Melbourne Design Market

Here are some pictures of our stall at the Melbourne Design Market.

A big thanks to all of you who came to visit us, it was lovely to meet you! Please keep an eye on our blog, there will be more exciting news from us soon...

We're off to bed.

Final preparations for the Design Market

We're in the studio today, putting the final pieces together for our big day tomorrow.
It's going to be a fun day and we hope you'll come visit us and our lovely stall :)


Fabrics for our stall backdrop


Some lovely fabric frames


Bianca pressing fabric


Lara making a tote bag

Market 3031

Yesterday's weather was like winter all over again. It was probably one of the coldest, rainiest November days on record. We all huddled together with our hot water bottles and we were all wearing scarves, gloves, boots, winter jackets and tights. Pretty strange when the minimum temperature is supposed to be over 20 degrees.

Despite the cold weather the market went really well, and we'd like to say thanks to those who braved the weather and came to say hello and bought some of our stuff.

We'd like to share some pictures of our stall with you...













Bianca, Lara & Tegan at our market stall... can you see how cold we were?

Living and breathing craft

We've been crafting like crazy ladies these last few weeks preparing for our upcoming markets - the Kensington 3031 market (this Saturday!!) and the Melbourne Design Market (Sunday 30th).

Here's the Kensi market flyer:



Here's some of what we've been making:


Lamps of all shapes and sizes.


Stacks of cushions


And heaps of fabric packs and kits for our fellow crafty folk out there - yay!

Please come down and say hello. If you don't catch us this Saturday maybe we'll see you the following Sunday at the Melbourne Design Market.

me too...

I've also updated the shop... with Bloem in Charcoal and Burnt Orange and Seeds in Charcoal and Green Tea.

Finally!

So my fabric is now heat set! Yay!

Briar in: Tattoo Blue, Sunset, Deep Red, Soft Moss and Grey on Black

Check out our brand spanking new shop! Where you can get your hands on some of the pictured fabrics, plus some other scrumptious goodies... :)

Apologies to those who have so patiently waited for it! I know its been a long process!!

Rainy days...

Bloem in white by Hollabee




Bloem in Deep Red by Hollabee

Fresh from the table...

Lara's Acacia in Charcoal


Teegs' Briar in Deep Red



Teegs, we hope this is the red you like... It was great printing this one... flawless! Enjoy your time in Perth!

An orange day...

Todays theme is orange... at least that's what came off the table in our studio today.

Firstly, Teegs' Briar in Sunset.





and secondly, Bianca's Bloem in Burnt Orange.

Blue and green should always be seen

Sunday was another super productive day in the studio. We can't lament the loss of our weekends too much given this is really quite a lot of fun:




Bianca's new Seeds print, in a lovely 'green tea' colour.


Tegan's Briar print in a really lovely soft green colour which she will be making into shirts! (and also selling in her shop in a couple of weeks)




A calico toile of Teegs' new wrap skirt design

Friday in the studio

Today we had an action packed day in the studio, with Teegs' and Bee's screens arriving this morning, just in time for our 'printing day'.

First up, Teegs' Briar design in full repeat! (previously seen here as a placement print):


Printing Teegs' 'Briar' design - this was so easy and satisfying to print


More printing...


Printing Bee's Bloem design in a lovely charcoal on natural - we love how this turned out.


Bloem in Charcoal on natural cotton/linen

[update] both these prints will be available for purchase once they've been heat set. Teegs is in the process of setting up an etsy shop :)


Lara's new placement print (love the oldschool frame with fresh mesh and artwork)


Teegs' finished 'World Tree' cushion complete with piping

On the cutting table

On the cutting table over at Ink & Spindle are some of Lara's fabrics that she's just listed for sale in her shop!


Lara's Acacia and Birch prints.

We love our cutting table. It's so good to be able to work on things at a proper height instead of leaning over a dining table or sitting on the floor. We're very happy that Ikea brought back the Vika Artur trestle legs :)

And on the printing table today...

Learnings

While we wait for our next 3 exposed screens to be delivered (hopefully this Friday) we continue to practice our printing technique using the Birch and Acacia screens and come across new hurdles and discoveries almost daily.
Basically, we're getting to know the quirks of our lovely table.
Below are a couple of pics from the latest dabble in placement printing. It's a two colour stencil that I made without registration, so some prints worked well, and others really did not! That's half the fun tho, each print is different!
Overall, pretty happy with them.

World Tree blue with black, single print.

World Tree blue with black, mock repeat.

** BTW, Happy Birthday, Bianca!