Logo - first print

Here's the logo for the "Comfort for Clive" dog bed range. I'm pretty happy with it, quite cute I think! Pretty busy with my real paid job at the moment but am slowly getting some stock produced and aim to have a market stall or two by the end of the year. Some busy weekends and holidays ahead but it's exciting.

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!