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!