Cushions

A selection of cushions that I am selling at All I want for Xmas at Brick Lane.

They are all original designs (by me!) and are filled with soft duck feathers so are so super squishy and lovely to well cushion your self with.

What an Albert!

This design is based on the albert memorial in Hyde park. It's a digital print on soft, brushed cotton and measures 38cm by 35cm. Price £25 (including duck feather cushion pad)

Batty Bikes. Based on a drawing I did of bicycle gears this hand silk screened design uses 3 colours to create layers and depth and is printed on textured cotton. It measures 35cm by 35cm and costs £20.

Confetti Collectors. Taken from the project I did with Transport for London the design confetti collectors has quite a back story. The Confetti collectors were poorly paid women and children who counted the punched tokens from bus tickets (the confetti) to ensure that the conductor submitted the correct amount of takings to tickets punched. I used the image of the punched hole along with lines to give a sense of movement and journeys made. The design is digitally printed onto soft cotton twill measures 35cm by 35cm and costs £25.

more new fabrics

Just got some new fabrics back from the printers. Here they are laid out across my bed. There's two colourways here; dark navy and white. I'm really pleased with them and will be turning them into cushions soon.

Stop press!

On sunday whilst I was busy selling on the stall I was approached by a lady with the most enormous camera lens and asked whether i'd mind having my photo being taken with my 'what an albert' cushions. Of course I didn't (although i really do need to practice smiling).

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Barbara Chandler who is a photographer and journalist writes a blog featuring interesting design and her photography.

Thanks so much for featuring me Barbara

New fabrics - la purple collection

When I graduated my friend Anne-Marie gave me the most beautiful bunch of purple Irises. There is something about flowers but I can't throw them away once they've died. I keep them whilst their heads fall off, their skins dry up and the petals darken and fade. Anyway these Irises sat beside my bed slowly curling up and became the starting inspiration for these new fabrics. I liked how the petals had either darkened so deeply or faded like ghosts. Playing around with the colours and shapes I came up with this wharpped design which lead to a little play around with circles. I do love my circles...

All I want for Xmas - Brick Lane Christmas Market

From 26th November until 20th December I will be selling my textiles at the All I want for Xmas Market in Brick Lane. Based on the first floor in T1 it's a specialist designer makers market.

I am sharing a stall with Neil Simmons who makes vases and lamps (shown below). I've made some beautiful hair bands which I'm selling for £4 and act as fascinators or corsages for the hair! I love them and have been wearing two at once.

Hours that the market is on are

Thursday evenings 5-9

Friday afternoons 12-6

Saturday all day 10-6

Sunday all day 10-6

I'm running the stall on Thursday nights and at the weekend so do come along and say hello. The cushions are filled with duck feathers and are adorably soft.

A bit of upholstery for my friend Louise Beck

So miss Louise Beck who did BA Textiles at Sir John Cass where I did my MA is amazing. Her fabrics are beautiful, hand silk screened repeats which were selected by Selvedge at New Designers for an award for excellence. She also has been picked up by mix trends magazine as one to watch for 2011.

Selvedge have given over their shop window in Archway to her designs and she asked me whether I could use one of her fabrics to upholster a chair for the window. So here it is.

I think its pretty awesome. Click here for how to get to Selvedge in archway

Islington Art and Design Fair at Candid Arts

Last weekend I ventured into the world of retail by having a stall at the Islington Art and Design Fair at Candid Arts.

I shared the stall with the lovely Katie Reid who I met whilst doing my MA. Below are some images of my stall set up. I put flowers in the bags which I thought looked quite jolly.

So here is a selection of what I was selling... from cushions to tote bags... and then christmas cards, coursages and notebooks. So there was something for everyone.

if you fancy any of the products shown send me an email and i'll send you a price list

more cushions.... i love the yellow silk one best i think

and finally a few coursages at only £4 a pop i reckon they are a bargin