RELOVED Magazine & Dreamy Cashmere

Excited to have a little snippet about REVERIE Textiles in the UK Print magazine RELOVED the Creative Guide to Upcycling Your Home.

I love this magazine, it's packed with classy DIY projects of all sorts for making style statements with upcycled decor. My hope for REVERIE Textiles has been that my cashmere designs inspire a "wow" factor for kids' decor.

Thank you Sinead for contacting me for this spotlight and for spreading the love of upcycling!

I'm having a 25% off Sale in my REVERIE Textiles Etsy shop!

Would you like to give an eco-friendly heirloom gift to a new baby or toddler in your life? My Etsy shop has a code for 25% off 100% Cashmere Baby Blankets, pillows, and throws. Handmade in Maine - Luxuriously soft, warm, lightweight enough for summer. Use code: MAY25REVERIE : www.etsy.com/shop/reverietextiles

REVERIE is a 2015 ACADEMY OF HANDMADE AWARDS nominee

I was honored & thrilled to learn that REVERIE Textiles has been nominated for a 2015 "ACADEMY OF HANDMADE AWARD" in the Home and Garden Accessories category. 

I love the Academy's mission: to celebrate and recognize those who are making significant contributions to the handmade economy. To strengthen beginning and existing handmade businesses, and to connect the handmade business community through meaningful relationships.

Thank you for the nomination Academy of Handmade!

KNEE-DEEP IN APPLIQUES

My new line of Cashmere Homewares is in the making for 2015: pillows, throws, table runners, placemats, coasters, accessories, and kids' rooms wall decor ~ all designed with handcut cashmere appliques: friendly graphic shapes with bold pops of color! All new cashmere homewares will be available from my website mid-March.

Here's a sampling of some new cashmere appliqués (in process):

 

And some close-ups of the applique work, all made with upcycled 100% cashmere sweaters :

 

 

 

Whimsical Doll Cradle DIY ~ a Lena Corwin design

For their birthdays my husband and I gave our two daughters a doll bed that I refurbished from an old baby cradle. I painted it with a Scandinavian/mythical animals pattern from textiles designer Lena Corwin's book Printing by Hand. For a piece of furniture that was clunky, brown and rather ugly to start with, we were thrilled with its new look!

With 4 layers of over-painting, and oodles of stencil cutting (first from photocopies, and then from contact paper), making this was a labor of love! Our daughters were over-the-moon on birthday morning!

 

                              

                        

   

The mythical animal stencils were patterns I gratefully copied from the book Printing by Hand: A Modern Guide to Printing with Handmade Stamps, Stencils, and Silk Screens, by textile designer Lena Corwin. This project below, from Corwin's book, was the inspiration:

MODERN CASHMERE CUSHIONS

I'm designing a new line of 100% Cashmere appliqued cushions & homewares. From my Big Cartel shop ReverieTextiles this winter, I'll be selling a bunch of new styles inspired by Mid-century design & Scandinavian art. Handcrafted in Coastal Maine with the finest revitalized cashmere sweaters, these eco-friendly, fun designs bring luxurious pillow heaven into our world for both kids & adults!

 

Modern "Scandi-bird" Pure Cashmere Cushions

 

"Apple Tree" & "Butterflies" pure Cashmere Cushions