TRENDS: Bubble Review
By Jo Middleton
LITTLEBIG VERY selflessly spent the day last Sunday going all the way to Bubble London to check out the latest trends for kids for Autumn and Winter. We traipsed around all day looking at gorgeous dresses, cooing over tiny shoes, and gasping with delight at hand-sewn cushion covers. The things we do for you…
The whole show was fantastic, and we’ll be bringing you more in-depth features on some of the individual brands over the course of the next few months, but in the meantime we wanted to whet your appetites with a few of our favourites.
Following the success of the Muffin Pouffe, a luxurious leather cushioned stool with a playful elegance [pictured left], Matteo Bianchi has been baking mini muffins! Yes that’s right, they’re stools that look like muffins - what’s not to love? You can create your own unique design by selecting your muffin ‘ingredients’ from a range of beautifully handcrafted solid wooden bases, buttons, and soft leathers and fabrics. So gorgeous you won’t know whether to sit on it or eat it. www.muffinpouffe.co.uk Read the rest of this article
FASHION: Woolly Thinking
Photographer: Helen Marsden Stylist: Shani Beadle.
THESE LAST FEW COLD, cold winters seem to have coincided with a return to hand-knitting and a new-found appreciation of the knitted stitch. Claire-anne O’Brien, ace knit upholsterer and designer (see her Knitted Stool in the gallery below), however, believes it never went away.
“I don’t think knitting has ever really died, it’s just now even more accessible helped by knitting clubs and blogs. I am currently setting up a network of handknitters around the country to help me knit my designs and there has been no shortage of knitters!”
Posted 22 December 2011 in Textiles
KNIT WIT: Sally Nencini
THIS SEASON’S MIDCENTURY.MODERN SHOW on Sunday November 14 promises to be a winner - not least because two of our favourite crafting artists, Fanja Ralison of Le Train Fantome and Sally Nencini (pictured left) will be exhibiting both their own work and the results of a new collaboration.
Fanja is famed for her beautifully made hand-crafted dolls, Sally for her machine knits that reference children’s motifs of the 1950s and 60s, and together they’ve applied Fanja’s most well-known creations, her Lumi doll and Lewis rabbit, to a series of machine-knitted cushions (see above - also available here in Fanja’s shop after the Mid.Mod show). Read the rest of this article
Posted 12 November 2010 in Textiles
CLIMATE CHANGE: aden + anais
IT’S ONE OF the things parents worry about most - how many layers to put your baby to bed in.
Raegan Moya-Jones, mother to Anais (7), Lourdes (5), Arin (3) and Amelie Rose (18 weeks), has made a career of knowing. The Australian founder of aden + anais, the baby textiles design company that has based its entire oeuvre around the hitherto rather prosaic muslin - in the form of printed swaddling sheets, comfort blankets, sleeping bags and washclothes - explains what to put your baby in at this tricky, changeable time of year, how muslin is about more than just ’sicky cloths’, and why swaddling really is the best way to ensure a good night’s sleep…
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Posted 18 October 2010 in Textiles
LAST DAYS OF SUMMER: bloomers, knickers and pantaloons
YES, WE’RE TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THE LAST DAYS (AND RAYS) OF SUMMER.
And what better way than in bloomers, knickers and pantaloons (possibly some of the best words in the English language), and luckily a trend that will continue into next summer too.
Accessorise with bare skin, wash-off tattoos, wild berry juice and, preferably, sunshine… We’re praying for an Indian summer…
Posted 7 September 2010 in Textiles
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