Why Create

Its the big question -  why create.  What is it that spurs us on to design and make beautiful things? Why does this drive bubble out of us?  Everyone will have their own point of view.  For me its an attempt to transfer that heart singing feeling you get when you see something that is just right, balanced and beautiful.  Using texture, pattern and colour I try to recreate that emotion and feeling.  I don't think I even get close, but I enjoy the attempt and the process.

Life is never dull

 This week I have been making cushions, lots and lots of cushions.  Kiwi flag cushions, Union Jack flag cushions and wordy cushions.  When I am working I make a lot of mess, there is usually thread and offcuts everywhere.  I happened to leave a lump of cushion stuffing on a shelf, turned round to pick it up and somehow it had grown a beak and eyes.  Hmm I wonder who that was, Peter.

A custom project in progress

 This weekend I have been working on a custom project.  It can be stressful doing a custom print,  one little slip up and its back to square one.  Especially when working with a vintage item, its not as easy to pick up another blanket.  For every four blue and white checked blankets I acquire, only one of them will be suitable for printing as a whole blanket.  This time the printing stage has gone well, fingers crossed the ink curing stage goes well too.