Sarah Appleton - Textile Artist Blog

After the successful success of my previous tie bag (available in my etsy store) I decided to make another one all for me! I had this skirt which I bought at a jumble sale because I loved the kalidescopic/Op Art fabric: Because of the shape and the limited amount of fabric I decided that the best way to use it might be as a bag. Then I had some fun, bright flowery 60's fabric from Fabric Land so I decided that the juxtaposition of bright and monochrome would be good; and I ended up with this: Hey Mr. Lizard! Hey Mr. Cat! I've had the retro / Cadillac car tie for a while and have been desperate to use it, I quite liked the semi-mismatched patterns so I decided this was the project for the tie! The bag is reversible, so that I can be either colourful or a bit less colourful. The other not-so-exciting project I finished recently was 2 t-shirt resizes: Dark Side of the Coop From Large to AppletiniTiny! Terrible pictures but you get the idea. If you'd l

Oh hai earthlings! Here I am, I haven't left you. I was made redundant from my 'real job', so I have been spending some time hiding like a hedgehog. But now I am back and I am here to say that you can now buy the lovely Hexopus of my Mind in several new colourways! And the colourways would be: orange, green and metallic purple! Orange you glad? Green McSpleen Metallica Available from both my Folksy and Etsy shops. Also now available is this little number: Neonderthal From my Folksy shop . That's it for now! All I want for Christmas is Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Kenickie, Space, Spaced and My So Called Life.

Tomorrow I will [hopefully] have a shared stall at Pokesdown Artisan Fayre with all of my delights and my newest offerings: Stripey, stripey... stripey bag of summer A s'wheat summer handbag made from the last fabric sample I printed ; I think the style and colours are very current, kind of tie-dye, which excites me because it's fun to be on trend for once. Puffy badgers Some super kawaii yo-yo puff badges! Did you know that a baby puffin is called a puffling ?! Yeah! This post was made possible with: Bo Ningen, Sonic Youth, Rekorderlig and My So Called Life