The supplies are arriving.

The final pattern and finer details of the jacket design are being mulled over and perfected by no-one less than Sophie (lifesaver + newly appointed project buddy!) TAKE A LOOK: http://lovelaceland.com/.

And so we ordered the goods in; threads, fabrics, buttons... oh and even some Swarovski crystals.  It's going to look amazing.

More news and photos coming soon. 

I've been a busy bee.

It's been a long time since my last post but have been a busy bee making and creating.  I thought I would share with you all the process of screen printing.  For the jacket there are labels and patterns to create for the fabrics and a lovely way to achieve this for the prototype (plus enjoy the final few weeks of my degree!) has been screen printing, or foiling.  So instead of pulling ink through the silk screen you pull a special glue through....

....then, well, click on the page at the top saying 'printing' and you'll find more photos there.

new page added

NEW PAGE added - more drawings and design about the jacket (called the jacket II) Take a look , let me know what you think! I have also updated the page about the jacket (called the jacket) with more scans from my sketchbook.

Summer office

What sunshine we've been having! Too warm and nice to stay inside, I moved my 'studio' outdoors >

and I now all those hours spent drawing in the sun mean my left arm is somewhat more brown than the other!

I have been busying drawing the final, refined design for the jacket.  I will create a new page with detailed drawings of this soon.  In the mean time, take a look at 'the jacket' page at the top of the blog.  I have added some more drawings from my sketchbook as the project has been developing.

Let me know what you think, just leave a comment with some thoughts.  I would greatly appreciate it!

some of the new sketch book pages.

velo love

Bristol's first vintage velo was yesterday.  Tom and I went off to tootle along with 120 other tweed lovin' fellows for a 10 mile cruise in the sunshine.  

I spent the afternoon before tarting up Claud for the event >

I also tied on lots of LNR tags to him to bring along to the party, to give out to people I got talking to and leave as little presents on their bicycles.

It was such a sunny sunday, maybe a little warm for tweed wearing but lots of fun. Hello to anyone who has found themselves here after finding one of contact tags on their bicycle.  Take a look at my other pages and please do leave a comment on this post of what you think about this project and my designs so far!  

oh what a lovely day.

The sun is shining and I wish I was outside enjoying it, flying around on my bicycle.  But instead I am behaving myself and sat with all the windows and doors open, some good music on, working on my sketchbook.

Today I am drawing out the basic design I have for the jacket and playing around with different colours and fabric samples I have.  I don't want it looking too girly.  No pretty pinks or flowers allowed. yuck.

Hope you are all having a lovely day.  Please take a look at the pages

found nr the top of this blog and leave your comments. Please do.

Bristol's first Vintage Velo

One fun way to spend a lovely spring afternoon; Bristol's first Vintage Velo.  I have signed up to this with some fellow bicycle buddies, will be some fun getting dressed up in tweed and going for a rather jolly 10 mile cruise ending in cream tea and games! 

I can't wait.

http://vintage-velo.blogspot.com