Those guilts, those guilts, they can't hurt meeeee

Been rather busy again and made another fab cushion!  This one was a lot scarier than the others cos there was a lot more that could go wrong like stuff would end up in the wrong paces and not line up or my colour wasn't dark enough or the fabric was very slippy and I'd sew it wrong so I was bouncing around when it was done and had actually gone right! Phew!

I dont know why these end up looking so yellow... They're not really!

Anyways, these are on silk and done in the same way as the other one - printed black pigment and painted colour.

I cant take all the credit for their amazingness though - Mr. Lowe, a nice young singing man, helped by getting Those Guilts stuck in my head (cos Jez in nice like that) which was ok until I got home and needed to listen to it and it's not on Youtube! I can't believe Youtube has failed me :( But then I look at my cushion and it's all ok again.

Playing in Printing Cushions

Before we broke up for this lovely Easter break we had an afternoon playing at making more designs for our cushions and teatowels. These are my 2 fave's from then mainly because I think I have a slight obsession with the colourful wigs.

Layouts!

Quite excited, have lived at college this week (for a change) to the point where I think my tutors actually believe I have a bed under my desk, but I've finished my essay, my design layouts and have even had chance to add some colour to a few! I have 3 cushion layouts, front and back, at 41cm square and 3 tea towel layouts at 43x76cm (not so sure about the sizes but they're big)

Cushions!

I think my fave ones are the top 2 and I dont know which to make, or if I should make both, but because they're printed I'd need about a million screens which is a bit unfair on everyone else if I've stolen them all lol. Although, I'm not sure about the middle one having the wig the same colour as the border, I thought it was quite ncie at first then I thought it looked too similar and now I cant decide...

Tea towels!

Now I have the same problems with my tea towels, I quite like them all and dont know which to make! Colour wise, I think the top 2 would be naturally coloured - so the wedgewood stuff would be blue etc - but the wig one would be like my cushion so they'd be like a matching set.

Think I deserve a cookie

I've actually finished a drawing sheet without having to work till stupid times of the night! It's before 4pm!This one is Neo Classical Architecture and cos a lot of it is based on Greek designs there's lots of patterns and columns...

I've even got a few bits I actually like to show you close up...

Tra laaaaa! Now there's only 1 more to do and I've done, I think thats gonna be fashion but I'm gonna leave that till Monday as I might have a cookie and a nap now.



Once again I'm handcuffed to a drawing board...

... And with every drawing sheet I finish my tutors push the food bowl a little closer.

We've started on research for our printed cushion and tea towel now, so theres lots of drawings in period styles - mine is Neo Classicism and so far I've produced this sheet of Mr Wedgewood's beautiful Jasperware:

Not sure if you can get high from watercolours but I think I've managed it having my nose about 2cm away from that sheet all day.

I even have some close ups for you to admire...

I think the woman is my fave but I think my man look a bit like Lucius Malfoy crossed with Severus Snape which has kept me entertained for the million hours I've spent on this drawing sheet :)