There are now some new cushions in my shops both on Etsy and Folksy,
Also new in my shops are these purses in Skinny laMinx Cloudbirds, the Orla design is still available and proving a huge seller this xmas!!
Local magazine Berkhamsted Living have one of my purses in their Xmas Gift Guide, thanks to The Upstairs Gallery.
Two new screen printed designs on cotton tea towels available in my Etsy shop, more to come very soon!
Very excited to be getting these designs properly onto fabric. Problems with some screens I had made last week meant I had to hand cut the stencils for these as I wanted to take them to show a gallery today.
So on top of family commitments I got these done at the weekend and printed up tea towels and cushion covers. I have a little work to do before they go in the shop but it should be in the next week.
Mt next dilemma is whether this work should be under a different label rather than included in my Thirtyfive Flowers shops. I would love to hear your thoughts all feedback welcome, good and bad
A quick peek at a print I did yesterday with a hand cut stencil, printed on linen in the palest of greys. Will be making some purses with this later.
I mentioned at the end of the year that I was moving my work in a different direction and here is a peek at where it is going. When I trained at college to do jewellery I also spent a short amount of time in the textiles dept and played with print and weave. With my current passion for textiles I have found many customers asking for colours and designs which I just cannot source and so I have been working on printing in the hope that I can produce the kind of fabrics which I now know appeal.
These are two experiments the top one is a simple frond design taken from my sketchbook and printed on some slubby linen and the bottom is a design taken from a vintage mug and printed onto some chunky felt. Neither of these designs are final and I am still tweaking and testing inks and fabrics to get the technique right. Hopefully this year will provide me with some more organised time so I can keep my one and only resolution which is to print something every week.
Today I have been working on some new ideas that have been bubbling for some time. Working with fabric made me want to apply more of my own ideas to the fabric and so I have been venturing into some simple screen printing, which I have now combined with some freehand machine embroidery.
It has been difficult to find the time to develop these ideas in between my regular orders and family stuff, but it is finally coming together and I am rather pleased.
The effect is reminiscent of 50s illustration and I have some more bird designs on the go too, which are quite comical given the irregular nature of embroidery. These designs are destined for purses and cushions to start,.............. hope you like!
