happy new year

*gelukkige nuwejaar* godt nytår*gelukkig Nieuwjaar*happy new year*onnellista uutta vuotta*gelukkig Nieuwjaar*bonne année*ein gutes neues Jahr*kali xronia*ath bhliain faoi mhaise*buon anno*godt nyttår*feliz ano novo*bliadhna mhath ur*feliz año nuevo*gott nytt år*es guets Nöis*yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun*

happy christmas

(slightly modified Edward Gorey)
Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo* Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta* Joyeux Noël et bonne année
Frohes Fest und guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr* Καλὰ Χριστούγεννα καὶ καλὴ χρονιά!* Beannachtaí an tSéasúir* Buon Natale e felice anno nuovo* God jul og godt nytt år* Feliz Natal e próspero ano novo*
A Blythe Yule an a Guid Hogmanay* God jul och gott nytt år*
Yeni yılınızı kutlar, sağlık ve başarılar dileriz*Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Holiday Delivery info: December 23rd, 2008 ist the last day that orders will be shipped before Christmas. We will then be making merry and shall resume shipping on Dec. 29th, 2008. Thank you, all of you, for being such grand customers!

Information zur Lieferung in den Weihnachtsferien: Der letzte Versandtag ist der 23. Dezember.
Danach wird uns erst einmal weihnachtlich - und zum 29. Dezember nehmen wir den Versand wieder auf. Dank an euch alle! Ihr seid großartige Kunden!

fabric slippers

There is an English shoe company that will take any fabric of your choice, which you supply, and make a pair of bespoke slippers for you! Here are some of my fantasy slippers. The company is called Shipton & Heneage and more info can be found here.

kay nielsen

These are some of my favorite Kay Nielsen illustrations from one my most beloved books..."East of the Sun and West of the Moon".

wiener werkstätten

The fabrics shown here are from the Wiener Werkstätten. Over 18,000 fabrics were designed by 90 different artists of the Wiener Werkstätten in the years from 1913 to 1932. The designs above are from some of the most prominent textile designers, Camille Birke, Franz von Zülow, Josef Hoffmann (who alone created 6,204 designs!) and Carl Otto Czeschka.

happy 3rd advent

Wishing you all a very special third advent Sunday!

couture remixed

I am hoping to find the time over Christmas to go see this exhibit at the Kunstgewerbemuseum here in Berlin. The museum has over 50 Stephan Hann "creations" on display. Stephan Hann uses unusual materials to create his own fabrics and then uses these fabrics for his recycled haute couture. The top image is a dress made of silk and newspaper strips and the bottom image is out of tetra packs. The exhibit runs until March 1, 2009. You can find the German info here.

holiday quilts

These beautiful quilts are all via Rocky Mountain Quilts. If you aren't familiar with this site, go take a look, they have some real beauties there!

Xmas fabric

Better late than never I guess, but unfortunately the Alexander Henry Christmas fabric arrived much later than planned! Some other sweet prints also arrived with the Xmas prints and I am in the process of putting them online!

shop handmade

I did a little Xmas shopping this weekend by Trendmafia and Dawanda. Trendmafia has a new indoor location, which which I am sure is greatly appreciated by the vendors and I went to check it out last Saturday. Two of my faves were there Miriam Schneidermann (can't show what I bought from her right now.....) and nikoki. The two pouches and the Matroschka pin in the pic above were my lovely purchases from nikoki.
Sunday I went online and got these sweet pocket mirrors, polka dot heart and lovely purse
from ni.ko's Dawanda shop. More will be forthcoming......ho!ho!ho!

reversible scarf

Here is an idea for a quick Xmas present....a reversible scarf using soft corduroy on one side and snazzy polka dots on the other. The scarf finished measures 30cm x 2,35cm. Both fabrics are from Stenzo and because they are 1,50cm wide, a meter of each fabric is more than enough for the scarf and will leave you with enough fabric leftover to make yourself a pouch or, maybe some cute heart Xmas ornaments? The fabrics can be found here.

2. advent

have a lovely 2. advent......ich wünsche euch allen einen fröhlichen zweiten advent

lacemakers

Charlotte Lancelot "Lace Runner"
Citterio "Architectural Lace"
Demakersvan "Lace Fence"
Anne Wilson "Topographies"
Barbara Schulman "Lacemaker Daughter"

Vermeer "The Lacemaker"
Isn't it great that the ladies seem to attract the most attention at the Louvre! Not only do crowds gather around the Mona Lisa but they also gather around Vermeer's very beautiful"Lacemaker". Here is a small tribute to maker's of lace today!
Barbara Schulman
Anne Wilson
Demakersvan
Antonio Citterio
Charlotte Lancelot

new kokka

Some new Kokka fabrics finally arrived, they were a very long time coming but they are here at last. Cute retro prints , echino "Cars" in black, animal silhouettes, matroschka dolls, and leaping frogs can all be found here.

yinka shonibare

You all may be familiar with this guy's work, but I just discovered him after finding a an amazingly beautiful book about him in the Louvre bookshop. Yinka Shonibare was born in England in 1962 and raised in Nigeria. In his works he explores the issues of race and class and features the use of Dutch wax fabric. Absolutely brilliant. Pictured above is also an Xmas tree he was asked to design for the Tate Britain in 2001 where he wrapped 102 cone branches in shredded fabric. Here is a link for an "Alien Christmas Angel" designed by Shonibare.