Peacock Portrait

Doesn't my boy look handsome?

The laser-cut frame is another creation from talented designer Emma Gascoyne and utilises sustainable Queensland Maple. You can buy the Peacock Baroque Frame Pendant over at Red Revival.

Peacock Party fabric printed in burnt orange on hemp/organic cotton over at Thea & Sami.

Catch a Fish

The ugly Thea & Sami studio wall is no more.  We have painted it white and proudly added our own art work.  This is the Fraser Island design printed on organic cotton twill and stretched over an art canvas frame found at our local dollar store.  The design is also available for purchase in our on-line store in hemp/organic cotton.

This is my favourite fabric at the moment, especially in "Aqua Sky". 

As our base fabrics are all white, I have created this as a reverse print so that the background can be any colour we choose to use.  Of course, more ink is used in the screen-printing so this design is more expensive than others.

We have included a neutral shade appropriately named "Sandy Beach".

Or do you prefer our "Starfish Pink", cleverly named by Eleni of Curlyhead Design to fit in with our beachy themes?

I am checking out some local manufacturers today to help expand our home decor range with cushions, etc. I am thinking of stretching some fabric over canvas to sell as artwork too, what do you think?

Coordinating Fabrics

New products have been listed in the Thea & Sami on-line store and will continue to be updated throughout the week.



My favourite fabric at the moment is our 'Marguerite' design hand-printed on this beautiful yarn-dyed, woven organic cotton.



Also offered unprinted, this limited-edition, organic fabric in Mocha is available for purchase exclusively from Thea & Sami.



The Navy and White printed "Marguerite" linens, used for our tablecloths, are also newly listed.

 

You can coordinate any of the printed linens with the unbleached natural linen at the excellent price of $35 AUD per metre. This price includes free postage within Australia (not applicable to wholesale orders). This is a lovely medium weight linen suitable for both homewares and apparel and can be used in many projects.

All of these fabrics are machine-washable.  As with all our fabrics, swatches are available for preview.  The cost of swatches are deducted from future fabric orders.

Check our on-line store for the new Mushroom Print hemp/organic cotton canvas bags and & craft kits.

Hand-Printed Lamp Shades

Our hand-printed product range is slowly expanding so I hope you that you love these lamp shades as much as we do. What do you think? Available in 3 sizes, the shades are versatile and can either be hung or used to cover a favourite lamp base. We will be exploring sustainable options in wooden bases to complement our hand-printed natural and organic fabrics.

Designs from top to bottom are our Marguerite Print in natural linen, Fretwork Print in hemp/organic cotton,



and for children's rooms, we have this adorable lamp with wooden feet covered in our hemp/organic cotton Mushrooms Print. The lamps are internally covered with fire-retardant material for safety.



The range will debut at the Stitches and Craft Show in Melbourne. Visit Living Creatively to print out a Thea & Sami discount voucher to save 15% off show purchases. If you can't make it to the show, you can still use the voucher to shop on-line until the end of March.

Our stand at the show will be in the Incubator Section.

See Us at the Show

Thea & Sami has been selected as one of the Indie Designers to exhibit in the Incubator Section of the Stitches & Craft Shows this year.  Shows will be held respectively in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.  The shows are being organised by Living Creatively to appeal to a younger and broader audience then previous years and there is a lot happening!  There are workshops, demonstrations and lots of Australian hand-made and crafting products to see and buy.

Living Creatively is a cool on-line community dedicated to creativity so check it out here for more information, show updates, sewing projects and even business tips.

The first show will be held at the Melbourne Showgrounds from March 11 - March 15, 2009.  We will be printing lots of new organic and natural fabrics, homewares and eco-fashions to show you all.  Please let me know if you are intending to attend and of course, come and say hello!



Our popular Fretwork design is now available for purchase in our on-line store.  Other designs and colours are also listed and are printed on hemp/organic cotton.  I will be giving away some fabric soon so keep following the blog.  Soon to be listed is our new mushrooms fabric in natural linen.