lampshades

below is one of the lampshades i have created using my collection spotted blooms. i am really excited by the prospect of what i can do with these... i will post a couple of the others shortly. i am going to do custom orders soon - hope the weekend has been fun and creative for all! x



and a mood shot!

harvest textiles residence workshops

the girls at harvest textiles are running some amazing workshops with guest artists at the moment...

i would advise having a look at what is coming up... and then booking yourself in. there will be becci orpin (paperfolk mobiles), greg hatton (making a willow chair) and leila sanderson (make a teepee - we have one of hers and they are gorgeous!) to name a few. their new space is lovely and worth dropping by sometime for a perusal x

crafty minx book reading

last night i went to a book reading in the coastal town of ocean grove... it was at bookgrove a wonderful little book shop owned by the very knowledgeable and inspiring stacey. she has some amazing authors come in and last night it was the gorgeous kelly doust of the amazing the crafty minx and the crafty kid books - yes i purchased both!
the craft projects in these books are both beautiful and - especially in the case of the crafty kid - very easy and really usable pieces



kelly read from her memoir a life in frocks. it was a gorgeous chapter on hoarding... lots of lines rang true and she read beautifully... dressed as she was in a really lovely 50's red vintage frock

porcelain wall installations

above are two pieces from a proposed wall installation. it is to be a repeat of the linocut pattern which has been pressed into long porcelain rectangles. each of these will use a different glaze. there should be a lot of movement created through the use of colour and light so it will be exciting to see it come to fruition...

i am also doing a series of larger pieces... the one below is the first finished. it is a 'build' of a couple of linocuts. the ones created after this (but not yet glazed) have taken a new direction altogether but it is always interesting to see how things progress. the plan is for an exhibition later in the year!

chin chin x

ceramic, semi precious stones, silver jewelry

here is a sample of the hand crafted ceramic beads i have been creating combined with semi-precious stones and silver. this is my first piece although i have since put together a selection

this piece is entitled netta rae

previous work...

all of my previous posts can be viewed here... i will now try to update here too

finally! clips, hair elastics, buttons and more

i have been having a ball creating a range of gorgeous fabric covered clips, hair elastics and more from my fabrics. my girls are loving them! they each have a design based on them and there are also a geisha range, spotted blooms and vintage florals some of which are below…

we thought we would test out the buying market by doing a local market and putting our wares on display…

it was a perfect day, they went really well and we had a lot of great feedback… although i think we spent what we made on entertaining the family all day! next time we will be packing a picnic…

just below is shop keeper #4. number three bought a lucky dip for $2, made the item inside and then sold it on for $3! what an entrepreneur!

so if you need some lovely stocking fillers in original fiona mcdonald fabric just head on over here

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