Saffrons Blog

I am excited to  be going to his new show on Wednesday. Previous shows have sold out on the night and it looks like his paintings will be just as beautiful this time. The yellow in this is amazing- Its a painting of my best friend Kirstin and I can feel how hot she is.

We  headed South for a winter break to spend three days on the beach building castles and fishing, bush and beach walking with a few rock scales to get there. We watched the kangaroos such weird furry bouncy marsupials - oh we saw some joeys as well. Sequoia tried to snuggle one and got hugged back but the claws are a bit sharp and there were tears. She is an animal lover.
We also saw dolphins, always so majestic and a huge Sea eagle who took my breath away.
My brother Marcel's' family spent each day with us. Marcel caught a large salmon on dusk which we all ate for lunch, I just got my bait eaten by something sneaky, but worth it to stand on the beach and watch the sea fog roll in and the sky turn pink, grey then inky.
So much sunshine and aquamarine water. I felt so happy languishing in the warm winter sun without being fried (as the summer sun is prone to do). We had fun making pictures out of the cloud shapes. Spending hours with family without a care in the world is so wonderful.

We have been working on the next designs. So many hours getting them finished and ready to send to the printers.
The designs are different that what I have previously worked on - more colours and more detail. Some crazy colour combinations. I let purple sneak in and I used aquamarine for the first time. Every time I think they are finished I find something else I need to alter and tweak or I get a new idea that I like better. Which I realize is the beginnings of another range. Any how they are off, Jim picked them up and they are in the printers hands now. Please do a terrific job.
We will be seeing them appear slowly over the next wee while. There will be a fairy or several and Elks, landscapes, bubbles and chocolate brown. A warm and snuggly range.

I thought I would show you one of the early drawings of my tulip fairy which seriously took an eon to finish. The stress I felt in selecting only one colour way was too much. I pray it will be a rocketing success and she will eventually be in many colour combinations like those seen below. Well that is the intention and l am putting it out there: let her eventually be found in 4 different colour ways!
Would you like that tulip fairy?

Last night I started to chop up the owl nesting fabric. I cut up 10 cm squares and started doing some crazy block piecing. This is a few of the blocks I hand stitched, while I watched 80 gardens of the world. It is the beginning of a new quilt. One with small pieces, large appliqué and piecing. The tiny ant which crawls up the tree in the owls nesting is one of the fabric's tiny details that might get lost on the product images in the shop.