grain & fibre

I guess I am going through a bag phase….

I actually finished this one before the Fujiwo Ishimoto bag but hadn’t taken photos of it. It’s made using Lara Cameron’s Rainy Day Autumn, which is hand-printed on an organic cotton/hemp blend. The base of the bag is reinforced with sturdy interfacing to hold shape and anything else that needs holding.

What I really enjoy about Lara’s textiles is her use of colour. My mum has a bit of a knack for combining colours that you wouldn’t expect to match traditionally. I, unfortunately, did not inherit this, so really appreciate when I see that blue, teal, grey, and mustard can come together to create the feel of the cutest rainy autumn day.

Made a trip to the button shop in Newtown to add the finishing touch. God, I love that shop, yet am still surprised that there are always several other people in there whenever I drop by…

A bag-in-progress using Fujiwo Ishimoto’s beautiful winter Kesästa Kesään

I know I basically committed textile sacrilage by taking the scissors to it but it’s *massive*. One half of it went to a wall-hanging, and the other half is being distributed across various projects.

The photos don’t really do it justice because the fabric is a very luscious, quality linen. 

Now, these people know how to make the most of an Ishimoto print.

Frustratingly, I’ve been putting off finishing a bunch of products I’d half-made as I’ve been waiting for ‘sewn by susie’ woven labels. Not being able to stand having all these bits and pieces lying about any longer, I decided I’d just start finishing some of them and (begrudgingly) hand-sew the labels in when they come in. Hopefully they’ll come soon. They’re nothing too flash but they’ll tell you who your goods are sewn by!

I’ll have a fair variety of crafty items up for grabs in the shop, but here’s the first fully completed sewn-by-susie! It’s made from a beautiful vintage medium-weight cotton fabric that has the slightest sheen to it and is quite sturdy due to it being lined with another lovely medium-weight cotton canvas.

    SATCHEL!

    Or book bag, uni bag, shopping bag…

    Whatever you want it to be!