New Floral Printed Pencil Skirts

Today I bought some fabulous floral printed cotton sateen to make some pencil skirts. The pencil skirts will be high waisted, and fitted around the leg and hip. The hem on the skirt falls to just below the knee. The pencil skirt shown in the next two photos is the style that I will create- the print will be the bright pink, white, navy blue and yellow print shown in the 3rd photo.

The fabric is gorgeous! The floral print is bright and colourful, while the cotton sateen is very comfortable to wear as it has elastane (lycra) added to the weave. 

 

I have enough of the pink, navy, yellow and white printed fabric above to make approximately 4 or 5 printed pencil skirts. They are available in Australian sizes 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16, and I will make them to fit and your length. The beauty about them being handmade! - you can get it custom made to fit you!

If you would like to order one of these beautiful, handmade pencil skirts, please email me at:

designer@penelopered.com.au

The green, navy, pink and mauve floral print above is available in a size 10 pencil skirt. This is a one of three pencil skirts... I only ever make a very limited edition of all of my designs.

The above photo shows me, wearing another Penelope Red pencil skirt, again from a cotton elastane,  in an ornage, yellow, white and blue abstract floral print.

I love wearing my printed pencil skirts- and they are perfect for travelling too! The below photo is my husband and I in St.Petersburg, Russia a few years ago. The elastane means that the skirt will hardly crease. The cotton means that the skirt will be very comfortable and easy to look after and wear.

For any enquiries, please email me at: designer@penelopered.com.au

David's Dr Seuss Cot Quilt

Evidence of the finished product! My little David sleeping like an angel with his new Dr Seuss cot quilt that I made for him... Awwwwww!

Saturday afternoon sewing with my baby

My gorgeous boy and I in my workroom, yesterday. He seems to enjoy watching me while he sits in his bouncer chair, so it was the perfect opportunity to do a little sewing. In this photo I am in the middle of making a cot quilt for him- Dr Suess style!

A Very Good Reason To Work Less

My little man and I enjoying our time together. It has certainly been a change of pace looking after him and being a mum, (compared to my design manic that occurs when i am running behind schedule) but I love every moment!

New Inspiration: Sonja Delaunay

This Spring and Summer I am looking forward to focussing on the artwork of Sonja Delaunay. A few years ago I was very fortunate to see some of her artworks, along with many other artists at the art gallery of NSW. I instantly loved the bright colours! I have always been a huge colour fan, and I could imagine using aspects of Sonja's work in many different ways: colour combinations, prints and motifs. Here are a few examples...

Distractions

Yet again, it has taken me way too long to update this blog. For a while it was because I simply was too busy with work orders- yay me! After the Penelope Red fashion parade in September last year, I started hosting tea parties to help showcase my work, and offer customers a more personal way to share my designs, which then kept me very busy indeed!

And then we found out we were expecting a new addition to our family! My little son, David, was born in late July, and now I am so busy, I haven't even had time to tidy up the work room, let alone design or sew anything. I have spent the last 7 weeks getting to know my little David, and it has been great having the time off, as well as having no pressure from my hubby to resume work.

 I guess there is only pressure that I am placing on myself- I can't help but still want to design and create. Eventually I will ease back into work, but it won't be for a while, as I love spending time with my munchkin!

Since I need to get up at the crack of dawn anyway to feed David, I hope to continue with this blog. It will give me a chance to be creative, while I can still spend time with my little guy! Wish me luck!

New Fabrics for Autumn Winter Collection 2012

Since the upcoming Penelope Red Autumn/Winter Collection will be inspired by Picasso artworks and Ballet Russe costumes, you can imagine that there will be a lot of decoration, embellishment and decadence! I can't wait!



The images included in this posting show some of the fabrics I am planning to use in this collection.


I have been very lucky to obtain quite a few vintage fabrics.

-Photo 1: a vintage organza with a squiggle lined texture, and a red wool blend
-Photo 2: a vintage 100% wool check, and a cream stretch lace
-Photo 3: a vintage pleated organza in black, and a silver, black, cream and brown jacquard.



The above photo shows two wool blended fabrics that I will be blending together to make a design- the colours look amazing together!


Above, shows a black and blue jacquard, and a vintage red fringed metallic fabric- this fabric will be a real challenge to use, but i am looking forward to seeing what I can come up with!


I will be using a collection of vintage buttons, that have been handed down to me from my husband's family. Most of these buttons have come from Russia, so they will fit nicely in this theme!


Below is a brand new lace which I just simply LOVE! It is such a statement and very dramatic- so I had to have it for this collection!


I can't wait to start designing the new designs! They will be gradually created over the Summer break, and I will try to post my work-in-progress photos as I go.