Helen Rawlinson at Guildery

 

  

 

 

 

 

I'm very pleased to see my collection on the front page of Guildery today. You can also see me on the Guildery blog talking about my work and studio. So to answer the question that keeps popping up from the USA - Yes you can buy my fabric by the yard and yards and yards! Plus cushions, drapes, footstools, lampshades and more, yey!

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Say hello to Mia!

So this little cutie-pie is Mia Luz Fullerton-Meléndez, sitting pretty at nine weeks old in her brand new nursery. I remember packing up this big parcel of fabric just before Christmas and sending it away to a far off place called Jupiter in Florida, USA. I had my fingers crossed that it would arrive in time.

I do love a good customer order and this one was very special. Mari approached me via my Etsy shop about ordering some of my printed fabrics for her new baby's nursery.  Mia was due just before Christmas and I had about 3 weeks to get the project done.  So began the longest conversation on Etsy to date (38 messages in total!) Everything was carefully planned by Mari with mood boards for colour and scale and we discussed measurements and patterns in detail -  It reminded me of when I was pregnant with Stanley and all the nesting instincts and excitement I had about my future baby - Mari was bursting with enthusiasm from the start (with just a hint of panic!) and was planning everything meticulously.  Her mum, Gloria, was to be the Queen of the sewing machine in those last few days before Mia was born and what a fantastic job she did!

I was so chuffed when I received these photos.  I love how the room is decorated with a white and grey colour scheme and then you get a whoosh of brights from all my prints and the little extra details! I couldn't have asked for a better result.

Love the wallpaper!

The cot below was designed and made by Mia's dad - beautifully simple and even this didn't miss out on the tiniest of cushions!

Thank you, Mari for all the photos and keeping me up to date.  I'm so pleased we had a chance to work together.

Meet the happy family:
Just in.....Mia Luz Fullerton-Meléndez
Mommy - Maria del Mar Meléndez (originally from Puerto Rico) 
Daddy - Adam Fullerton - both Graphic Designers / Art Directors
Maria's Mom and chief seamstress - Gloria Muñoz

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State of Craft - Launch Night!

I mentioned a few posts back about my contribution to a fab new book which is launching this week.
State of Craft - By Ziggy Hanaor and Victoria Woodcock is now available now on Amazon. The launch party is open to all and is tomorrow night - I'll be there so do say hello if you spot me!

It's going to be quite an event - with mini workshops in moustache making, tote bag printing and hipster head dress making.  Plus a talented panel ready to answer all your DIY questions - see more info here and click to attend!

Back Tracking - Cocktails and Such

Anyone for a cocktail?

Back in June my fine friend Tjinder asked me to illustrate some recipes for his little project over at Cornershop HQ.  If you haven't heard of Cornershop - then now's the time to enjoy. I'm a big fan of Tjinder's music, an especially big fan of his Missus and our boys are the maddest of friends that 5 year olds can possibly be.
I've dabbled in illustration work in the past and would love to do more if I ever find time to follow this path, or someone else asks me!

This was a great opportunity to have a play and follow a brief. I loved the whole process of collecting imagery (raiding the kitchen cupboards) making little sketches, scanning them in and playing around with the joys (and frustrations) of photoshop.
I'm glad I tackled Judy first as it was the most complicated of the two recipes, so when it came to Brimful I was on a roll.


Both recipes are now available as printable hi res PDF downloads, so you can print them up onto posh A4 paper and have them at the ready for a mighty cocktail making session!  Having tasted it myself, I can honestly say that the Judy cocktail is a real winner (thanks to Dishoom).
Check out Cornershop's website to join the 6 for 6 Singhles club and you'll end up with the Judy Cocktail as well as five other art works plus, of course, some rather cool tracks.
As for Brimful you can download it right here for free!

 

Comments on a beer mat please! I'd love to know what you all think.

Hic!

Happy Birthday Eva!

Had fun with making this order last week!
Props thanks to Namolio for the bear and DH Painter for the bird. The dog has been in our home for many years!

Christmas Build Up!

As always, I'm totally unprepared for the next mad month and a half!
Not much time for blogging but these are a few things I've done recently....

Miffy gets an outing with ABC in Blue.  In my Etsy Shop now.

Comes in threes, just added a few stocking filler 3 packs too.

A little customer order for Eryn.  These machine stitched fabric, collages are 60 pounds each framed.  

Joseph's Room

This was a commission I had for a clients little boy: to make a lampshade for his room. It was a very open brief, but a suggestion of sport and animals was given. So here it is in it's flat form..... and then made up into the shade. I had great fun messing around with the composition and choosing the main characters and am very pleased with the outcome. Joseph was apparently very happy too, well his parents were as I think he's just two!


All new and still in it's wrapping, I had about five minutes to take the pictures before it was collected.