Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Introducing - The Landscape Quilt!


The Landscape Quilt in Blues & Greens - Photo by Sean Fennessey

Hi everyone, we've got something new and exciting to announce. Say hello to our latest quilt design, The Landscape Quilt! This one has been a long time in the making; our aim was to design a quilt with a beautiful organic layout, which is still very easy to put together and most importantly you get to pick all the fabrics (you won't find any readymade 'kits' this time!)

The finished size is approx 140cm x 170cm. It sits nicely on top of a queen or double sized bed, or on a single bed if you'd like it to drape over the sides. It also makes for a great wrap-yourself-up-on-the-couch quilt, perfect for the impending winter months :)

If you'd like to make one, here's what you need to do:

1) Buy the super easy to follow instructions from our online store.
2) Browse our medium weight textiles and pick out 8 fabrics you like that go nicely together (1 unit of each).
3) Pick some plain fabric for the binding (or buy readymade binding from a store)
4) Get some batting and backing fabric (we recommend this poplin from Organature)
5) Have fun sewing!

It's pretty much a foolproof design, good for the beginner quilter. Although the design looks quite organic there's a specific template to follow, a bit like a jigsaw puzzle. And with instructions jointly written by ourselves and the wonderful Suzie Fry, you'll be in good hands.

Below are a couple of colourways we put together in the studio if you need inspiration!


The Landscape Quilt in Blues & Greens


The Landscape Quilt in Blues & Greens


The Landscape Quilt in Mustard, Neutral & Greylead


The Landscape Quilt in Mustard, Neutral & Greylead


The Landscape Quilt in Mustard, Neutral & Greylead

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Erica's curtains & blinds

This week I had the pleasure of visiting and photographing one of our client's homes. Quite some time ago Erica put in a custom order for some fabrics to be made into curtains and blinds, and despite living only a hop skip and jump away from us in Kensington it's taken the good part of a year to get myself over there to take these shots.

I really love the result - the way her colour choices for each fabric tie so well with the rest of the room without that sense of trying too hard. This was a home, a *real* lived in home (Lego sculptures everywhere were evidence of this) but the curtains were a really nice special touch in each room. Again I left feeling so chuffed and special that our textiles have been integrated so lovingly into someone's home.


Roman blinds - Flowering Gum in Deep Red & Greylead


Roman blinds - Flowering Gum in Deep Red & Greylead


Roman blind in the boy's room - Kangaroo Paw in Snow


Curtains in the master bedroom -  Flowering Gum in Snow & Greylead


Roman blinds in the master bedroom -  Flowering Gum in Snow & Greylead

Thanks again so much Erica!

x Lara.