So what exactly is Kantha ?
Here are some of things we’ve done with our very simply worked, colourful kanthas – actually not much as it happens, but then that’s just the point !!! Bengal in the northeast of India has an embroidery tradition that we have all come to recognise. It’s called...
Marty: zebra friends
Animal print at it’s best; understated, minimal and chic ! It’s always good to re-use things that have seen better days - these lampshade covers are from the non-worn side of a linen pillowcase. These are one of our #kitchentablemakes, designed so that you can create...
Mali mud cloths – Bogolanfini, or Bogolan
What we know as mud cloths are more correctly called Bogolanfini, or Bogolan - loosely translated as 'by means of mud'. The mud in question is in effect a clay slip with a naturally high iron content that has been fermented for about twelve months. It dyes fabric...
Your loaf’s very own lunchtime luxury.
Bread bags: the perfect touch for the dinner table. As any hostess knows, the time between oven and eating is particularly difficult to control - with any group of people, but the closer they are the least timely – plenty long enough for lovely warmed bread to cool...
Lunchtimes just got toasty… and trendy.
Baguette bags: the perfect picnic accessory: This is just the sort of thing you expect to find in the idyllic French country house that you’ve rented - along with panier basket and bicycle, or carry basket, for the essential daily trip to bakery or market. It...
Rolled blinds – and the colour of these.
I guess the questions we're most frequently asked, not so much by clients as by those who come into space are these. How do you put colours together ? Why these - do pink and red really go then ? They ask how we make choices and where we find materials, but...
Inspiration is Everywhere
I alway feel a bit lost without a camera in my hand; the glamorous new world of the 'saturday job' provided my first one - even before shoes and bags - and although I'm no photographer I do like to capture the things that appeal to the moment. I've lost count of...
Make a cushion from a jumper !
It's always a bit sad when a favourite jumper really does have to be put away- but there are only so many holes or unravellings that even the cat, or the garden can accept. I guess the bossy 'house-clearance gurus' would be hard pressed to understand this, but...
Fancy and fabulous: Frills
From workroom remnants - the most glamorous of cushions!!! This month’s project is a random frilled cushion, perfect for a girly bedroom. It's great fun to make - a beautiful, hand made product from left-overs. The dimensions can be adapted to suit whatever you...
Rustic, simple to make homeware: the perfect way to unwind of an evening
Half of the fun is in the making: relax and enjoy the Moss Cushion.. a great start for beginner knitters. Knitted homeware has definitely come back into fashion in recent years, and although there is probably a pattern out there to make just about anything - it may...