Black & White Apron

Hand printed black cotton apron with knives and forks design

My brother lives in the States so we don’t see him very often so it was great when he came over to see us a couple of weeks ago and it was his birthday while he was here so what better excuse to make him an extra special gift. He’s a really keen cook so an apron seemed the perfect answer but I wasn’t sure if he would like my regular aprons and like me he is a big fan of black so I decided to print some nice black cotton drill fabric with white knives and forks. I was hoping to be able to show it off being worn but my brother managed to squirrel the apron away in his suitcase and avoided being photographed wearing it, so here is my “Betty” wearing it.

For the moment at least this is one of a kind but I suspect it may not stay that way for long as I have already had some not so subtle hints from other family and friends that they would like one too!

It’s all in the details…

Hand printed linen swing bag in slate grey with ice blue detail

One of my lovely customers who had bought a pebbles coin purse from me got in touch to order a swing bag to match but she wanted the slate grey but with ice blue/turquoise detail instead of the normal natural/green stripe.  So the sewing machine was duly revved up and here it is.  So for the moment at least this one is unique but if anyone fancies one the same just let me know and I will get the sewing machine going again.

One of favourite things about these bags is the leather thong drawstring, at first I wasn’t sure how well it would work but it stays closed really well but when you do open it it’s great because it opens nice and wide so you can actually find your keys without 5 minutes of rummaging which is fabulous.