Making Life more Beautiful
My project is to produce a contemporary Christening gown which, while traditional (as requested by parents), also avoids yards and yards of lace, pin-tucking, embroidery, and hand sewn French seams. A short history of the garment can be found here. … Continued
After the marvellous Matisse exhibition I was keen to do something interesting. Here is one of the post cards I bought, showing Matisse using cut outs of sea-weed or coral type structures along with blue pomegranates, the mermaid and the … Continued
I have finished printing a metre of cotton shirting (ex Paul Smith, from Simply Fabrics) for Amandine. This print was inspired by a warm colour palette stripes living by the sea side French holidays and looking out of the window … Continued
I have been allocated a client – or a “buddy” – to print for. She is Amandine – a beautiful French girl with thick red hair. She lives and works in Brighton, and has a blog called Fleur de Carotte. … Continued
The carrier I made for Kit is similar to the Moby sling, which costs around £40. Because I am stingy and a dab hand with a sewing machine (one seam) I offered a homemade version. If you want to make … Continued
Here is a marvellous five colour print made from just one piece of Lino by my favourite artist Picasso. And you can use the same technique at home to produce a four or five colour design from one piece of … Continued
My printing on fabric experiments are only an excuse to worship at the shrine of DVF Originals. This is a nice one – perfect for holidays, but maybe for work when its really, really warm. I showed you my Red … Continued
Marilla Walker has launched a fabric swap on her blog. This requires participants to print a metre of fabric and send it to another blogger. I have signed up because I love printing fabric. This dress which I have on … Continued
I have been working so hard on the contest dreamt up by Karen Ball of Did you Make That? Here is my step by step progress report: Decide to make running shorts work out what sort of running shorts I … Continued
My fabric printing course is over for the term. I took wine and snacks to our show and tell end of term celebration. And I wore this outfit. The T shirt has my pixellated peony on it, and the skirt is … Continued