WHEN PETCHY GETS BORED

Say no more. I am getting contact lenses again on Wednesday after a couple of years wearing just glasses. Just decided to muck about a bit with photobooth and my despectacled face, as I am blind as a bat without glasses or lenses and really can't remember what I look like with a naked face.



Posted here, for your viewing pleasure. Hey if it makes you laugh it's worth it!

HOODIE + SKIRT = DRESS

So, I had this black velour hoodie with a big white paint blob on... and a skirt that I love, but that was too big for me. I paired them up, added a wide black belt, and the result:



I literally just chopped the hoodie straight across just under the bust, and stitched the skirt onto it - I did nothing to the skirt at all, so if I change my mind and want to use it as a skirt again at some point, all I have to do is take my seam ripper and get rid of the hoodie. Oh, and alter the skirt to fit my new slimmer self.

There you have it - a fast and super duper easy refashion project!

I KNOW I HAVE BEEN QUIET AGAIN

Let me show you the reason why:



My colleague Line and I are taking over the studio where we work, and at the same time we're changing the name and the entire branding of the company. It's incredibly scary, and very exciting indeed - we're both super motivated and eager to take this forward! I've always wanted to set up on my own, but to be co-founder of a design studio before I reach 30 is just beyond my wildest imagination.

There will be a heck of a lot of hard work, but probably also a heck of a lot of fun! If you have anything you want designed, you know where to come - we're happy to work internationally of course. Books, logos and branding, brochures, business cards, catalogues, postcards, album covers, fabric and surface patterns, illustrations, packaging, labelling... we thrive on variety, so if you need creative solutions of any kind we want you to get in touch! Here's how:

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NOW IT'S EASIER...

...to buy fabric with my Geometrees and Retrovroom designs on Spoonflower - simply click on the images below, choose your fabric and amount, and voila! Just sit back and wait for the postman.

I'll hopefully be adding some more designs shortly too!

HOW TO BE A 3-YEAR OLD'S HERO

Easy, a few simple steps is all it takes:

1. Buy a cheap t-shirt in the colour of their choice
2. Add an iron-on football patch to the front
   
3. Applique a number on the back (apparently only "95" would do, because it is Lightning McQueen's number... obviously)
4. Sit back and enjoy the feeling of being a superhero mummy - enjoy it while you can, because it wears off quickly!

We couldn't find a simple red short sleeved t-shirt anywhere today (and of course it had to be red) so I chopped the sleeves off a jumper instead and used the flatlock seam on my sewing machine to hem the raw edges.

THE SEWING ROOM - AFTER

Just a quick post to show off the tidy sewing room while it lasts - because no doubt it will only stay this tidy for about another day or so!



I've still got to put stuff on the walls, a shelf and something with colours, because it's a bit bare now. I am sorting all my buttons by colour into clear glass jars - they'll go on a shelf so that will look pretty neat, like a button rainbow!

THE LAST COUPLE OF EVENINGS I HAVE BEEN...

...busy painting the sewing-/spare room. Though I only rent this place, I couldn't stand the 90s wallpaper anymore, and decided to paint the walls white to make it a much brighter and more inspiring place to sit and sew. A couple of "before" and "in progress" pics:



I started yesterday evening, and continued today after work. After I finished painting I spent an hour or so putting things in place and making it look nice, and now all i am mising is a blind for the window, and a shelf or something for the wall.

Will post photos of the finished room tomorrow when there is daylight enough to take decent photos!

AUTUMN DAYS AND ROSY CHEEKS

Nothing remotely crafty about this post... I just wanted to share a few photos of me and my darling boy enjoying an autumn walk. I wish you all a wonderful autumn too - and please feel free to share your autumny photos in the comments!