Satchel Bag

So the holidays are over and I'm back at work, time to buy some bits and pieces to start the new school year.......but wait......I have some fabric remnants left over and I really need a bag to carry my books and folders to class. Project 3 is a satchel bag, check out the pics below!

Shane was more than happy to model for me!!

Refurbished Lounge

Hey folks! Project number 2 for the holidays is now complete. Yay!

So my poor old very much loved red leather lounge has been falling apart for about a year now, a slow demise at first which quickly developed into a severe case of rippage!!! So seeing as how I am now a surface designer (very early days.....maybe an apprentice SD) I thought that instead of buying some fabric that already exists and was created by someone else I would design, print and sew my own fabric panels to replace the fallen apart bits of leather.

Step 1. Inspiration, then a design...........So whilst walking Clive (the scruffball ferret I call my dog) down to Bicenntennial park in Glebe and absorbing the sights and sounds around me I was taken by the pattern made when looking at the trunks of these palm trees.......Aha an idea!


















Step 2. Ink sketches. Sorry I haven't scanned these so not here.


Step 3. Design a repeat pattern in AI.

Step 4. Get some plain fabric, some inks, already got the screen and squeegee, a dining room table and I'm ready to go.

So now...........my first attempt at some serious screen printing of a repeat pattern. Luckily for me my skills as a maths teacher came in very handy for all the measuring, lining up and spacing of the pattern. Here's the work in progress.

And the final printed Fabric, I love it soooo much, absolutely stoked about how it turned out!

And now........the new........one of a kind.......original........designed, printed and made by moi........new but old red leather/canvas lounge!

TADA!