Adding some colour

I have the day off today - yippee!

So, I'm trying really hard to be productive and start ticking things off the mighty big list.

The first job was to get the cushion covers re-listed in the shop - TICK.

Next up - stocktake... wish me luck!

Put a Palm Tree on it

Hot on the heels of my latest fabric arrivals, I managed to whip up a couple of new cushion designs too!

Thanks so much for the wonderful response to the new fabrics. I seriously absolutely adore coming up with new designs, and waiting for the first samples to arrive.

It's just like Christmas when I get to open the packages of fabric. It seems that the very handsome young Fedex man and I are getting rather well acquainted (and if you buy more fabric, I get to order more fabric, if you get my drift.... hint hint).

I love the texture of this cotton linen blend. It really makes the colour pop!

Desert Island Dreaming and Test Pattern are both now ready and waiting in the shop.



This week I'm also beginning Module 2 of The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design. I'm hoping to be able to share a few things on the blog along the way (without sharing course content of course). 

I have a few appointments over the next couple of days, so I think I'll have some catching up to do on the weekend! That's the great thing about online study.

Making Space and Clearing Out

New Zealand Cushion Cover - only $25

There comes a time, where I need to let go and have a clear out to make some space around here.

So, there'll be lots of lovely things added to the shop at clearance prices.

Including Flex Frames... so that you can make your very own snappy purses and pouches. These are available as singles or packs of five.

And you can even buy small and large versions of my Mini Craft Panels for your pouches (or any other crafty endevour your heart desires)!

Stay tuned for more bargains!


PS - forgot to mention - there's a great tute at Crafty Ady for making pouches - there's a PDF link on the left hand sidebar over there. 

My Creative Space - A New Cushion (or what happens at craft camp)

.....Doesn't always stay at craft camp.

When you put a group of crafty bloggers in a room together, much hilarity ensues, and lots of silly ideas come to fruition.
 
Case in point.

Because everything is better when you put something on it. Don't blame me if you have Beyonce on the brain all day.

Oh and by the way, green chevrons are really really hard to photograph while maintaining colour accuracy!

The cushion cover and craft panel are both available in the shop, and I'll be taking them along to the Pop-Up Shop on Saturday too!

.... and from the same craft camp - the Geek Amour Hipsters Paradise Card. Brilliant!

More creative spaces

Did I blog this one?

Does anyone else have trouble keeping up with all of this social media malarkey?

Here's another new cushion design... I'm pretty sure I tweeted and facebooked and instagrammed (@curlypops) it, but I'm sure I forgot to blog about it.

It's all my favourite colours together in harmony!


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The Spring Collection

Cushion Cover - Hexie Raspberry Splice

I've been hinting about new designs for a little while now, and I'm so excited that I can finally show you what I've been working on.

 Cushion Cover - Hexie Waterfall

I wanted to put together a collection that was bursting with colour for Spring (enough with the blandness of Winter already)!

Cushion Cover - Hexie Cappucino

I've been watching Project Runway Allstars and I was totally inspired by the way that Mondo Guerra uses graphic clashing patterns and colour together (hence the hexies and the chevrons - what's not to love?)

Cushion Cover - Colour Block in Lime

I seem to also be ever so slightly obsessed with Pantone 583

Cushion Cover - Spring Bouquet

Of course, I couldn't resist designing a floral to add to the collection too.

They're all ready and waiting in the shop!

What Would You Do?

I received a lovely email last week, totally out of the blue, enquiring about some of my crafty goodies (I'll be able to fill you in on the details later in the week).

I'm working on a contracting project at my old workplace at the moment, so the only time that I had available to get everything all stitched up was the weekend.

Now that I have everything finished, I'm having a dilemma. I love this particular cushion so much that I'm not quite sure that I can part with it, but I'm also not quite sure that I have enough time to make a replacement.

What would you do? Is it the curse of the crafter?

A Long Weekend

Sometimes the long weekend is just what you need to re-charge the batteries (while eating Easter Eggs).

I managed to catch up on some sewing.

The Birdie Cushion Cover is in the shop

The Cornwall Cushion is a special order for a lovely Gleaners Inc customer.

I spent a little time daydreaming about this sweet little cradle that I found at the oppy for my nephews.

I also started (and nearly finished) the last nine months of book keeping for my little business.  All those years of experience as an Office Manager certainly come in handy, and I love playing around in excel.

Numbers (and spreadsheets) are one of my secret passions.... (strange but true). I guess I really am still a maths and science nerd after all.

Quiet

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I love having a nice quiet day on Good Friday...

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I been watching the RCH Appeal on the telly (and catching up on Footballers Wives), and I made myself a yummy Tuna Melt for lunch.

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In between, I've been whipping up a few new cushion covers...

Next up is a special request for a Cornwall Cushion for a lovely Gleaners Inc customer, and then I may have to indulge in an easter egg or two!

A Perfect Match

A little while ago, I made B-Fab and Boyance a personalised cushion as an engagement gift.

I knew that they were moving into a new place, and buying a new couch, so I was having a massive dilemma trying to choose the design colours. 

There was only one solution. I had to engage the specialised spying services of a double agent to find out the colour of the fabric on the couch, and make a cushion to match.....

But, the cushion was blue and grey.... and totally not B-Fab's colours at all.

So, a quick brainwave and.....

Voila!

The Happy Couple now have the perfectly matching set!

My Creative Space.... Cushions

I'm sewing up a cushion storm this week... which is kinda perfect considering the cool blustery change which is making me want to snuggle up on the couch and catch up on all the eps of Footballers Wives that are currently lined up on my Foxtel IQ.

I'm playing my creative space early this week as I'm off to Transplant Clinic tomorrow.... but before I get there, I'm heading to Gleaners Inc to drop off Sunshine Plantation and Tropical Floral.

I've popped We Crossed The Nullabor and Puppy Eyes in the cushion cover section of the shop, just in case anyone falls in love with them and feels the need to snap them up....

Taking a Gamble

I didn't have a gamble yesterday - in fact, I only turned the TV on from 3PM until 3.15PM purely to watch the Melbourne Cup, and that was it for the entire day.

But I've decided to take a gamble and re-open my online shop...

You see, I have these all new beautiful cushion covers in lovely new designs that I worked on really hard, and I just couldn't resist showing off.

100% designed and printed right here in Melbourne!

I can't quite decide which colour to keep and add to my couch collection...