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!

Shop here

Making Magazine

 Pleased as punch to be in this month's rather fab Making Magazine.....

 

It's really nice to see my work in print, I was surprised how big and clear they all were and I even don't mind the picture of me, which is a rare occasion!

There are some great articles all about lampshade making and I love this project......

Thanks so much to Clare Kelly for her interview.  You can catch up on all the great articles she has written for the creative makers out there on her website and scroll through her fun blog at Pass the Pattern.
As for my words...I cringed a little at my admittance to listening to Radio One all day!  Even though it's true, I wish I could have thought of something a bit more ecclectic at my age!
Anyway, back to my boring accounts.....hopefully I will be up and running again by next week.

Credit Cheers!

044, originally uploaded by sweet sweet life.

Thanks to Sweet Sweet Life for a super sweet post about my work! This is a great blog full of gorgeous interior shots / eye candy / ideas / chat and joy!

Papernstitch and my first Giveaway!

Thank you to Brittni from Papernstitch for including me in her showcase this month. I also got a very nice slot on her blog yesterday which you can see here I've only just spotted it as I've had a two day spell of total 4 year old indulgence! Yep, Stanley is now 4! We celebrated with a trip to the brilliantly mad Anish Kapoor Exhibition, then a quick dash back home for a mini tea party. Today I've been printing all day with Stanley and his pals, as I did a print workshop at their nursery. The results were fantastic, it's pure joy to work with such an enthusiastic bunch! I'll blog about this more when I get a chance. Having said that, 20 printed bags later, my back is killing me!
Anyway, back to what I'm meant to be blogging about.......

The Papernstitch contest, join in and you could win a prize....oh and one for me too!

......and just to add to the hype, I'll try a mini giveaway:
Leave a comment on any of my products on the papernstitch site, then leave a comment here saying something supernice about my work and what would you like to see more of. I'll do a random pick from all the comments here and the lucky winner will get one of my party bags with a few surprises inside!
Here's the blurb from papernstitch

October marks our one year anniversary for the papernstitch exhibition site! It is hard to believe its already been a year for the site, and well over a year for the blog. To celebrate we'll be running a contest from now through October 25th on the pns site.

Some of you may know that each individual product in a pns shop can be commented on by anyone who is logged in to their account. The exhibitor who receives the most votes in their shop will win a prize and you can win too! Win your favorite product on papernstitch!

How do you enter?

Simple. Visit the papernstitch site, browse your favorite shops and comment on any product that you would like to win. Why do you love that item or that shop? Tell us in the comments section. Just don't forget you have to be logged in to comment. You may enter an unlimited number of times, but can only comment on each product one time. Each comment is an entry.

I will select three winners total from the comments pool for the entire site and those three commenters will win the product they commented on! Pretty cool, huh? Visit the site now to enter the contest. Don't have a free account yet? Get one here (it takes 5 seconds, literally).

Just a Little Note....

Thank you to Sam at Inklore for her supernice inclusion of my inspiration post on her journal/blog. She makes beautiful eco conscious stuff and I love the block printing!

Black is Back

A big thank you to Sam at Inklore for including me in her weekly 'inspiration' post for printmakers. If you'd like to know a little about the background to my ABC print then please take a peek. Her stuff is just lovely too.
So while I'm on the subject of Alphabets, I had a customer order for an ABC in the blue/grey last week and managed to get a couple of black ones made up at the same time. One of them is likely to end up as a wedding present for some friends and the other should be in my shop tomorrow. The lovely dog prop is a supersoft cotton knit from Blabla, I just love their classic range and cushions.
I've also been playing around with little purses in off cuts of my Shapes and Things fabric as birthday season is approaching. Stanley is soon to be 4 as are quite a few of his little mates. These ones are for the girlies of course!

Miffy Love!

Well it's been on the front page of Etsy twice (Now thrice!) and has just had a great mention over at Housemartin.
Thanks to a lady called Dee who gave me the tip off!
I've got a sneaky feeling it's Miffy that's getting me all the attention, even though I'd like to think it was my little cushions too!
I came across this fab find at my local Mind, Charity Shop and for £1.80 I think I got a bargain and a fantastic prop to boot.

Etsy Front Page! HOoRaH!

Credit Cheers!

Thanks to Poppytalk for her lovely plug!

Retrotogo - Go, Go ,Go!

Thanks to the great site Retrotogo.com for their write up on my Pebble shades.
Part of the Modculture Media group of websites, Switched On Set is also worth a look for cool mod things. I found these fabulous Pencil Trees in their kids section.

Credit Cheers!

Thank you so much to Print & Pattern for the super write up! What a nice end to the week.
Also to Indie Quarter! Great plug thank you.

Nice Credit

Thank you so much, Lucy for her write up on Bambino Goodies!