Thursday 16 February 2012

Charity Shop Shopping!

I love having a good rummage round my local charity shops and today I discovered some great vintage buys!

Small dishes with great graphic images of vintage cars on 

Some vintage dressmaking patterns

Vintage blue clutch with detachable strap and scarf with paisley print

Blue scarf with cat print

Sunday 5 February 2012

The Sketchbook Project

I have just sent off my entry for the Sketchbook Project. It was a real rush in the end but I got it posted off just in time. The theme for my sketchbook was Stitches and Folds. After a lot of contemplation of how to translate this theme I decided I would create a series of floral patterns by stitching, folding and cutting paper. The designs are quite simple and I was restricted by the size of the sketchbook as it was rather small but I am pleased with the results and feel it has given me some good ideas that I could develop further and translate into fabric. Take a look and see what you think.