Frock

Homemade / handmade new frock... upholstery fabric, transfer,

embroidery + surface printing.

Commission

Sneak peek at a commission I've been working on...





If you'd like to see more of my embroidery work, you can pop over here.

New Hex Blanket

There's a gorgeous blanket by Lutter Idyl that I've had saved in my Pinterest folder for ages now. I've loved it forever :) So, when searching for ideas for a new project, I decided to have a go at making my own version... and here it is! I won't be putting it in the shop because it's not my design. It'll just rest in the presents drawer now until needed :)

Colour Me Happy Harlequin!

I've crocheted up my Harlequin Blanket pattern in a new colour scheme... what do you 
think? This colour combination makes me feel all at once warm and cosy and happy :)











It's now in my Etsy store :)

Funky Retro Groover

It must be summer bringing out the funky retro groover in me... hot hazy days, hoping to 
catch some breeze through the breeze blocks, those fabulous 1970s architectural standard 
you see so often here in the Southern sub-tropics :) Well, that's my inspiration... and this is 
the new pattern I've designed, block printed and made into cushions.



There's the original Breeze Block design with a repeat pattern of 10cms, and then the 
Breeze Block (Mini) with a repeat of 5cms. Pouches and other fresh fun things coming soon.







So right now and so available in my Etsy store :)

New Crochet Pattern

It's been a while in the making, fine-tuning the details, testing and double-testing... 
but I've finally released a pattern for my Finger Wave crochet design... yah!



Okay, so it's not the best name in the universe ;) The base of the pattern uses a generic 
free-pattern ripple or wave design and my original design variations have turned out to look 
very much like little fingers to me... hence the name.

Anyway, I'm very excited to have finally got it all down into a pattern... and it's now available 
in my Etsy shop :)







I based the colour scheme on a beautiful orchid I have flowering at the moment.
What do you think...?

The Circus is in town!

I've just finished a special order and felt like having a bit of fun with some fabric panels 
I found in my work drawer. This made me think of a super sparkly length of trimming that 
I bought in New York years and years ago... and hey presto! Ladies and Gentlemen, I do 
believe the circus has come to town! :)









Double-sided cushions in my original designs of Orbit (in Neon Pink and Neon Yellow)
and Oasis (in Neon Pink) printed on a medium-weight cotton.

A bit of circus fun... now in the shop :)

Re-worked

I've been a busy bee! I've been doing quite a bit of block printing and hope to have some new pouches 
in the shop very soon. They aren't new designs as such, more like re-invented, re-worked old favourites. 

So, here they are then...

Atomic Twist





Flame Forrest (Green)





and Flame Forrest (Blue)





Now comes the sewing part! Hope you've had a productive start to the year too :)

Oasis Skirt

So, this is the skirt I made for my friend....





Hand block printed in my Oasis design, red ink on red linen.

Blue Monday

I've been working on some new designs... and, strangely, they've all been 

inspired by colour. I'm so in love with this electric blue at the moment.

This simple Harlequin block printed pattern came first...

... then this one, another block print, which I'm calling Seismograph 

(for obvious reasons)...

... and lastly, a screen print and block print combination which was totally unplanned 

and just evolved as I cut out the screen. Not sure what to call this, so at the moment 

it has the highly unimaginative name of Leaves and Thorns ;)

They've all been printed onto white linen tea towels and I'll probably be listing them 

in my Etsy shop soon. If you have a better name for this last one I'd love to hear it. 

Hope it's a good week for everyone :)

Noticing... (and an update!)

I'm about to run out of the house and go to the Queensland Museum to see an 

exhibition called Dressed By the Best. It's a tribute to Gwen Gillam, a Queensland 

fashion designer from the 1950s and 1960s.  

Meanwhile I've been looking at some photos from my last outing to the gallery/

museum precinct at Southbank. I took a few photos of a North Korean mosaic at 

GOMA and I'm becoming obsessed with pixelation all over again. 

This is a black suit...

A white suit...

A button on a jacket....

Some flowers...

A wreath...

A trombone....

...and the whole mosaic :)

Loving how the different tiles come together to create a colour perception that

isn't necessarily there... and a depth perception too. Fascinating, isn't it?

Hope you have a good day :)

UPDATE: I'm back from the exhibition and it was quite good. So funny to see all 
the archive photos of the Brisbane social scene... Lennons Hotel etc and, of course,
all the magnificent frocks! I only took a couple of photos before being told that I
wasn't allowed to, so it's just these two I'm afraid.





The one thing that really struck me from the exhibition was the QUALITY of fabric.
You just don't see this kind of fabric anymore... not for purchase anyway and I'm
sure if we did it would be inaccessible price-wise! ;) Anyway, if you're in Brisbane 
I do recommend going... for the social history, but also the fabric :)