Showing posts with label textile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label textile. Show all posts

Friday, 28 January 2011

Bits and pieces...

Started on a new wee series of a*r house softies the other day and had some awesome fun with out colour combo's... using scottish tweeds and tartans for roofs, irish linen for the house fronts, leather doors and our own cottons for their backs...

I am *loving* the unbrushed mohair roofs in pink and purple in this set... I may not be able to part with them!! ;)

Stay tuned for these, and the final few of series one to be added to the shop. FIRST, lots of little windows for me to embroider on first...

Happy weekend, everyone!!

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

New, New, New!!

Some brand new abigail*ryan fabric arrived with us today and we wanted to share right away, even though, frankly, it's pitch dark and not the right kind of light to be showing it off... but we just couldn't wait!

On top is our new Dahlia fabric... it's going to be cushions in three colour-ways (grey with pinks, yellows and duck-egg blues)... and the artwork I designed for our forthcoming Lavender bags in a variety of shades and designs...

We will be starting to sew tomorrow, I should think! I hope you all love it as much as we do!!

**WORD UP!!! Some of these goodies will be on display at a pop-up shop we are taking part in in Armagh... you can read a little more about the gallery space, TANK, on the facebook page, right here. If you are in Ireland (North or South, we are very near the border), or know someone who is, please do spread the word... the gallery pop-up is going to be running for six weeks from Friday, right up until Christmas eve and features 20 of Northern Ireland's best Craft and Design talent, all under one roof!

Of course - they will be debuting online very soon, too.

Gosh, well, it's been a very long day - so I think a big cup of tea and an evening of sitting down is in order... seeing the fruits of our last few weeks labours today, it's really no wonder we're beat!!

More soon,

Abigail@abigail*ryan

Thursday, 14 October 2010

Elderflower...

Last night I needed something to keep my hands busy and my mind from wandering so I started a new embroidery...

I had been ever so taken with these elderflower leaves I photographed a while ago, and so, decided to start them in stitches on our Irish linen.

This was the work of yesterday evening and I am doing more work on it again today. We are excited to be incorporating some of the leaf imagery into a new textile pattern we're working on, so think this embroidery may well end up as part of a very special abigail*ryan heirloom quilt...

Progress report soon! ;)

Abigail@abigail*ryan