Lost and Found 2#

Designed and Made in early 2009. High Waist Skirt made from a collection of second hand Chinos. Hand dyed and lined with recycled thai table cloth. Try with a chunky pair of wedges!

*Susannah Hunter Job Interview*

Trip up to London tomorrow for an interview at Susannah Hunters studio in Bloomsbury! Check out her bright and cheerfull handbags!
Exciting-Fingers crossed, Wish me luck!

Lost and Found Photograph

Portuguese cotton and vintage floral linen bags from Summer10 collection. Now for sale along with more fun and exciting designs at SantStudio!

It's Been a While

Back to work after a long lovely relaxing break, Bag's in SantStudio, New machine back from service and running super smoothly, New fresh collection on its way, and some Lacoste Bundle Boots on my WishList.

~PHOTOGRAPHS COMING SOON~

The collection nearly finished, just the photoshoot to come, then London!

*Check out the UniformProject*

Brogues

FairTrade platform Brogues from FASHION-CONSCIENCE.COM

*Feeling Hungary*

Unit 2, Lions Rest

The Embroidery Studio

Today I sorted the colours for my second batch of labels. There were almost too many to choose from, settling for a selection, olive green, gold and fuchsia, each individually on a pale duck egg background.

Ready for collection tomorrow, Busy day!

*NEW ORDER*

60 Albion Street, Exmouth

Vintage Moygashel&Saunderson Linen

Fabrics for SantStudio.
The dark green/gold linen is a vintage Moygashel from Northern Ireland. Established in 1795 it is well known for being the best quality Irish linen you can get hold of. They use the 'soft water from the Mourne Mountains to soften the flax'!
The blue floral is a Vintage Saunderson print. Founded in 1860, based in Islington, stocking imported homewares it wasn't until 1869 Aurthur Saunderson started commissioning his own prints. This must be one of them!

~House in the clouds~

Our future house! It can be found in Thorpeness which is a beautifully quaint but odd village by the seaside in Suffolk, built by a barrister in 1910 as a holiday get away destination. It has everything, golf, swimming pool, boating lake, tennis courts, ice creams, ducks, antique shop ect and its right on the beach, perfect!

**NEW 201K MACHINE**

I got my new machine! Yet to collect her, i am so excited to get her home and see how she runs! She comes with hundreds of old attachments and the original manual so its going to good to see what she can do!

Woodbridge and Back

After a mini break in London and a trip to Woodbridge I arrived back in Exeter with a big smile and an order for the bags from SantStudio. After a friendly meeting with the lovely ladies, we decided on quantity and they gave me some amazing vintage floral linen to start producing my next range! There will be photographs shortly.
When back in Devon I went to a vintage rag fair in Honiton where I found bags fulls of beautiful fabric and met a lady who deals in antique French linen. With an invite I hope to visit her studio soon!

BedSpread Bag






Just a quick/temporary photograph of a bag designed for SantStudios in Woodbridge,Suffolk. The beautiful portuguese cotton bedspread was given to me from Georgina David. The bag is fully lined, has two sturdy straps, and two large inner pockets. Its a good size and would be perfect as a shopping, beach and day bag. I have more bedspread left so cant wait to start producing the next!

SINGER 201, SINGER 201K sewing machine

*LOOKING FOR A NEW MACHINE*
When collecting my tired and lonely Singer from her servicing yesterday I got talking to the wonderful old mechanist who, after enlightening me about the 201k Singer Kite Tail demonstration, managed to pursuade me out of buying an industrial machine. The 201k's are well know for being the most reliable machines ever, with one of the best quality stitches around, and there beautifull. I've fallen in love.