Saturday in the Studio

Stroller Pants!!!

These sweet little pants, complete the set!  And are great for just pulling over whatever Baby is wearing for a quick escape to the great outdoors!

Complete Set, 3mo-6mo :

You can see these on my Etsy store... I've listed them as a 2 piece set, a 3 piece set and the Stroller Pants separately. http://www.etsy.com/shop/ecotextures

The orange set is still coming, but only the hat and Sweater jacket for that one.... not enough fabric for Stoller Pants!!! boooo

Thursday....What's happening in the Studio today?

A new design.... Branches and Berries!

This organic heavier flannel is warm, fuzzy (no pilling) and cozy on the inside with a denser weave on the outside that is perfect for printing on!

The Sweater Jacket is perfect for when Bebe needs more than a sweater but less than a jacket.... a mild Winter Westcoast stroll perhaps.... and Spring just about anywhere else... small Westcoast dig that :) but seriously these have so many "just right" times to be used, it really doesn't matter which part of the Continent you come from!

And I must admit that every time I make one of these little hats, I smile:

This little Sweater jacket and Hat Set is now posted on my Etsy store:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/65359161/organic-flannel-baby-sweater-jacket-and

And this other set, will be done soon..... featuring Orange Berries this time!
The little hat is already done....

With the little Sweater jacket not far behind.... it looks like it jumped in front of the sewing machine in these photos...so anxious to be finished!

How I print my designs... just in case you would like to know!

Thought you might like to see what the process is, when I hand print my Botanical Bebe clothing and accessories as well as my Ecotexture home decor items......

It all starts with a Sketch-

And the "one" happens after 10 or 15 preliminary doodles, scribbles, almost sketches and just abouts......

Then the sketch is enlarged and I transfer it to a sheet of Mylar.  Then the fun begins with cutting and cutting and cutting out the stencil, detail by detail.

Colours chosen and mixed-

This is a fun photo of the thickened non-toxic! dyes I use.  But generally I don't tend to let them spill all over my design table.... but even dye pots apparently love a photo op!

Fabric and Stencil Meet-

Here is a flower stencil, ready to be printed.  The centers I did with a small brush, but the rest of the large stencil is printed using a very dense sponge roller.  This means that I have to really think about layout and colour sequences, as these rollers are quite expensive and it is a bit excessive to have one for each colour! So I have 1.

Stencil and Thickened Dye Meet-

Stencil Printed... and the red marks are on the stencil... not the fabric!

Flower Finished!!!

 And that's how it is done :)