Pip and Eddies Lounges - Part 2

Here is the finished product! They look so good set up on the pallets and I can't wait to try them out and see them all set up in person........New Year's Eve here we come! 

With that view and those cushions there's nowhere better, hope you all have a great night too! See you in the new year.

Floor Cushions for Pip and Eddie - Part 1

We've been busy printing up a storm in an attempt to make some super awesome floor cushions for my sister and her boyfriend for christmas. They have a fab studio in Potts Point with an even fabber deck with amazing views across Sydney to the Bridge. Anyway they want some floor cushions that they can put onto some pallets and put out on the deck. So ma and I spent Sunday printing up the Squares design in Coral......it looks sooo yummy........we were stoked about how well the whole process went, especially considering what a shocker we had had a few day earlier with the round cushions......but that's another story. So stayed tuned, tomorrow is a sew-a-thon and we plan to get it all done and dusted.....and in plenty of time for Christmas!

Floor Cushions

 

Hey, check out my new fabulous floor cushions, they are ever so comfy and they're big (85cm diameter) and luxurious too! They'll be available at Balmain Markets this Saturday along with "Comfort for Clive" dog beds. Come and say hello!

 

Comfort for Clive

 

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

Doggy Beds a go!

I've got the fabric, the ink, the stuffing, the patterns are sorted and the colours mixed and ready......bring on the dog beds.

Ok, I'm hitting the holidays running and want to get lots and lots happening in the way of dog beds, tea towels and cushion making. The cushions are all printed and waiting to be sewn up, the tea towel screens are in the process of being made and the blank 100% hemp tea towels are on there way.

So today we began on the dog beds. I hand mixed four funky colours all ready to print with and cut all the fabric ready for printing. The fabric is 100% hemp (sustainable, eco-friendly, antibacterial and natural).


I started with the logos.

 


Then used tape to create the design.

And here is the finished fabric.

Cushions, More Cushions and Dog Beds!

So I've been keeping pretty busy over the weekends for the last couple of months, with the help of my ma and Clive as our mascot we have printed and made lots of cushions in the Stripey Square design, started printing the fabric in the coordinate design and have even started making dog beds (just some prototypes so far). The cushions are a hemp/yak hair blend.

Last weekend in between printing sessions we did a bit of a photo shoot of the collection so far. 

Hope you like them!!

The whole collection

Stripey Square Cushions

Stripey Square Cushions with the coordinate design

Olive Stripey Square and Coordinate

  

Colour Range:

Teal, Burnt Orange and Olive

50" x 30" Stripey Square Cushions

And here is our mascot amongst the dog bed prototypes!

Stripey Comfort for Clive

Here is the latest pooch bed!

Comfort for Clive

I have decided to combine two of the things I love in life....Design and my dog Clive! How will I do this you ask? Well I have decided to make some funky designer beds for dogs.

The print will be simple yet bold and contemporary.

The fabric all natural 

(hemp is the plan at this stage, but the prototypes are in cotton).

The filling - still deciding on this but obviously comfort and durability are key.

I have finished making the first two prototypes today and am super happy with them and so is Clive. I have not been able to get him off it. Not sure if it's the comfort or the cool design but he loves it.

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!