In the studio

I´m working on a piece of my very own fabric (thanks to Spoonflower!)  It´s a square, so I´m not entirely sure what I´m making yet, just working on it and seeing where it takes me...

Fabric sample arrived!

In all my excitement I nearly forgot the lovely little envelope that arrived in my postbox yesterday!  A 20x20cm sample of my first fabric design.  Yay!  I've got so many ideas of what to make with this sample piece - I don't know where to start!  The colours came out perfectly - so I can proudly say it's available for purchase on Spoonflower.

1 yard of fabric looks like this (although you can play around with the pattern, shift it around and make it bigger or smaller when ordering)  Click on the image to be taken to Spoonflower.

New fabric: 'BLOOM'

How super excited am I with my new fabric design! It's based on this piece I did last week

The end result is:

The pattern has turned out perfectly - it even has a bit of an optical illusion thing going on, which is fun - now I just have to design something really great to make with it. If you love the fabric as much as I do, it'll be available to buy from Spoonflower soon- you can preorder on the link above.

Bits and pieces

I wanted to post a pic of the cushions I've made for the bed. I have one of those really long pillows, so I used up scraps of satin and alternated colours with the black satin. It came out really nicely and fits in with the Klimt print above the bed.

The other two were both quiilted, the one using cottons and the other satin and beads.

The little lilac 'bunny' was a bit of an experiment and is filled with lavender. Not quite bunny looking - but smells lovely hooked over the bedpost.

And... I just had to add a photo of Balu (posing during the cushion photoshoot on the bed). He's the most adorable cocker spaniel you could imagine - going on 10 years old -we adopted him from the animal shelter when he was about 2.

Baby playmat

I was really delighted with my first attempt at a little quilt -a baby playmat made with 100% cotton - bright African animals on the front and zebra striped fabric backing. It took me an afternoon to make. Measured 90 X 80cm.

New fabric: SPRINGTIME

One of my favourite paintings from July. I was so happy with this I decided to make it into fabric using Spoonflower. I'll post a pic of the cushion I'm going to make when the sample arrives.