Featured Artist You Me & Lucia E at Flutterby Art Boutique...

Today we bring you yet another talented designer from the Flutterby Art Boutique at Curborough Craft and Antique Centre near Lichfield. The Boutique is run by the fabulous, bubbly and very lovable Kate Williams AKA Kate Flutterby Art Williams!

So todays post is all about a lovely lady who designs and creates the most adorable girls girls clothes and toys.  This is Helens Story...

Helen is a full-time mummy to her beautiful daughter Lucia. Sewing has run through her family for generations having learnt her craft from her mother.

She started making her daughter’s clothes and general items for around the home but continues to expand her range. This is how “You, Me & Lucia E” was created, to share Helen’s homemade items, principally sewn, but all inspired by beautiful fabrics.

You may have seen Helen’s range of dollies, rabbits and rattles in a local Lichfield boutique called Mooch Kids. All of her dollies and soft toys are CE compliant and safe from birth. So there is real peace of mind that these have been tested and are safe for your little ones to play with.

Helen only uses the finest quality cotton fabrics and 100% wool felt, the detail is exquisite with hand embroidered facial features and personalisation if requested. So these really do feel like a quality product but at the same time unique and individual.

She also showcases at Flutterby Art Boutique and has a dedicated Facebook page which sells these and other items such as little girl's dresses, pretty bunting, children's bags, children's aprons and fabric notice boards.

She says of her new venture “I love what I do, it is a million miles away from my previous career in the commercial banking industry, but I love the creativity and freedom this affords me especially as it enables me to spend quality time with my daughter”.

 

Here are a few images of just some of the stunning designs Helen creates :)

 

Image and designs Copyright You Me & Lucia E

Gorgeous rattle -

Image and designs Copyright You Me & Lucia E

 

 

 

Beautiful dolly -

Image and designs Copyright You Me & Lucia E

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Cushions O Gloriously Glorious Handmade Cushions!!!

Hello lovely makers, creators and all round lovely people!! Welcome to the very latest's and up to the minute edition of the Tigerlily Makes blog.

Here at Tigerlily Towers, we pride ourselves on excellent craftsmanship, not only in the designs we produce but in supporting those in our industry sector, so today I wanted to share with you some amazing handmade cushions.  2 are made with tweed one welsh tweed the other Harris tweed and 3 completely hand knitted cushions that were a custom made especially for our Chief Feltreprenuer.

Firstly the green and purple button tweed was a lovely find on a holiday in a village gallery, its made with beautiful welsh tweed and I love the simplicity of using simply elegant design with the natural texture of the fabric.

The second cushion is the little cushion in next to the green one with my name on it... this was a gift and was handmade especially for me by my wonderfully talented friend Skye. I just love the work and detail in this cushion and its something I really treasure. Skye makes all manner of things including some amazing buttons, you can see more of her amazing work on her facebook page

Last but not least the amazingly talented Lesley at Sweet Little Knitted Things who again gifted me these beautiful cushions!! BUT I have to say the whole process was amazing from start to finish. Lesley (Sweet Little Knitted Things) having been knitting for some 50+ years of her life know her knits!! What Lesley doesn't know about knitting isn't worth knowing.

So Lesley (Sweet Little Knitted Things) came to visit and she brought along a family heirloom in the form of this amazingly hand crafted, hand knitted patchwork blanket. This blanket I have to say is visually stunning... it has  beautiful colours you could want and each patchwork piece has been loving crafted to create a bespoke knitted designs on it. What was lovely was that I could literally choose from copious amounts of colour ways and pick and choose which knitted stich I wanted in what format on which ever cushion I chose. It was the most liberating process.  You can keep up to date with Lesley on her Sweet Little Knitted Things facebook page.  A little time later 3 cushions appeared in my selected colour ways and designs. So lets not talk about them any more lets just see them in all their glory.

Image copyright Lisa Marie Olson - Cushion Designs Copyright Skye Gemran and Lesley Wilkinson

Image copyright Lisa Marie Olson - Cushion Designs Copyright  Lesley Wilkinson

Image copyright Lisa Marie Olson - Cushion Designs Copyright  Lesley Wilkinson

 

Happy making everyone!

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Latest Featured Artist at the Flutterby Art Boutique... Titch Designs!

Hello lovely makers and creators well today we bring you yet another fabulous artist in residence at the wonderful Flutterby Art Boutique at Curborough Craft & Antique Centre. Flutterby Art Boutique is run by the wonderfully talented and visionary Kate Williams, who has an eye for spotting excellent design within are local design community.  Today we feature one of the Artists in residence at the Boutique the wonderful Titch Designs. You can keep up to date with all the artists at the boutique including Titch Designs on the Flutterby Art Boutique Facebook Page
 
Titch Design was set up in 2012 after designer Rachel Wiseman (aka Titch) graduated from university with a first class BA Hons degree in Graphic Design. The lack of job opportunities made her decide to create her own job! She took a chance and decided to embark on an adventure…Titch set up her own company and is now doing what she enjoys best creating, producing and selling her own designs.
 

Titch Design produces unique hand designed products, mainly paper related; including greeting cards, gift wrap, notepads, framed prints, memo blocks, small gifts including pocket mirrors and badges to name just a few of her items. Titch is inspired by a huge variety of things and when inspiration strikes she just goes with it! One thing that is very clear in her designs is that she absolutely loves colour! Titch is continuously working on new designs, products and ideas…there is always a long list on the go of what to do next. Titch Design strives to be and is extremely proud to be 100% British designed and made!

 

Titch Design was thrilled to be selected to have space to showcase her work in the Flutterby ArtBoutique, Curborough Craft Centre. A brilliant opportunity to sell her products along side many other talented designer makers in a fabulous little boutique. 

 

Titch Design products are available to buy in the Flutterby Art Boutique; you can also shop online in the Titch Design Etsy store www.etsy.com/shop/TitchDesign, and keep up to date with all the latest Titch Design news and goings on by visiting her Facebook page www.facebook.com/TitchDesign.

 

All Images and designs copyright Titch Designs

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Today's Featured Artist at the Flutterby Art Boutique

Hello lovely makers and creators, I have another real treat for you today, today we are featuring one of the very talented artists in residence at the Flutterby Art Boutique.  The Flutterby Art Boutique is run by the lovely Kate Williams and hosts a wonderful array of high end designer products to purchase along side a whole host of lovely vintage fabrics, haberdashery, antiques and so much more. Its a real treat to visit the boutique, there is ample free parking, lots of classes and groups taking place and a lovely tea room. You can keep up to date on the official Flutterby Boutique fan page and today I thought we would showcase just one of many designers in the boutique.

Introducing Kharis from Handcraftily...

Handcraftily (aka Kharis Harvey) is a crafty creator based in a sleepy village in Staffordshire. She spends most of her time recycling and upcycling old jewellery, creating beads from paper and fabric, making gifts for people, and dreaming of a house by the sea! Formerly a college and university lecturer and holistic and talking therapy student, Kharis has always enjoyed making things and believes that everyone should be more creative in their daily lives and that handmade products should be encouraged and promoted by such businesses as the Flutterby Art Boutique!

Kharis’s main passion is Jewellery, although she also loves working with fabrics and clay and has recently been bitten by the steampunk bug! Handcraftily is constantly working on new jewellery designs and can normally be found making a creative mess somewhere!!
with a selection of her work.

Her work is available available to purchase in store at Flutterby Art Boutique and I would highly recommend a visit to truly appreciate the beauty of Kharis's wonderful work.

You can also shop online in her Etsy shop (http://www.etsy.com/shop/Handcraftily), but for the very latest news from handcraftily please visit her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Handcraftily

 

Images and designs copyright Kharis Harvey

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Tigerlily Makes Handmade Card Preview...

Hello lovely makers, creators and all round lovely people, today I have a feltastic treat for you as I give you a sneak preview of one of my brand new ranges.  This is a range of handmade felt embellished cards, using 100% ethically sourced materials including 100% recycled buff coloured card.

There are several in this range that will soon be launched on our website, once the upgrades to the shopping cart have been completed. Here are just a few of them. Of course you can order any directly via email at info@tigerlilymakes.co.uk They are also available at the Flutterby Art Boutique near Lichfield.

Campalily's Great Camper Adventures Card

Orchidalia Hottie Cover Card, complete with sentiment "Hope You Feel Warm & Cosy Soon"

Regalily's Puttin on the Ritz Bag Card

 

Hope you like and do keep popping back for more news and updates

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2013 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner. Tigerlily Makes is a member of ACID (Anti Copying in Design and all designs are registered and protected. www.acid.uk.com   www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk   www.facebook.com/tigerlilymakes   www.twitter.com/tigerlilymakes  

Todays Featured Artist at the Flutterby Art Boutique

Hello lovely makers and creators we we have another treat for you today as we feature another talented artist at the fabulous Flutterby Art Boutique run by Kate Williams bringing local talent together.

Today we feature Pat Wilkes and this is what Pat has to say about her creative journey...

"I have been crafting from a very early age, my mom taught me how to knit and crochet and I love anything creative. Over the years I have made jewellery, cards, scrapbooks and also textile projects. I still make cards and jewellery but tend to have settled on the keepsake and gift market.

My passion at the moment is vintage linens and vintage wooden items which can be up cycled and made into something unique and beautiful, giving them a new life in this modern world. I think I am at my happiest when I am creating a new piece, but I can be my own worst critic like most creative people.

I am so happy to now have some of my stock at the Flutterby Art Boutique at CurboroughCraft Centre something I never thought would ever happen, a complete dream come true."

Images and designs copyright Pat Wilkes

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