Prints Charming

Merry Christmas

 

Wishing all a very Merry Christmas and a happy happy holiday season with friends and family.

Thank you for all the support we have received over the past year. Here's to 2012!

Cath and kirsten

Thank You.

Our Daisy Chain samples have been on a world tour, now glad to be back home and on display at Calico and Ivy. Thank you to all our Prints Charming friends that popped in on Saturday afternoon, to say hello and chat, at what we know is a very busy time of year. Those in the know, know you're never too busy for a bit of fabric shopping!

Thank you to Sarah for hosting a lovely afternoon. 

Best Wishes

Cath and Kirsten

Daisy Chain launch in Sydney

Come and join us at Calico and Ivy for a glass of champagne to celebrate the arrival of Daisy Chain in Australia. 

On Saturday 10^th December 3-5pm, 10 Birchgrove Rd, Balmain.  The first 10 to pop in and say hello, will receive a little Prints Charming gift.

See you there, Cath and Kirsten

Don't you wish..

You were in Melbourne to visit this

Embroidered Artwork

We were thrilled to hear from Maryanne about a project her daughter Madeline's class worked on using our hand printed designs. Madeline is at Inner Sydney Montessori School and her class, Athanor, is for children aged between 6 and 9 years old.

Maryanne explained, "Sewing and handicraft are a big part of a Montessori education - children are shown how to make very simple sewing cards at 2, sew on buttons at 3 and by 5 are making embroidered cushions and doing huckaback.

Every year the school has a fundraising ball and each class creates an artwork that is auctioned at the ball to raise funds for the school. This year Athanor used your screen printed linens as the basis for their work.

Every child was given one of your pieces to work with. They chose the colours and embroidery techniques they wanted to use. Some children liked to follow the lines, some liked to cover them completely, others liked to make beautiful patterns outlining the lines. Each pieces is different, each piece is beautiful."

Didn't the children do a wonderful job? We love how each child has used their own style for their piece. And it proves that embroidery doesn't have to be fiddly or complicated, it's just a beautiful way to be creative with thread and fabric.

Print and Pattern

Can you guess what we've spotted?

That's right - some of our prints are featured in the new Print & Pattern book. The book has a wonderful, eclectic mix of different kinds of prints and designs for fabric, paper and digital use. Lots to look at for anyone who loves colour and design. If you see a copy, check out page 258!

We found our copy locally, so before you order online check in your local bookstore.

Beautiful day for printing.

It was a glorious spring day in Sydney on saturday, perfect printing day. As you can see the sun in the sky reflected on every ones sunny colour choices.

Ava, Danni, Claire, Emma, Mei and Christine.

More wonderful printing and colour in the afternoon.

Luke,Rene,Sue,Daniele and Franca.

Lovely to meet you all and hope you had fun.

Cath and Kirsten

 

Gee but it's great to be back home,

Touched down in Sydney last friday and the week has flown!

We had such a wonderful time visiting beautiful crafty shops, with their wonderful staff and meeting their inspiring customers. Thanks to all of you that have read the blog and kept up with our travels on facebook . The wonders of technology are speedy and amazing, being able to upload photos to our blog striaght from our phone. Somewhere from phone to blog the photos got a little inverted so to all that contorted bodies to look, thankyou. 

Cath and Kirsten

 

Last day in LA.

Last day in LA. The Watts Towers.

And the Getty Center

And the Getty Center, in the sea mist. LAX next stop.