tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70379320500877900312024-03-16T02:57:12.629+11:00yardage design ~ hand printed fabric and homewaresyardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.comBlogger667125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-44954980389541924242015-05-26T09:33:00.000+10:002015-05-26T09:33:28.111+10:00NEW :: hexiburst handprinted cushions
Cushions :: at last! These have been a while in the making :: designing the fabric, printing it and putting it all together over the last few months has been a lovely journey. It was great to finally launch these at the Bowerbird Design Market in Adelaide a few weeks ago to very enthusiastic customers. They almost sold out, so I have been printing and sewing again to release these online.
yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-14938591956588286322015-04-10T12:49:00.004+10:002015-04-10T12:49:52.253+10:00NEW :: pineapples!Hello! I'm dropping in quickly (and pretending that it hasn't been 4 months since the last visit!) to show you the new, updated Pineapple Tea Towels :: an art deco vibe for the pattern lovers, in so many lovely colours :: available in now in the Yardage Design online shop right now.
Yardage Design will also be at Adelaide's Bowerbird Design Market 1-3 May :: more details here.
As yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-5903309520205247342014-12-15T09:18:00.001+11:002014-12-15T09:18:48.172+11:00Christmas shopping + FREE EXPRESS POST this week!How is it just 10 more sleeps until Christmas?! Time has evaporated into the vortex of pre-christmas making and markets! The Yardage Design online shop closes this Friday, with all Australian orders placed between now and then getting a free express post upgrade (excluding Brisbane metropolitan addresses) so that everyone will have their orders before Christmas day. International orders are stillyardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-62015657284247422992014-10-16T10:19:00.001+11:002014-10-16T10:20:25.844+11:00{ new } vintage green australia market bagSometimes colour inspiration comes from unlikely places :: in the case of this lovely, vintage green, it was from an old tin lid. It seemed appropriate to print something Australian. Vintage green Australia Market Bags are in the Yardage Design online shop now for a limited time …
Have a great day!
yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-42537361281075155602014-10-13T07:00:00.000+11:002014-10-13T07:00:01.035+11:00{ new } ochre australia tea towelIn true Australian style, the "Girt by Sea" linen tea towel has had a makeover and is now also available in a wonderful, earthy ochre colourway …
The ochre, and the original blue, "Girt by Sea" linen tea towels are available in the Yardage Design online shop right now.
Have a fantastic week!
yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-59457194373472160062014-09-18T15:56:00.000+10:002014-10-12T22:52:44.449+11:00{ new } lime HEX tea towelZesty and in the shop right now!
yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-88931768643412196962014-08-16T08:59:00.000+10:002014-08-16T08:59:02.173+10:00i'm in mollie makes magazine!A few months ago, I was asked to contribute a tutorial to Mollie Makes magazine :: how to handprint and make your own pennant flags. After much excitement and waiting, it's finally here :: my tutorial can be found in the current, issue 43, of the magazine :: step by step instructions to show you how to cut and print a stencil with patterns for you to use. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-39060589729248750892014-08-01T07:17:00.000+10:002014-08-01T07:17:00.288+10:00{ lots of new! }So much newness has been designed and printed in the last couple of months, and today it's all finally available in the Yardage Design online shop!
These are all available online now, along with $10 discontinued tea towels and market bags in the SALE section of the shop :: be quick for those!
Have a great weekend!
yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-49553914697537151842014-05-09T09:09:00.001+10:002014-05-09T09:09:08.213+10:00{ making } little jute bunting flagsA while ago I saw an idea on Pinterest (as you do!) where someone had made a garland from some hessian webbing. I wanted to make some, for no other reason than to justify the enormous roll of jute webbing I bought on ebay years ago!
These are as easy as they look :: cut some webbing (or ribbon, or fabric) into about 10cm strips; keep one end straight and fold over about 1cm; sew, staple or yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-45647314085733889052014-04-26T08:57:00.000+10:002014-04-26T08:57:14.826+10:00free shipping this weekend!Mother's Day is just a couple of weeks away, so I thought it might be handy to have a free shipping weekend so that everyone can get organised! Free shipping applies to all orders posted to an Australian address. No need to do anything, free postage will be applied automatically at the checkout until 6pm AEST tomorrow (Sunday 27 April). As well as free shipping, I have also listed a few heavily yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-44024116997586958842014-04-21T08:33:00.000+10:002014-04-21T08:33:51.450+10:00eastery daysI hope you've all been enjoying the easter weekend. It's been family time here, with a bit of faffing in between, as evidenced below!
{ "hello" napkin in duckegg blue on oatmeal linen }
{ handmade "nest" on freckle tea towel }
{ arrows and dots napkin in neon pink on oatmeal linen }
Have a great week!
yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-10196200163508134282014-04-17T13:38:00.000+10:002014-04-17T13:38:18.323+10:00why don't you wrap it, wrap it good!Apologies if you have the Devo song in your head now (see what I did there with the "Whip It" and the "Wrap It") but it's been one of those kind of days! Aaaaaaaaaanyway, back to wrapping things! I've been doing a bit of wrapping with tea towels in readiness for Mother's Day, and thought you might like to see. This is my new Hex tea towel in tomato red ...
I'm not really sure why I went with yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-82763618304056520882014-04-10T07:08:00.000+10:002014-04-10T07:08:00.125+10:00new :: linen napkins!I get asked for napkins at almost every market I attend, so I have been working on a few designs for them. I couldn't decide between three designs, so I ended up printing them all!
First :: a large, hand drawn succulent flower, in neon pink or Tuesday blue on oatmeal linen.
Second :: "hello" in duck egg blue or Tuesday blue on oatmeal linen.
Finally :: arrows and dots in neon pink on yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-52444102990856466902014-03-28T10:49:00.000+11:002014-03-28T10:49:10.851+11:00new :: beads!Towards the end of last year I printed some lovely, light organic cotton voile in bright colours, and then used that fabric to make some wooden beads. I quietly wore and displayed the beads for sale at a couple of markets, including Melbourne Finders Keepers last October, and was relieved to find that people liked them as much as I did!
So, after some lovely emails from people who had seen yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-25753571254677790452014-03-17T12:48:00.002+11:002014-03-17T12:48:38.403+11:00new :: HEX tea towelA new tea towel design has landed! This one has been months in the designing ... I think I started it about a year ago but couldn't decide on the scale or final configuration of the hexagon "chains" so left it to ponder ... until early this year when I looked at it again and it all made sense!
The design is based on hexagons (!) but I had a go at creating a pattern I'd seen once in an old yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-80216302660536509762014-03-07T12:25:00.001+11:002014-03-07T12:25:42.122+11:00making :: my materialized exhibition wall hangingI think I may have said this before, but a couple of times a year I like to participate in swaps or exhibitions or the like :: they make me think outside of my day to day printing and creating, and often lead to something I love. Such was the case with making my entry for the Gleaners Inc "Materialized" exhibition. This is my finished piece ...
So the whole exhibition revolves around a yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-76307370541982835542014-02-16T08:59:00.000+11:002014-02-16T08:59:24.557+11:00SALE starts today!The Yardage Design SALE starts today at 4pm EST (5pm if you live in NSW or Victoria).
Although normally on an annual basis, it's been more than eighteen months since our last misprints, samples and discontinued sale, which means there are some pretty stacks of fabric and homewares bargains up for grabs! While misprints may have a few minor imperfections (for example, slightly smudged ink or yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-54615511096296026802014-02-07T09:07:00.001+11:002014-02-07T09:07:20.024+11:00new :: australia market bag!After the release of the "Girt by Sea" tea towel last year, so many people asked when a market bag with a similar design would be released. So here it is at last!
These are in the Yardage Design online shop now!
Have a great Friday!
yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-39370895581470084382014-01-01T12:45:00.001+11:002014-01-01T12:48:01.097+11:00it's a new year and i'm getting sorted already!Happy new year! To be honest, 2013 was a pretty good year, both professionally and personally, which actually makes 2014 feel even more exciting. While it's still holiday time for the next month, I'm quietly working in the wee hours (when I feel like it!) to get things in order for this coming year. First cab off the rank was a better website platform - it went live last night - let me know yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-34897618912678388512013-12-18T12:38:00.001+11:002013-12-18T12:39:43.412+11:00bunting is back baby!Just in time for a bit of pre or post Christmas crafting :: make your own bunting panels are back in five colours ...
Happy week before Christmas madness!
yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-12815138541167997712013-12-10T20:03:00.000+11:002013-12-10T20:09:50.072+11:00{ freckles }The Yardage Design online shop has been restocked with lots of favourites, including the Freckle Tea Towel in a range of colourways ...
Including the new black and slate grey version ...
Dry the dishes, frame it, wrap it around a gift or make something with it :: enjoy!
Also, there is just a week of online shopping to go if you want to ensure you get your goodies before Christmas. 17 yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-12597277621640265402013-12-02T10:04:00.000+11:002013-12-02T10:04:47.402+11:00jacaranda ...The Jacaranda tree in our back yard is losing the last last of its blossoms. These trees have captivated me this year, especially in full bloom :: their colour is just stunning.
There are a few jacaranda inspired Freckle tea towels in the Yardage Design online shop, along with the last of the pastel retro canisters tea towels I printed last week.
Have a great week!
yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-36055558043955473802013-11-26T07:26:00.000+11:002013-11-26T07:26:21.678+11:00handmade christmas GIVEAWAY!Handmade gifts are the best. How would you like to win all of these handmade goodies?
Yardage Design is thrilled to be one of the participants in the Handmade Christmas Giveaway hosted by Christina Lowry Designs. Christina is a great champion of small, independent designers and a supporter of buying handmade. For more details about this giveaway, and to enter, pop over to Christina's blog.
yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-353049144228925152013-11-23T09:50:00.000+11:002013-11-23T09:50:14.733+11:00switching it up ...During busy printing periods, I need to switch things up to keep my own sanity intact (and remind myself that I can actually do what I like)! So this week, amongst the long list of usual suspects on the print table, I thought I would try out a new colour palette :: summery gelato inspired.
I don't often print pastel colours, but I like the combo of some pastel, some bright colours :: it yardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037932050087790031.post-15325006068855648682013-11-18T09:08:00.000+11:002013-11-18T09:08:02.773+11:00adventures with curlypops!What a weekend it's been! I've just spent the last two days with Cam Curlypops at the Brisbane Finders Keepers Market. It's funny how things work out :: Cam missed out on Melbourne Finders Keepers a few weeks ago (where she lives), but I got in, so she helped me out with my stall. I missed out on Brisbane Finders Keepers this time (where I live), but Cam got in, so I helped her out with her stallyardage girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244858568306608757noreply@blogger.com2