Prints Charming

Prints Charming On Tour

Hints have been appearing on our blog, glimpses of new designs and maybe travel destinations?

 Prints Charming is releasing a new fabric line and PC is going on tour!

Daisy Chain is the name of our new line and we are thrilled to be releasing this new line with Kokka Fabrics. “Starting with the notion of ‘70’s summers, love birds nesting in fields of daisy’s, spots and stripes decorating their world. Layers of colour create hexagon lakes, and strung form tree to tree chains of daisies brighten up the rose tinted skyline.”

Embroidery has become a distinct part of the Prints Charming look over the last few years, it is the most creative way to paint with thread, and while designing this new range we were always excitedly thinking of the different stitches we could use here and there.

Our classes are the perfect way for us to share our love of screen printing and embroidery and we are excited packing up our trunks and taking a little bit of Prints Charming and Daisy Chain to The States in October.  So for all of you in America that have patiently read our newsletters about our classes in Sydney you now have the chance! Bookings can be made directly with each of these fabulous stores.

Purl Soho in New York is our first stop for The Daisy Chain launch and an embroidery workshop. We are so excited about spending an evening in this wonderful NY store.  If this is your local or you are close we’d love to meet you, we will be stitching up a storm on October the 11^th.

After a few days exploring NY (the to-do list is long) we are taking Daisy Chain to Los Angeles.

The wonderful thing about the internet is the way we can all travel and be inspired by fellow crafters. We have been “visiting” these stores on-line for a while and now we are visiting for real!

The Urban Craft Center in LA, what a resource if you’re in the neighborhood?  We will be at UCC October 14^th for chat and trunk show. Then on Sunday and Monday we get the screen printing gear out for workshops.

Sew Modern we love their fresh contemporary take on quilting and sewing, so if you’re lucky enough that this is your local fabric shop, again we’d love to meet you. October the 15^th is the date for your diary. We will be holding an embroidery workshop and all the samples we’ve made with Daisy Chain will be on display.

The PC blog and web have been given a new “Daisy Chain“ look. We will be blogging our tour so please drop on by and check it out.  Any handy hints on wonderful places to visit??

Our shop will be off line from the 23^rd September till the 28^th October. We apologize for any delay in answering emails whilst we are away during these dates.

Looking forward to meeting fellow crafters!

Cath and Kirsten 

 

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Busy printing PC packs!

Thank you for all the lovely comments on our PC packs and the Sew-it-Together PC Pack Skirt Sewalong! More and more skirts are popping up - see Sheridan's, Gillian's, Lara's and Megan's. They are all just beautiful.

Lots of people have been asking where they can get a PC pack of their own... the good news is that we have been busy printing more this past week. If you are in Sydney and visiting the Craft & Quilt Show at Darling Harbour next week, stop by the Kelani Fabric stand at G40 - there will be lots of PC packs available there. For those of you who are out of town, we can post you a pack. Drop us an email on info@printscharming.com.au, and let us know which colours take your fancy: pinks, blues, neutrals, greens or lucky dip!!! We can ship world wide, no trouble. Packs are $35.00 (Australian) plus postage.

We're looking forward to seeing more creations made from them soon... if you have a finished project you can share it on our Facebook Page  or send us an email!

PC packs

Have you seen our PC packs? They are little bags of treasures... definitely not remnants or scraps, but specially printed bundles of our favourite colours and prints, ready to be made up into something wonderful by you. Every one is a unique mixture of colours and prints, so it's a bit like a lucky dip.

We've seen them used so many ways... in quilts, to upholster a chair, and in clothing. The packs were one of the most popular things when the Sew It Together girls came to visit us at the studio, and some of them are using them to make skirts like the one Kirsten was wearing on the day.

Karen & Donna are organising a Prints Charming skirt sew-a-long, with a step-by-step posts describing how to make your skirt. You can see some of the beautiful finished skirts here and here, and posts describing how to make your own here.

Have you made something from a PC pack? Leave us a comment, email a photo or send us a link... we'd love to see it!

Greenhouse by Joost

Sydney Harbour is always a beautiful place to be, but right now it is extra exciting because there's something new tucked over by the Museum of Contemporary Art - the incredible Greenhouse by Joost Bakker. The Greenhouse aims to be the first waste-free restaurant, and is made with recycled and recyclable materials. For example, Joost has designed & made chair frames out of old aluminium irrigation pipes, with seats made from leather off-cuts from a saddle makers in Ballarat. The building is made from shipping containers, lightweight steel and hay bales, with a David Bromley painting and a vertical garden decorating the outside. The restaurant lights have been made from willow trees and rolls of old fencing wire, drinks are served in recycled jars, herbs and vegetables are grown on the roof and the kitchen cooks with whole foods to minimise packaging waste. And the rooftop bar has one of the loveliest views in the world, of the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge.

The Greenhouse website describes the project's aim as "designing and operating better places for people. Places that let us touch natural materials, understand where everyday things come from and taste fresh food straight from the garden... The Greenhouse aims to harness the growing understanding of the human footprint to offer alternative solutions that tread a fine balance between functionality, sustainability and beauty."

The Greenhouse is a pop-up restaurant, so you can visit in Sydney until the end of March... then it will head off to visit some other lucky city. You can see opening times and details here on the website. And The Design Files has some more photos here, and a short film about the project too.

Magnolia Square in Sydney this weekend

This weekend the Magnolia Square markets are on at Paddington Town Hall - we won't have a stall there this time, but they are a fantastic showcase of Sydney's creative talents and a great place to do some shopping. So much more inspiring and enjoyable than a shopping centre!

As a special treat for Prints Charming readers you can download a free double entry pass - just click here.

The markets are open:

Friday 25^th Feb 10am-9pm

Saturday 26^th Feb 10am-5pm

Sunday 27^th Feb 10am-4pm

There is more information about getting to the markets and the retailers who will be participating right here.