orange ombre lampshade

Some new stock! In preparation for the My Little Vintage Fair at Fawsley on  Sunday, I have been making a few new items, including dip dyed cushions and lampshades. 

Unfortunately, I only have one of these shades as I wasn't too happy with how the other pieces of dyed fabric turned out - it's always a bit trial and error.

The lovely thing about using orange dye for these shades is that when the light is turned on, the orange glows vividly creating a sunset effect!

cloud cushion

I had some fabric left over from my last lot of dip-dyeing which wasn't quite the right size for a square cushion cover, so I made a cloud-shaped cushion. Inspired by how the blue dye had "bled"onto the white cotton, it looked like a heavy rain cloud, or a watercolour painting of a dark sky.

I was busy photographing another cushion for my Etsy shop, when Hesper ran in and grabbed the cloud cushion and started posing perfectly with it. It is now above her bed, but I think I will make more in the future.

new (and sold) in my shop

I've been experimenting lately with hand dyed fabrics and screen printing. I always like to play around with different materials and techniques as when I try to follow one way of thinking too rigidly, I get a bit stuck. I had the idea a long while back to experiment with dyeing techniques and print. Recently, I've managed to give it a go and a couple of pieces have sold! I have been dip dyeing fabric to create an 'ombre' effect...I know it is EVERYWHERE at the moment and I don't like to normally make something that is so ubiquitous but I do really like the effect. So far I have tried orange and blue dyes. The orange worked wonderfully as a lampshade as it really glowed when lit... like a bright sunset. This lampshade sold along with the small orange ombre cushion that I made without screenprinting.

I still have a rectangle cushion to match the lampshade in my Etsy shop: 

 ... And I have just listed this lampshade in linen with blue dye and a white cow parsley screen print. Co-ordinating cushions to be listed soon.