This time last year, we had appalling neighbours. I can’t even talk about them without shaking, even though they left a good (fantastic!) six months ago. Now Paul and I know to appreciate a good neighbour when one comes along. In our street, there’s a guy called Japie, who seems to spend a lot of …
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Good neighbours
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New Orla print in my Etsy shop
Orla was the very first teatowel design I made – a whole year ago! I called it Orla because I can’t see any stem print without thinking of Orla Kiely. Can you?My very first Etsy listings (soooo long ago, in April this year!) included Orla, printed in red, green and blue on white hopsack.That print …
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These photos are worth it
In yesterday’s post I mentioned Dave’s photos of my work in part-exchange for some vintage fabric cushions. Well, here are some of the beautiful photos he took for me. Working on these gave me a new respect for stylists, believe me. It’s really hard work!I’ve got these and more up at my stall at Poppytalk …
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Stashing
Some of the vintage fabrics I have in my studio. I owe my friend Dave some cushions in part payment for photos of my work, so he’s going to help me reduce this pile soon. It’ll break my heart to cut them up, but his photos were so fantastic, the pain will definitely be worth …
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Monkey mind
I made this monkey on Wednesday last week. He’s not the most beautiful thing in the world, probably because I didn’t give two minutes thought before I started making him. But making this monkey gave me a very rare pleasure: I started the morning looking despairingly at my bossy and impossible TO DO list that …
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Urban Outfitters
Well, I’d say this is officially cool. My Borrowed Spoons teatowels are on the Urban Outfitters blog. Not too surprisingly, it’s their very first post about a teatowel. Thanks so much for letting me know, HappyMarch! I hope it’s auspicious that my spoons are right next to the Craft Inc. book, which I ordered last …
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Magnets at last
A new arrangement with my employers at Strika means that I now spend Wednesday mornings in my studio. It’s fantastic to have 5 hours straight studio time: I get to see my studio mates for a change, and the time has been very productively spent too. Look! I’ve finally got around to cutting some new …
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Pirkka
I like these Pirkka tables a lot. By that, I mean a lot lot. I could imagine being a boarder at a high-end Japanese high school and dining on this furniture: something that’s unlikely to happen in this lifetime, seeing as the 20th anniversary of the end of my high schooling is rapidly and alarmingly …
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Springy market
On Saturday, Jesse and I were selling our wares at the new extension of the Neighbourgoods Market. It worked a treat: no more food queues blocking our stall. Yay!Those clever What if the World boys created a glorious Spring vibe by filling the place with branches of cherry blossoms. My teatowels have not been a …
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