the problems with a stripe

you would never believe how tricky it is to print a stripe, particularly a four colour design like this one. fabric moves, stretches and shrinks. pattern cutters need their stripes all facing the same direction and preferably parallel. to print enough fabric to make this sample took a day, every thing is in the prep-work. and it looks so simple...

everything is everything

the museum of everything, a brilliant collection of miscellaneous objects curated by peter blake. a real circus theme this year, creepy puppets, glass eyed dolls, the bearded lady, dirty embroidery, boxing rats and a fully functioning miniature fairground. so good.

ted willcox embroidery