{ new } ochre australia tea towel

In 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!

{ new } lime HEX tea towel

Zesty and in the shop right now!

** giveaway **

Have you ever read the lovely (free) online mag Tickle the Imagination? If you haven't, you're in for a treat. The current issue is out now and the theme is "Home Sweet Home" ~ full of beautiful ideas, designs and photography for your home. It seemed the perfect issue to host a Yardage Design giveaway ...

You can win a market bag and tea towel of your choice from my shop ~ which are your favourites?

Pop over here to enter ~ quick sticks! ~ entries close on 14 April at midnight (EST).

Happy reading!

a little bit of styling ...

It's nice to create some new photo's of my products now and then, and I enjoy seeing what I can use in the house to style the scene.

White ARTichoke Flower Tea Towel with a french basket and vintage souvenir spoons (from my collection - yes, I collect spoons!!).

Tasty Vintage Tram Roll Tea Towel with french blue dutch oven.

Have a great Friday!

a gift around a gift

Those of you who get my online newsletter would have seen this, but I thought I'd share how most of my gifts will be wrapped this year ... with a few tea towels and some pretty ribbon - kind of like a gift around a gift, which is nice I think?

Tea towels in the shop with free postage until the 20th December. Hope your silly season is in full swing, but in the right kinds of ways!

new tea towel design ... retro spice canisters

I have been toying with the idea of a canisters tea towel for more than a year now ... but it wasn't until I scored these lovely, bright, vintage spice canisters at Camberwell Market a few months ago, that I knew what I wanted to do.

Two things struck me about these canisters - the colours and the font used. The colours are old school and just really work well together, and the font is just so retro it was hard to resist. Can you guess what each of the spices are? I don't know for sure, but I have a pretty good idea ... let me know what you think!

The challenge of a five colour print was a little daunting at first, but I am just thrilled with both the results and the fact that I could actually do it. These tea towels take a while to print, but watching the colourful image build is very exciting. These will be available at the Finders Keepers Market this weekend, but I have also listed a few in the shop for those who can't make it.

colours + lovely regulars + a giveaway

I've been experimenting with colour lately, and thought it might be fun to print some of my tea towel designs in limited edition colours for the Finders Keepers Market.

You may have noticed that there are now 200 lovely people who regularly read this blog (aka Google Followers, but I hate the idea of "followers"). I think such a milestone is worthy of a giveaway. Up for grabs is a tea towel of your choice from those listed in the shop.

All you need to do to enter is leave a comment with you suggestion for a new colour for one (or more, if you like) of my tea towel designs (you can see them here). Will it be something to match your kitchen decor, your favourite colour or  a colour you've just always wanted to see on a tea towel ...?

Lovely regulars get an extra entry, as do people who "like" me on Facebook - just let me know in your comment. Open to Australian and international readers.

A fast giveaway is a good giveaway, so I'll randomly draw a winner on Friday at midday (AEST).

new ARTichoke tea towel colours

White on natural ...

Deep green on off white ....

Both in the shop (listed together).

Happy Sunday!

testing text + texture

Lots of testing going on here today. A new tea towel design - here's a sneak peak ...

I'm also testing some lovely new natural linen tea towels. I have been sewing all of my own tea towels since I started this business because I couldn't find ready made ones that I was happy with (in terms of quality). At last, I seem to have found some that are well made, beautiful weight, perfect size, excellent colour. I'm testing the natural ones today ... tram roll in white on natural - what do you think?

Black tram roll tea towels have already been switched to beautiful linen, and are now available in the shop. New tea towel designs and colourways will be available in the next couple of weeks, and I'm working on a new fabric design too. Lots happening! Have a great Friday.