Sunshine through the Tea Towels

This was the view looking out from our Studio window yesterday.

So happy to have finally printed new tea-towels. If you like the 'Bohemian Blooms' as much as I do, you will find them here in 3 different colourways.

Dotty about Red Roses

You asked for red roses and I must say they do look good!

The Dotty About Roses tea-towels are now available for purchase here in 3 colours. A lovely gift indeed for a friend (or yourself).

Dotty About Roses

Yesterday was not a good day. A lot goes wrong behind the scenes that I don't often share as I don't like to be negative here. Let's just say that it was fortunate that I was working alone as those responsible for the mishaps may have been seriously injured (by me). You know who you are.

Now back to being positive - I did several colour tests on the new linens (see previous post) but am still not 100% happy with the results. I did however print some samples of my new tea towel design - "Dotty About Roses", inspired by my love of cross-stitch.

This one is a very dark red mixed with a little black. I'm thinking of calling this shade 'Midnight Rose'. Do you like it on the natural?

I also printed a creme sample as it our most popular colour on natural linen. I should probably print a red version and am thinking of including pretty colourways like a pink and a light blue on white linen towels. I guess you won't know if you like them until you see samples.

The "Dotty About Roses" will soon be available as a fabric print too. I'm a little worried that the details may be lost when we print the yardage as they are quite fine and I was restricted by how many even-numbered rows (for repeat to work) fit across my screen. We'll see what happens when I test the screen today with my still intact printing partner.

Thanks to the readers who suggested a colour for the green linen (again see previous post). I did find a match on my Pantone guide that was called 'Gray Green' but that seemed too boring a name. The next closest match was 'Sage Green' and I like the sound of that.

In response to Amanda's question, the new fabrics do have a 'shot' look because of the 2-colour weave and this adds a wonderful depth to the texture.

The new linen fabrics are now available for purchase on the website and at a new reduced price plus free shipping (with Australia). Swatches are available. Did I mention that the fabrics been sanforized? That's pre-washed and pre-shrunk without chemicals to you and me. Celebrations all around!

Time for Tea

I'm currently working on new fabric & product designs that we will be introducing at the next Life Instyle trade show in February.

This is the time to evaluate which products are viable to keep producing and which are not. So sorry tea cosies - you guys are history.


However, this is good news for those who are still looking for Christmas presents as the Tea Cosies that remain in stock are now on sale! (I'm keeping one for my mum).

They are all hand-printed and quilted with eco-friendly bamboo wadding.

The linen Tea Cosies also coordinate with our sweet Hydrangea placemats, tea-towels and table runners.

Go shopping and check out more sale items here.