magazine, Frankie magazine, and on www.indie.com.au.

The winner will receive a W Class Cushion in Classic fabrics, as pictured...

...and it'll feature your choice of destination and route number. Any word, any number! It can be Reykjavík 888 if you fancy.

Secondly, you'll also get a hand screenprinted kids teeshirt.

Sizes 0, 1, 2, 4 and 6 are available in a variety of colours. If I don't have and size and colour combo you like I'll even do you a custom one. The teeshirts 100% cotton and made by Qualitops, a local sweatshop-free manufacturer accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia.

And if that's not enough, you'll also get all these goodies:
That's a one-of a kind W Class tram notebook (it's little, A7 I think, and so cute!), a felt W Class tram brooch and ten fabric postcards. The postcards are fabric on the front and card on the back and can be sent through the mail the same as an everyday postcard. Some of them are Christmassy but most are in fun all-occasions prints.

At Olive Grove Studios the retail price of this prize pack would be $195. The normal price of the custom W Class Cushion alone is $85. You could look at this as a chance to buy the custom cushion you've always wanted and receive a bunch of extra stuff as well. Or hopefully someone with very deep pockets and an obsession with trams will 'dig deep', as the telethons like to say, and we'll raise a bunch of money for people who need it more than we do.

Please visit Make It Perfect for details of many many more handmade auctions, all raising money for victims of the floods, and probably not tram-related (in case trams aren't your thing).



How to enter: Leave a comment on this post with the amount of your bid. It makes sense to bid more than the highest current bid, of course. Make sure I've got a way to contact you!
Winning: The winner is the person who makes the highest bid.
Deadline: The auction ends at midnight Aus Eastern Daylight Savings Time, Monday 24th January.
Payment: The winner must donate the amount of their winning bid within three days to Premier's Flood Relief Appeal.
Postage: I will cover the cost of postage within Australia. If you are outside Australia and want to bid I'll split the cost of postage with you. If the winning bid is outside Australia and over $195 I'll cover the whole cost of postage (and you'll be a hero). If you want to check postage costs to your location leave a comment with your contact details.
Delivery: I'll finish your custom cushion within two weeks and pop it in the post! If you're local and would prefer to collect it from a location in Melbourne's northern suburbs we can arrange that instead.

Bidding opens at $50.

Good luck!