Just a little sketchbook work from the start of a new project, thinking around the word 'white'.
More images here...
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Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Thursday, March 03, 2011
White project
Just a little sketchbook work from the start of a new project, thinking around the word 'white'.
More images here...
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Creative pattern cutting workshop
In collaboration with EtsyUK join Tiina Burton, a.k.a. tiinateaspoon (a.k.a. me!), for a fun day of experimental pattern cutting. Suitable both for beginners and those wishing to learn new approaches, we'll start simply by adding volume to basic patterns, then play creatively with abstract shapes and ideas to create forms. You can create samples to take home, and will be shown how the patterns you create could be used to assemble garments.
When: Saturday, November 27, 2010. 10am - 5pm.
Where: Oh Sew Brixton, 12d Piano House, 9 Brighton Terrace, Brixton, London, SW9 8DJ.
How: £10 per person to cover materials. To reserve your place, contact Fiona Douglas on 07710 242 933.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Vote if you love me!
*Update*
My dress came in as a runner up! (It wasn't counted on the highest number of wow votes, but wows as a percentage of all votes.)
Anyhoo, winning wasn't the important part for me, truly. The wonderful comments and votes meant so much to me, thank you for warming my heart.
*Original post*
Or at least if you think my Paper Doll Dress is a WOW! :D
It's the last chance...
Deadline 15th February
(They ask you to register to be able to vote, sorry.)
Bless my mum, she's been clicking through all the entries on Stylemob to see who is winning so far. Apparently it's very close. Apparently I'm just in the lead *faints!* Bless my sister for her amazing pimpage skills *heart!*
I'm truly and utterly amazed by the response to my dress; I'm lost for words!
Meanwhile I've been doing some serious retail therapy...
My dress came in as a runner up! (It wasn't counted on the highest number of wow votes, but wows as a percentage of all votes.)
Anyhoo, winning wasn't the important part for me, truly. The wonderful comments and votes meant so much to me, thank you for warming my heart.
*Original post*
Or at least if you think my Paper Doll Dress is a WOW! :D
It's the last chance...
Deadline 15th February
(They ask you to register to be able to vote, sorry.)
Bless my mum, she's been clicking through all the entries on Stylemob to see who is winning so far. Apparently it's very close. Apparently I'm just in the lead *faints!* Bless my sister for her amazing pimpage skills *heart!*
I'm truly and utterly amazed by the response to my dress; I'm lost for words!
Meanwhile I've been doing some serious retail therapy...
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Belated happy new year!
I'm late, I'm late, I'm very very late!
Where does the time go?
Anyhoo, I have lots of new things in the works :D I've almost finished a new series of photos!
Other things I'm planning to show you... lovely trades and swaps I've received, pattern cutting info, tagging, and plenty more!
I'm tempted to review some of the craft books I've amassed too, anyone interested?
Finally, the dress returns! :D I've entered it into a contest at stylemob.com full of handmade things. If you'd like to vote, I won't complain ;) (though you do have to be a member, drat)
If this dress ever sells I shall faint!
*Hugs!*
The contest
The dress on Etsy
Where does the time go?
Anyhoo, I have lots of new things in the works :D I've almost finished a new series of photos!
Other things I'm planning to show you... lovely trades and swaps I've received, pattern cutting info, tagging, and plenty more!
I'm tempted to review some of the craft books I've amassed too, anyone interested?
Finally, the dress returns! :D I've entered it into a contest at stylemob.com full of handmade things. If you'd like to vote, I won't complain ;) (though you do have to be a member, drat)
If this dress ever sells I shall faint!
*Hugs!*
The contest
The dress on Etsy
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Happy dance!
I've been offered a job!
Starting on Monday I'll be a part-time fashion technician at a local college! After finishing my fashion degree I really didn't think I'd get a job in the field (especially as I don't want to commute to London). So I'm incredibly happy! It's all thanks to my sister, who spotted the job in the newspaper. I sent in my CV and within 24 hours the job was mine, wow!
Now to madly run around sorting everything out!
Starting on Monday I'll be a part-time fashion technician at a local college! After finishing my fashion degree I really didn't think I'd get a job in the field (especially as I don't want to commute to London). So I'm incredibly happy! It's all thanks to my sister, who spotted the job in the newspaper. I sent in my CV and within 24 hours the job was mine, wow!
Now to madly run around sorting everything out!
Monday, July 02, 2007
Colour
Each season or so I find a different way to make a colour palette which includes purple. In the past I've been inspired by dairy milk chocolate wrappers, glimmers of light on oilslick hues (when petrol prices shot up, gah!), and the chromatic abberations of old black ink. Any excuse really to use my favourite colour; though in truth it's a particular shade of dusky plum.
Recently I've been returning to nature, using natural dyes to make the most amazing colours. What better time to appreciate them than twilight, when magic is in the air and the heady scent of fragrant blooms swirls around us.
(The photograph is my own, taken with my Holga camera; I dyed the samples of fabric myself too.)
Recently I've been returning to nature, using natural dyes to make the most amazing colours. What better time to appreciate them than twilight, when magic is in the air and the heady scent of fragrant blooms swirls around us.
(The photograph is my own, taken with my Holga camera; I dyed the samples of fabric myself too.)
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Trends
I love keeping one eye on happenings out in the big wide world, though I try to stick to my own little path throughout it all. Here I've picked out a few trends which I happened to be a part of anyway. If someone told me I should be making pink things next season, I would carry on regardless! Find the influences that speak to your soul.
Click on the images if you'd like to see them bigger!
The search for meaning, life caching.
Scrapbooking, handmade craft.
One of a kind
Ethics.
Some interesting links:
The fruits of imagination - Handmade
Interview Naomi Klein
Scrapbooking: The new Paste-up
The shift to the raw and the homemade
Inside global fashion trends
Trendwatching
The future laboratory, conscience consumers and the new austerity
Click on the images if you'd like to see them bigger!
The search for meaning, life caching.
Scrapbooking, handmade craft.
One of a kind
Ethics.
Some interesting links:
The fruits of imagination - Handmade
Interview Naomi Klein
Scrapbooking: The new Paste-up
The shift to the raw and the homemade
Inside global fashion trends
Trendwatching
The future laboratory, conscience consumers and the new austerity
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Inspiration
A bar of chocolate (dairy milk, large!) is helping my lemonade hangover, so I've decided to share my inspiration. If you've ever wondered what might go into a clothing collection, here's your chance to find out!
In the beginning...
Much brainstorming and tea drinking to come up with a concept, one which could be lived with for at least a year. I've been wanting to combine fashion and my photography, so... How can photography inspire clothing design?! tada!
This evolved into 'why do I take pictures of certain things?'
For myself it's reliving emotions from the past reflected in the present, allegories of private thoughts and feelings. A response to my culture and thousands of years of family history; that of living memory, through stories told, to the whispering of the world around us.
The environment, my surroundings, have always influenced me. I've grown up in England but also spent some time in Finland. I'm intrigued by the Finnish side of my heritage. I've never lived the reality there, only snippets of life; holidays, escapes. I see the magic, not the daily drudge.
Duality runs through my veins. On one hand I'm Finnish; minimal, quiet, melancholy, stark, with a touch of dark romance. On the other I'm British; maximal, eccentric, detailed, rich, with a nice cup of tea!
The character of time-worn buildings fills me with awe (living near Cambridge I'm spoilt for choice!)
One especially vivid memory is of my Father taking photographs of windows. At the time I thought it odd, but now I find myself drawn to them too. The idea of windows filtered through into rectangular pattern cutting, mitred corners, and the ability to look through a garment by using cut work applique.
The composition of a photograph is also important to me. From these I explored the idea of repeating lines, transforming them into hand-knit ribbing (via pleating, but apparently pleating has been 'done' a lot by students recently).
I'd love to hear what inspires your work! I hope to share some trend and market research next time...
In the beginning...
Much brainstorming and tea drinking to come up with a concept, one which could be lived with for at least a year. I've been wanting to combine fashion and my photography, so... How can photography inspire clothing design?! tada!
This evolved into 'why do I take pictures of certain things?'
For myself it's reliving emotions from the past reflected in the present, allegories of private thoughts and feelings. A response to my culture and thousands of years of family history; that of living memory, through stories told, to the whispering of the world around us.
The environment, my surroundings, have always influenced me. I've grown up in England but also spent some time in Finland. I'm intrigued by the Finnish side of my heritage. I've never lived the reality there, only snippets of life; holidays, escapes. I see the magic, not the daily drudge.
Duality runs through my veins. On one hand I'm Finnish; minimal, quiet, melancholy, stark, with a touch of dark romance. On the other I'm British; maximal, eccentric, detailed, rich, with a nice cup of tea!
The character of time-worn buildings fills me with awe (living near Cambridge I'm spoilt for choice!)
One especially vivid memory is of my Father taking photographs of windows. At the time I thought it odd, but now I find myself drawn to them too. The idea of windows filtered through into rectangular pattern cutting, mitred corners, and the ability to look through a garment by using cut work applique.
The composition of a photograph is also important to me. From these I explored the idea of repeating lines, transforming them into hand-knit ribbing (via pleating, but apparently pleating has been 'done' a lot by students recently).
I'd love to hear what inspires your work! I hope to share some trend and market research next time...
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Wheeeee!
I got a first!!! I'm utterly gobsmacked!
I'll be celebrating over tea and biscuits tomorrow, and the pub on Friday. :D It's late here and I should be asleep, but I'll leave you with my Dad's video of my catwalk show. Enjoy! (I fancy I'll explain my designs later in the week, once I've returned to this planet.)
I'll be celebrating over tea and biscuits tomorrow, and the pub on Friday. :D It's late here and I should be asleep, but I'll leave you with my Dad's video of my catwalk show. Enjoy! (I fancy I'll explain my designs later in the week, once I've returned to this planet.)
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