Sarah Appleton - Textile Artist Blog

The last two days of my internship at  Nelly's Treasures ! It's taken me a while to write these up as real life jobs / DJing / beach partying took over a little bit, but here we go: I did a lot of screenprinting on day 6, and although it started out well (with a lot of help from Nelly herself), towards the end of the day my technique started to suffer a bit and prints weren't fully coming out, or were flopping off the edge of the fabric. I could try and blame tiredness or distraction but I think it's a case of not being fully practised in the art of screenprint. It truly is a skill that I imagine most people don't fully appreciate, and I have utmost respect for Helen and anyone else for mastering it! Anyway I couldn't figure out why I could make clean prints in uni, with not-as-good equipment and a lot less space and why I couldn't do it at The PrintHaus , and I psyched myself out and never fully recovered. Helen even gave me a step to stand on, but it didn...

Today was day 5 of my work placement with Nelly's Treasures and it was mostly spent finishing off these babies: Babies Which I'm super proud of because I kind of saw them grow from little fabric eggs into fully rounded heart plushy cushions! They look so cute and fun, I can't decide which is my favourite! It's really exciting to see the journey of a product from start to finish and I'm glad that I'm getting to be a big hands-on part of it during my placement. I don't have much more to say about today except that time seemed to go very quickly whilst I was lost in a haze of lovely vintage fabric cushions and suddenly it was home time... boooooo!

I'm taking part in some kind of huge online craft swap via Nelly's Treasures, ch-check it out: What's going down: The first three people to comment on this post will receive a little gift - something personal from me to you. Within 2 months I'll create something unique to share with the first three people to comment on this post. But in order to receive your present you have to play along. Spread the love on your own blog promising to send a little special something to the first three people who comment on your post. You get 72 hours to re-post, or I'll have to move on to the next person. Please only comment if you're willing to pay it forward. If you want to receive something unique from me in the mail and if you are willing to do the same for others, leave a comment below! Please leave your email address so that I can contact you directly! And blog URL so that I and others can visit your blog! Again, I want to emphasize that please only comme...

One of my most raddest lady friends Helen (who I am always harping on about) has just rebranded her brand and launched a completely awesome blog ! And I get a mention for the rather charming little fortune cookie man I made her. Huge AppletiniNotTiny congratulations go out to her also for her Craftster award for the Core Blimey jacket, which for obvious reasons holds a special place in muh heart!