Christmas Stockings

Currently making personalised Christmas stockings. Doing two at the moment for a boy and girl.

Embroidery on stocking

This is the stocking for Rose so far.

Sorry for the poor quality images, camera phones are not fantastic and haven't had the chance to edit them.
Let me know if anyone would like to order one, prices range from £5 to £10 depending on the length of name and how long it will take me.
All the lettering is hand cut as well as hand stitched, so is the embellishment. The stocking is hand cut and sewed using my sewing machine. Can be quite time consuming so if you want them for this Christmas please order as soon as possible. Please leave a comment if you want one and I will be in touch about your order

Visual Language

Just handed in my first assignment for University in today. Quite relieved I managed to get everything finished and there is a few pieces of work I am please about. Really looking forward to starting our new assignment next week which is Printed and Embellished Surfaces, got the assignment brief and the module looks fantastic! Starting embellishment first as well can not wait.
Will upload some of my work I photographed later on once they are all nicely edited.

Fresh start

Hi everyone,
Haven't been on for a while so here is a quick update. I have started my degree course at Hartlepool Cleveland College of Art and Design,studying Textiles and Surface Design BA(Hons) and so far I'm enjoying it, currently improving on my observational drawing skills (which is easier said than done) and learning loads of new techniques.
I am currently looking into designing my own range of rings and necklaces, as soon as my delivery arrives. I will post them on here and on Facebook, for anyone interested. I am also looking into getting them into a few local vintage shops as well so fingers crossed :)

It's only Rock n Roll

Handmade bags by me, I love them think they are quirky and fun. £10 each. Great for nights out, festivals or just in general really. Other bags on the way for similar price depending on sizes requested.

Dress photoshoot

Here is my dress on my lovely model Chloe. Chloe modelled this dress on the fashion week catwalk for me and looks amazing in it. This pictures are beautiful...no editing needed I might add. The belt I bought from a vintage shop in Darlington really brings the dress together and does the beaded necklace. I also used used these images for my final exhibition and got some really good feed back out the photos and the dress.

Textile Postcards

I have created a range of textile postcards. Here is one example which I am also using for my final show as a promotional postcard. This is of Saltburn pier and I love it. It was created using tape transfer then stitched onto calico on the sewing machine and bits of the image were also stitched into to give the image texture. I then transferred it into Photoshop and adapted the levels and lighting.

Finally finished

After what seems like FOREVER my 1950's Polka dot dress is finally finished and I couldn't be happier or more relieved. However I have gone off polka dots for the time being, sick of seeing them haha.

On the bottom of the dress I have stitched in famous faces from the 1950's; James Dean, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and my namesake Lauren Bacall. They were created using sticky back plastic transfer. They look fantastic, well I think so, they were just what the dress needed to make it really stand out. Would love to know what people think so feel free to comment.