This dress is part of the new stuff that I've been working on. The collection consists of dresses, playmats, cushions and leggings and comes in 3 different colourways.
But all of it hinges on the use of natural and striped linens, teamed with floral cottons and natural chenilles.
Whenever I want to start something new it goes one of two ways. Either I suddenly find myself with all these ideas and images running around in my head, sparked by a glimpse of two fabrics next to eachother or a collection of random shapes, with absolutely no time to do anything about it.
Or I start trying new things, spend a couple of days working on it and then decide that it doesn't work, or that I'm just not sure about it and it gets relegated to the maybe/sometime pile. Or, thinking about it, sometimes I try something new, post it on the blog, get no comments or response to it and assume it doesn't work and relegate it to the maybe/sometime pile (it hadn't occured to me until now just how much I use the blog as a sounding board for ideas, or how much my designs are affected by the response they get when they're on the blog).
With this collection though, I've had such a strong idea of what I wanted to do that I've forced myself to find the time to actually follow through with it. And although I have the same doubts I always have when starting something new (is it boring, been done before or just plain crap!) I'm finding that the desire to finish the collection is strong enough to carry me through.
I'm trying to get it all finished before I share the full collection, rather than introducing it in dribs and drabs, but I couldn't resist sharing these pictures of Lily with you.
