Comfort for Clive

 

We've been busy and the beds are coming along beautifully, see pics below..........

Stripey Comfort for Clive

Here is the latest pooch bed!

Coordinate Print

 Here we have the coordinate print. This is designed to work alongside the original square print. The coordinate was much trickier to line up and repeat but we got there in the end!

Cushions

Ok, I know I have taken forever to get the first cushion made. My fabric has been done and dusted for a few weeks now just sitting, waiting patiently for me to turn it into something useful. Sounds silly but it was really hard to make the first cut. When it's fabric that you've put so much love and effort into producing it's almost painful to cut it up. But that's what it's for hey. So the scissors came out along with the sewing machine, overlocker and iron and the result is shown here. Hope you like it!

There'll be more to follow very soon and then I'll be putting them up for sale (maybe I can actually make some money back rather than spend it!). Probably on Etsy at this stage but I'll keep you updated on that as it happens. School holidays soon so I plan to be very busy printing and sewing to get this range of cushions out there. Stay tuned....

First Print Run

I've done it! My first print run (albeit a small print run) has been successfully completed. With lots of help from my ma, her backyard and outdoor table I have printed 5 metres of my Stripey Squares design. 2.5m of turquoise and 2.5m of burnt orange onto a natural hemp and yak hair blend. Check out the process pics below.

The printing process in action.

 A full view of the repeat pattern. 

Close up. 

View from the side, I love the way the lines have different effects depending on the angle you're looking at.

 The print in progress.

Think I will be making some cushions from these, so stay tuned!

Ready, Set..........

My very first professionally prepared screen arrived yesterday, I am so excited and can't wait to get printing.....but first things first.

Because I'm focusing on repeat pattern designs I've come up with a little hand made (cheap) printing table and scaffold system which once setup I am hoping will make printing faster and more accurate(I am a perfectionist and a maths teacher after all, those measuring skills come in handy sometimes). So although I have the fabric, inks and now frame to get the printing happening I spent most of today sorting out the nuances of my brilliant scaffold system (just a few tweaks here there and everywhere). Can I just say (whinge) that life would be so much simpler if a piece of timber that looks straight, actually was straight!!! So yes my brilliant scaffold system needs a couple more minor adjustments and things should start happening tomorrow, fingers crossed xxxx. Here are some pics of the test runs done today!

Orla Kiely - Pattern

I've been wanting to get my hands on this beautiful book for a while now and finally it has arrived on my doorstep, yay! The book is full of fabulous patterns; bold, graphic, colourful and unique. I can't stop flicking through pages every spare minute I get. What is also great about the book is the insight Orla gives us into her creative process and the path she has taken to create this world of pattern. It definitely gets the thumbs up from me!

Here are some of the patterns that have caught my eye so far!

Here is the Orla Kiely website.