WGSN Homebuildlife.com include my Plot to Plate notebooks on their blog – many thanks!
http://wgsn-hbl.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/plot-to-plate-allotment-inspired-pattern.html
Pom pom pom…
It’s been a long wait, but today our first Dahlia of the season has opened its petals and shown itself. This is a huge success given the battle of the slugs that I have been fighting – organically mind. We have more to come but today we celebrate – by morning it may well have been felled by slugs or rain.
I’ve been rather keen on dahlias for years and have admired the huge borders that the National Trust are able to show off at this time of year. I hope they are sharing in our success. The long border at Baddesley Clinton is usually well worth seeing and I think Packwood House may also have some. The second and third photos are from last summer – note sunshine! I also include an image of ‘pompom’, an editioned lino print I made a while ago, having been inspired by the dahlia season. Long may they bloom!…
notebooks in Elle Decoration!
The Plot to Plate screen printed and hand-stitched notebooks have attracted the attention of Elle Decoration in the August issue.
the real Plot to Plate season
Having gained valuable ‘head space’ at the allotment today here are some photos of the outcomes. A rather later than usual first harvest due to lousy weather but it all tastes fantastic. Certainly worth the effort, and from plot to plate in under two hours.
English meadow grass
Today we enjoyed exploring the site and old ruins of the castle in Berkhamstead and found a lovely patch of meadow grass to study. In between the showers I gathered some lines and stripes…
Idea Birmingham Design EXPO
My ‘Plot to Plate’ show is up at Birmingham’s Mailbox as part of Idea Birmingham’s Design Expo running from 15th – 22nd June 2012. It has been a really good experience in light of new and exciting ventures happening in the next few months. The exhibition features wallpaper and hand-printed textile lampshades in order to compliment the textile and paper products in the collection.
north of the border
We escaped Brum for Scotland to see some countryside in order to recharge our batteries and climb the odd hill. Beautiful colours and textures were inspiring after the wet concrete pavements I’m used to. Crossing waterfalls, wading through bogs and dodging midges were all part of the fun. We had no idea what surprises would greet us in the shape of cats too in Newtonmore. Great fun for all the family.
www.newtonmore.com/things-to-do/in-newtonmore/wildcats/wildcat-experience.html
Thank you Tinsmiths
With a sense of pride I bring news that my ‘Plot to Plate’ collection of textile and paper products are currently stocked at Tinsmiths, Ledbury. This is a beautiful shop of wonderful fabrics and finds in a really interesting building. I have an exhibition there next June (2013) so we have been making plans and discussing new hand-printed textile designs to launch then. I look forward to working with the Tinsmiths team…
green
We’ve been out and about in the country to see Rapture and Wright’s open studio – beautiful hand printed textiles,
and we visited National Trust’s Snowshill Manor which might encourage me to stop hoarding! Always lovely to see another garden too…
Selvedge mention
Its great to see my ‘Plot to Plate’ collection picking up interest by such a textile-relevant publication as Selvedge. Editor Beth Smith has kindly included news of my collection (sadly with typo of my name) in their May 2012 newsletter.
Kate Farley - drawn to design 