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Test printing the new designs
This week has seen the start of the test printing of the three new designs of the Spring/Summer collection. I announced their names last week and now here is the chance to see a sneak preview of the designs themselves. All three are test printed first on unbleached calico, the final designs are then printed… Read more »
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Fabric Friday – The Hand Printed fabric Swap
This week I have an interesting fabric story to tell. I’m shortly going to be printing some fabric for a hand printed fabric swap and I can hardly contain my excitement. Lesley, the hugely talented lady behind Maze and Vale, runs a hand printed fabric swap, this is the 3rd event so far. I meant to… Read more »
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New Base cloth
I’m always searching for new fabrics to print on and this time I think I’ve hit the jackpot. My main goal for this year was to find a heavier weight fabric which would be suitable for a variety of home interior uses. I love my current hemp and organic cotton cloth, it’s been my staple… Read more »
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What’s in a name?
Naming a fabric is on the whole very easy, but how do you know if you’ve given it the right name? I tend to stick to very descriptive names for my fabrics so I go with either the name of the pattern or the inspiration behind the design. This week I’ve named my three new… Read more »
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Fabric Friday – Metres of fabric
Another of my old favourites will shortly be available by the metre, this time it’s Pods. I won’t be adding this design to the new Spring collection though, instead it’ll stand alone as an archive design and will be printed up in a new range of colours plus some old favourites too. The idea was… Read more »
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Spring Colour Inspiration
I’m working on a set of new palettes for the Spring Summer collection and so I’ve been looking through some of my photographs for inspiration. I took this photo of a lovely field of marigolds at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
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Fabric Friday – Test printing with colour
My latest collection is almost designed so I’m in full colour mode at the moment and have already started thinking about the colours I want to use for these new prints. This has led me to a slightly different Fabric Friday this week. When mixing new colours I always do a test print of spots… Read more »
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Bundles of fabric
Last week I was a very busy gal. One thing I was determined to fit into my week though was finally putting some scrap packs of fabric together. I have a huge pile of hand printed offcuts which I use for a variety of different things but my collection is now completely out of control… Read more »
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Fabric Friday – Home Sweet
This week I’ve picked out some gorgeous fabrics by the very talented Jennifer Nelson of Home Sweet. All of her items are block printed which gives a wonderful look and quality to the fabrics.
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Book Review: The Vintage Pattern Selector
Any book that covers my two favourite subjects of vintage style and clothes-making is definitely worth a mention and if it happens to also be a flippin’ good book too then that’s even better. The Vintage Pattern Selector is part history book, part how-to guide and contains a wealth of information about clothes from different… Read more »