pink patchwork quilt and pillows

Pink patchwork quuilt and pillows set made as a christening present for my little cousin.
The blanket is approx. slightly shorter than single bed sized and the pillows a little smaller than normal bed pillows.
Fabrics used for the blanket included a pink poly cotton for the back and some of the patches, a floral pink cotton for the stripes on the front, and the patches include a floral cotton winchette fabric, baby print cotton, and a heather bailey design cotton. The fabricc for the pillows is a pink poly cotton blend and pink floral cotton. Both are padded with wadding.

few new designs

two new designs, first pink nightdress for a child, approx 9months-a year old



second a green long top, again for a child, approx 9months-a year old

few new baby clothes made

nothing posted in a little while since we've been moving house, managed to loose all of my project work in the process so bit of a mad rush trying to find it all in the mass of boxes that are still packed.
thought i'd post some pictures of the new baby clothes i've made, not 100% happy with them, some little bits to fix- hems to sew that kind of thing
1. white sparkle satin and purple polyester lining dress, with purple ribbon waist, hem and cuffs.
2. white super soft satin dress, with red ribbon waist and hem.
3. pink floral fabric dungerees, with ribbon tie shoulders.
4. pink dutchess satin dress with ribbon tie front

tanya whelan

just a few surface print pattern designs by tanya whelan, i came across these on the freespirit fabric designers websites whilst researching 'floral', my theme for this semester for my textile surface pattern module. These are deffinately very influencial designs in my work, i'd personally say the're somewhat of a balence between Cath Kidston's slightly childish designs and the very mature ones coming from Laura Ashley at the minute, the're quite shabby chic, in a way a little romantic. These can now be found in john lewis, hobbycraft and some patchwork fabric shops online.

designs by bella rose cottage

one particularly adorable design by bella rose cottage, one of my favourite shabby chic designs websites. i love the patterned fabric, this is the type of inspiration i'll be using for my next project.

baby dress-handmade myself

baby dress i recently made, had some fabric left from the patchwork blanket and thought i'd try the pattern i had. its probably sized for a baby around 4-6 months old.

baby blanket-handmade by myself

heres the baby blanket i made, the front is patchwork, made up of a plain pink 50% cotton/polyester blend, white sateen, pink polyester floral patterned, and pink polyester satin. The backing is white sateen, and padding is polyester wadding.