Category: Design
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Krakatoa + Camilla Engman prints
I’d always thought the Krakatoa poster by Elisabeth Dunker of Fine Little Day was sold out, but no, it’s available at Little Red Stuga. And Camilla Engman has a lovely, fairly affordable set of four a4 size prints available in her shop. krakatoa by Elisabeth Dunker and 4 prints by Camilla Engman
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Joomla and Simple Image Gallery Pro
The pretty photo is for those who came here hoping to find a handmade, baby or garden post and instead found this terribly dry coding post 🙂 I’ve had a few setbacks on the Joomla front and have had to spend such a long time finding solutions I’m writing them here in case they can…
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Totes totes totes
In the shop shop shop.
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Helvetica the film
Can’t wait to see this. A film about my favourite font. Astrid came rather close to being called Helvetica and I dare say the next one might come even closer. Helvetica is a documentary about typography and visual culture – featuring interviews with Eric Spiekermann, Stefan Sagmeister and Neville Brody amongst others. It’s on at…
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On colour
I’m not making much at the moment. Putting fabrics together and looking at them. Yes. Washing, sorting, clearing. Yes. That also. Thinking about combinations. Fabric synergies. In aromatherapy, two oils together, combined, can have a far more powerful healing effect than the two oils used separately. It’s a chemistry thing. Recently I bought some Lotta…
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Today I love…
Notari twigs fabric from Reprodepot. I’ve just got it off the line and it’s washed up absolutely beautifully. And now I see they’ve sold out in the natural. Strange. Things have been selling out left right and centre of late. Kaffe Fasset shot cotton. Wonderful and lovely all at the same time. This yellow is…
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Nani Iro sewing patterns + Paris
Thanks to Jen for the link to the nani iro site, I happened upon a heap of patterns for download. Follow this link and navigate by clicking the pictures or the dates on the top nav (as long as you stay within the sewing section). I want to make the baby bloomers! And a few…
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The “lining the vintage-swedish-linen bags and purses with really cool fabrics” project
Today heralds the beginning of another new project. It ought to be noted this does not fall under the “delicate and natural” brief – that’s my other project. Every evening over Christmas I sat down in my new reading nook with my favourite book and looked at everything over and over. Then I spent two…
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Drawing inspiration
This year my overriding goal is to spend more time on things. Mainly the design process. I’ve been thinking these past few days about a subject. Something to provide a framework for my thoughts. Yesterday I revisited Alison’s and Hilary’s cotton ribbons; which led me, via google to LINNET. It was like walking into the…
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Seeking help from Japan
I’ve been buying a lot of fabric from Japan recently – because I find it so much fun and I just love Japanese fabrics. Today I found a site that buys for you on Japanese Yahoo auctions but the fees are enormous. So, I thought I would put the question out there… is there a…
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Another relaxing weekend
Well I haven’t sewn anything since I finished the bunny while we were away last week – and I have had so much time for other things! The Michael Park school fair was wonderful. And I remembered the last time I went I was 24 – so only ten years ago in fact – just…
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I want one!
And so should you (maybe). www.guardian.co.ukÂ