Just finished 2 busy weekends opening our house to the lovely people of Dulwich and beyond! Peter and I were showing our chair collaborations and my knitted cushions and toys - I wasnt the only one t...
Well its been a while since my last post! I have ventured (or stumbled into) the world of wholesale and mass production - the lovely world of design/craft is not without its stress!
Before Christmas I had an order from Blomma based in South Korea, here you will find lovely collections of home wares, stationary etcThey took some lovely pictures of my cushions together - I will be...
I was really pleased to be invited to have a stand at Top Drawer trade show at Earls court last week as part of a group of 12 designer/makers chosen for an area called Spotted This group was put toge...
I felt sad today when I walked past the spot where this wonderful Barbara Hepworth sculpture once stood in Dulwich park, stolen, now just two sawn off stumps.
What a great Saturday spent with the Crafty Foxes at their Christmas market in the Dogstar Pub in Brixton. It was really busy with Christmas shoppers and crafty Christmas presents!
Its so nice to hear from a happy customer, just got this picture from Brook whos husband bought the Bus cushion for her birthday!
So its been a while since my last post, I have been in a Christmas knitting frenzy, I am developing large knitting machine muscles on my right arm!I just bought this vintage handmade ornament on Etsy...
I have been working on a few new designs (when I get 2 seconds free!) and have made some larger cushions by patching knitted squares together - some old designs and some new, the idea came from looki...
I managed to finish the Flotta chair for Rebecca during the summer. This was such an interesting commission, Peter came up with an unusual and stunning design based on Rebeccas Grandmothers life on F...
Just before the summer I upholstered this Parker Knoll chair for Andrew and Helen. They had been to the Robin and Lucienne Day exhibition at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester (sadly no longer on) H...
This summer started off with 2 lovely weeks in the south of France staying with great friends near Montpellier.We saw the striking architecture at La Grande-Motte where we had great mussels, chips an...
I had a lovely day on Saturday teaching an Embroidery class at the Idler Academy on Westbourne park rd, London. This is a wonderful place dedicated to teaching, learning and great coffee! Here is a d...
I have just finished making new cushions and covers for Alisons 2 Ercol day beds - they are all the rage for a reason, they are simple, elegant and comfortable!Alison inherited one of the sofas from ...
This Saturday I will be teaching an embroidery class at the Idler Academy in west London. Look here for details. Peter has designed a modern sampler which will be printed on linen ready for some stit...
Its been a busy month in the Nencini house with Sadie and Syds birthdays. Sadie wanted a big dolly with clothes so a few long late nights later (especially hand tying each strand of hair on - respect...
My latest vintage Galt purchase!
I recently finished making up a small order of cushions that I worked on with Le train Fantome, featuring the lovely Lumi doll and Lewis rabbit, these are available in Fanjas Le train Fantome shop I ...
We recently had some pictures taken of our house by some lovely freelance photographer/journalists. They are working on a book project for Japanese publishers (www.editionsdeparis.com). Looking at ho...
I finished the knitted tile bed head for Rachel! I have styled our bed (a bit) to see how it looks. I will be working on a second bed head in a different design soon - very exciting!
I have always loved this coffee table which came from my Grandad, part of the business where he worked sold tiles and they had this table made up in the fifties to show the different designs.Unfortun...
I have been working on an embroidered chair as a commission for Rebecca. The chair - or small sofa, has a wooden frame, I replaced the board, which was being used as a temporary seat with rubber pire...
Things have been busy since Peter and joined in with Artists Open House, an event that is part of Dulwich festival. Beth came to our house and liked my London bus cushions but wanted a BIG london cus...
We went to Morocco over Easter to a wonderful and peaeful place, south of Agadir on the coast, we stayed right by the beach, wonderful walks, flowers and buildings.Frantic sandcastle building before ...
Liz (dickybird) and I made it through another busy and fun Mid Century Modern show at Dulwich College last Sunday - it was great to meet people, get some feedback and sell some things!
I have been working away on some new things for this coming Mid Century Modern show in Dulwich college this (Sunday 20th March). I bought a lovely vintage Swedish cross stitch runner from ajabaja49 o...
Here are some new cushions which I will be putting in my shop soon, inspired from a 60s tapestry dress I bought in a charity shop a while ago and an old Swedish cross stitch table runner I bought on ...
I keep trying to design a knitted doll, its so hard to get the character and expression right. This is my dolly so far - she is nearly there but not quite. I hope to have her ready for Mid Century mo...
Walking back from my studio the other day I saw this old dolls pram in my favourite junk shop in Peckham, I just had to buy it! I have no excuses Its just so lovely.
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