This Works...

...and it smells scrumptious too!

The Black Spice and Cedar candle from 'This Works' is a new favourite for us - the sweet orange, cinnamon, clove and cedarwood making the house smell warm and welcoming... perfect for Autumn.

'This Works' was launched by Kathy Phillips' who worked as Health and Beauty editor at Vogue for seven years... so, if she says it works, it really does!

The smell from the parsnips I am roasting right now for soup compliment it perfectly ;)

(FYI - we found ours for a bargain in TK Maxx, so if you live near one, check to see if they have any more 'This Works' candles you could try! I like it so much I would definitely buy it full price too!)

Abigail@abigail*ryan

Off to Print!

We're so excited... and just had to share!

After MUCH wrangling and issues with our printing this year (gah!), we have finally sent three new designs off to print (and are re-printing Rhododendron)... and they will hopefully be arriving with us in a few weeks time...

Here is a small preview of one of the new designs - Dahlia, which will be coming in this deep delicious Raspberry, as well as in a hot coral orange ... and will be centered on a lovely unbleached cotton tea towel!

We hope you like it...

More to share VERY soon :)

Abigail@abigail*ryan

Low stock Tea-towel sale...

Hi everyone!

We are nearing the end of our stock on six of our 2009/10 teatowel designs...

*Anemone in Olive & Granny Smith

*Helicopters in Ketchup and Mustard

*Sycamore in Turquoise and Ink

To celebrate our forthcoming new 2010/11 designs, which will debut in store by the end of November, we are putting these designs on sale - reducing them from £11.50 to £9.50 :)

We hope you will be able to pick up a bargain to give as a gift, or as a treat for yourself! Click here to shop all teatowels... remember, all abigail*ryan teatowels come beautifully gift wrapped, too...

Happy shopping!

A*R

Sunday...

Before we get stuck in today (drawing and digitising!) - we had a very long lazy lie in...and a nice leisurely breakfast.

The sun is streaming in the window at chez abigail*ryan... a turquoise sycamore teatowel catches our crumbs and my brand new anthropologie butterdish is christened... a pretty nice start to our day...

Bon weekend to you!

Abigail@abigail*ryan

Pen on paper...

Hello there!

Just stopping in to share some previews of some of the drawings I have been feverishly working on for the past wee while... these are in turn currently being worked on by Ryan to turn them into artwork for our brand new tea-towel designs which we will be launching ahead of Christmas!

Above are clusters of Hydrangea buds and opening blooms, and budding Agapanthus... Dahlia is already finished, and we're so excited...can't wait to see them printed... :)

As you can see, the sun was streaming through the window this morning after pouring rain...but I squinted through it and have now totally finished Hydrangea!

Over and out!

Abigail@abigail*ryan

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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

Today's Tasks...

Ryan was busy...

Working his meticulous magic on seams...Sewing eight beautiful cushions... four square and four rectangles... pressing each to perfection!

Sewing the quilting into one of our forthcoming new products - cafetiere (french press) cozies!

Quilting (beautifully!) two pot-holders for me to begin binding soon... the texture is amazing (one is print cotton on both sides and one has a linen back)...heat proof loveliness! :)

Phew, right?! I don't have a shot of the cushions finished as it got dark - but this is what they look like...

Abigail was busy...

Cutting fronts and backs for cushions that Ryan was sewing... four square and four rectangles...linen and our cotton...Preparing fabric swatches of all our fabrics and colourways for a press enquiry...

Labelling the backs of all our swatches (don't you love a pinking sheared edge?)...

Parcelling up the stack of fabric swatches in our swatch box packaging... finish with a bow!

We worked very hard this long day... so now we are sitting down watching an extremely odd film... (Odd enough I have let my concentration wander off enough to blog ;))... looking forward to bed and then more work tomorrow.

What were your tasks today?

Happy Friday :)

Abigail@abigail*ryan