storm before the calm

This is the state of my studio at the moment. Still work in progress for Kids.Modern on Sunday, my fault for leaving everything till the last minute and wasting time making experimental bunting! For anyone in London, Kids.Modern will be a fine day out with lots to see and do. Come and say hello, it would be great to see you. All details above or on the website.

mermaid romance

Mermaid has found a boyfriend! She is a bit of an uptown girl but has fallen for a handsome pirate (oh dear, I am making up stories about cushions, I must be working too hard, should get out more!) I have been printing an edition of this pirate print to go with the cushions already in my etsy shop. 

battered old suitcase

I bought this old leather bound suitcase at the weekend to display some of my cushions. It needs relining so I am going to print up  some cloth and get gluing, can't decide which pattern works best.

a good day for drying

I love it when it's sunny enough to dry my prints on the line. Mermaids, pirates, birds and origami patterns for Kids.Modern.  All rather last minute as always!

roddy&ginger's shop

I will be taking roddy&ginger to Kids.Modern on 18th April and opening up shop for the day.

Kids.Modern is a fantastic once a year event organised by the Mid-Century Modern people and it showcases the latest furniture, fashion, toys and collectables for design loving parents and their lucky little ones. This lovely old '50s kitchen cabinet is going to be my 'shop'. I didn't realise quite how grimy it was when I bought it from our local junk emporium and it has been a labour of love to restore it involving a lot of scrubbing, sanding, painting and handprinting of lining paper. The idea is to sell it on the day - but after all this hard work will I be able to part with it? 

spring chickens

I have been sorting out my bookshelves, this is one of my favourites. Wake Up Farm first published in 1966 with fantastic illustrations by Roger Duvoisin creator of Petunia the Silly Goose. Lots of Easter chickens and lambs and one poor old bunny in a cage. 

easter books

I found a clutch of these Little Grey Rabbit books in the charity shop last week. They were first published in the 40's, written by Alison Uttley with charming illustrations by Margaret Tempest. Happy tales of little grey rabbit, hare, moldy warp the mole, fuzzypeg the hedgehog and the speckeldy hen, very cute!

Happy easter!