vestiges of what once was

Colouring books remind me of being small with all the marvels and quandries one finds themselves in along the way.  Dylan Martorell's version has wonderfully imaginative illustrations and building upon the original artwork on each page is encouraged.    

Madz Has Runaway

Aside from being the kindest, gentlest lady I've ever known Madeleine Beatty's talents extend to designing and making the most delightful jewellery.  these resin bracelets have been set with small pieces of beautiful fabrics from her treasured collection of new and vintage remnants. 

another Ramona

A girl came into the shop on Saturday and introduced herself as Ramona which is a rare thing.  I was pretty chuffed to overhear her inform her friends as they wandered around that she was quite enamoured by the shop - I'm glad she approved!

The sumptious runner (above) is one of the newest designs by World Weave and comes in several sizes.  Skinny laMinx is the latest designer to grace the tienda shelves with cushion covers and napkins.  The colts design is inspired by ancient San rock paintings in the Cederberg mountains about 300km north of Cape Town where Heather lives.

cloth

what I admire most about textile designer Julie Paterson (founder of Cloth Fabric) is her aptitude for creating such stunning surface designs with a humble paper stencil.  Reminds us that understated can be beautiful too.

Knuffle Kid

 

a gorgeous assemblage of handmade children's clothing inspired by a collection of wind-up toys.  the designer also makes small runs of vintage fabric reversible dresses so looking forward to the another delivery of these in November...

hooray for spring

I recently came by some especially pretty fabric from Japan so the newest additions to the shop are floral and fine blue striped cotton scarves made in-house.  

Damon Moon

Made with clay collected from Adelaide Hills, Damon's process is wholeheartedly organic.  Once the pots are formed, the glaze for each piece is derived from local rocks combined at times with ash from the stove to produce colour variation that echoes the local landscape.