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25.01.2022 Good morning. I hope you had a great weekend. I’m easing into the day with a before I start a marathon sewing effort of tea towels (literally hundreds now). I have a couple of packs left for this months Order Book, closing tomorrow. Link in profile. by @lillie_thompson @butterland_
23.01.2022 A special piece I made for @hellosarahandrews as thanks for listening and mentoring. It is a two tone sheet in Haze and Natural. I have more big news coming over the next few months along with some very limited edition Order Books. Newsletter subscribers always get first dibs. Oh and by the way my current Order Book is open for another few days. This month its quilt covers in any size in Cold Front Blue. Link in profile. by @hellosarahandrews
23.01.2022 Cloud White captured beautifully by @lillie_thompson at @butterland_
22.01.2022 Otis is having a sleep in in our bed (haze, cloud and a baby- what a combo!) It’s been a good week, not super productive, but orders have been getting shipped. I have the best customers, everyone has been so understanding and supportive as things take a lil longer to sew. I’m going to spend a lil bit of time behind the machines this weekend and should be caught up by midweek-ish. Have a great weekend!
20.01.2022 I've been a little quiet on the ol instagrams for the last few weeks. That's mostly because I had a disastrous week a few back and lost my phone... It is also because I've been super busy with the Design Files Open House, Christmas Orders and a mountain of napkins that never seems to get any smaller... Anyway, just because I wasn't busy enough, I thought I would surprise my partner and redo the kitchen while she was in Brisbane for 6 weeks. So, for the past 6 weeks, every wee...kend and evening I've been figuring out how to build a kitchen (on a very very tight budget). I finally got it done midday Friday, 6 hours before she got home. I'm super happy with how it came together. Everything apart from the electrical wiring and gas plumbing was done by me, including making the timber benchtops from scratch - thank god for high school woodwork class! Thanks Dad, Kai @offscreenmag and my neighbor for giving me a hand and providing free labor and tools to get this across the line.
16.01.2022 One of my favourites from this shoot. No1 Grey bedding. Beautiful @butterland_ light, colour and texture. My coffee cup traded from @_katehill_ The @madebymorgen bedside and leather book written by my great grandma. All captured beautiful by @lillie_thompson. #linen
13.01.2022 These two will popping up on the Order Book later this week. I’m going to do a lot more one off colours this year (in addition to my staples). I already have a few really fun ones picked out for Feb / March.
11.01.2022 Last Monday we welcomed Otis Sunny into our family. We are back home, healthy and settling in. Sally did an awesome job bringing him into the world and is an amazing mum. Bo wasn’t too sure at first but is now snuggled up on bed with both of them. I’m getting back into sewing duties this week (between changes, cooking and fetching cups of tea) and looking forward to trying my @manduca_anz baby carrier while I sew your linen.
11.01.2022 I'm excited to finally share the results of my latest photoshoot with you. This shoot was done with the help of friends. It was important to me to only work with people who share similar values. The amazing @lillie_thompson travelled all the way out to Newstead. Our wonderful neighbours Katie and Greg @butterland_ opened up their home for us and had flowers and foliage in abundance. Michael @modapiera Nick @madebymorgen Kate @_katehill_ and Sam and Karina @seljakbrand traded and loaned me some wonderful pieces. My partner @sallymackenzie, with Otis at foot helped me style. Thank you all for your help and support and I look forward to sharing more soon.
09.01.2022 We made your bedding (and tea towels). It’s Fashion Revolution Week, a week where we ask who made my clothes. A week where we focus on the supply chains behind our favourite textile products. There’s lots of greenwashing and claims of being ethical out there but I challenge you to dig a bit deeper and engage with your favourite brands and ask about their processes and thinking this week. What have they done and what are they doing that’s going to raise the bar? We can all improve and perhaps your questions and discussion will help them find a better process or way of doing business. At the very least, a few more emails or messages will make them take this seriously... Photo of Bo and I looking very serious by the talented and wonderful @lillie_thompson for her Makers and Thinkers series. #fashionrevolution @fash_rev_ausnz @fash_rev
08.01.2022 This is a first for me. I’ve teamed up with some great local makers from the Castlemaine area to put together the NICEST gift pack for one special mama this Mother’s Day featuring beautiful pieces from my most excellent small business neighbours! @motherlover__ @mimosa_botanicals @hellomrdraper @wonderpants.au @woollykins_organics Prize includes: - Pair of white Linen Pillowcases handmade by @hellomrdraper (RRP $110)... - Mother Lover Baseball Tee and Made a Human pin by @motherlover__ (RRP $42) - Natural Rose & Santal Botanical Perfume and Rose Bathsoak by @mimosa_botanicals (RRP $51.95) - Two pairs of merino wool Wonderpants by @wonderpants.au (RRP $90) - Pair of Boiled Wool Slippers and Organic Wool Socks by @woollykins_organics (RRP $105) TOTAL GIVEAWAY WORTH OVER $400! _ To Enter: Follow the instructions on the Giveaway post on @woollykins_organics _ Entries will close Midnight Saturday 4th May and winner will be drawn Sunday 5th May. Winner will be contacted by DM and announced in Stories and on the hosts Giveaway Post. The Prize will be express posted Monday in time for Mothers Day. _ Open to entrants in Australia only. _ Instagram contest or giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram See more
07.01.2022 Easing into 2018 after a hectic December. Every year I think I'm going to be prepared and be 'more' on top of things but each year I find myself rolling the swag out at the studio and sewing into the wee hours. This year was no exception I'm sewing orders this morning for Imogen and Delia and then doing a lil bit of business planning. I like to spend a few days in the new year to reflect on the past 6 months and realign my goals for the next 6 months. I look at whats worked... and what I've enjoyed and also what has sucked. I look at my personal goals too to make sure they're complementary to what I want from the business. Finally I like to spend some time practicing gratitude (on the train home looking at countryside around the Macedon ranges is good for this) for where I'm at and all the amazing supportive people I have in my life - this is particularly so for Mr. Draper that could not exist without you wonderful folks. Thank you Wishing you all a Happy New Year!
02.01.2022 Mid last year I set myself a goal to make more one-off pieces. I think it is important to keep experimenting and make things you don't entirely have a plan for. I gather colours, lay them out on my table and start moving pieces around. Often it takes a few days for a piece to come together as I look at it in different lights and angles. I made two of these pieces for my photoshoot. A grey and autumn piece and a grey and green piece. This is one of them. Like these custom pieces much of my shoot wasn't a traditional product photoshoot. We were more interested in capturing beautiful light, colour and texture. Because that is important too. Both of these pieces are up on the website now. They are both the size of queen flat sheets but also work as a tablecloth or throw. Something to add a subtle splash of colour.
