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Winter wollies

Posted by Janine Morris on Saturday, June 25, 2011, In : upcycled

I recently made a new product for my growing range of clothes. Here is the child's Cape I made. It is made from a repurposed 100% woollen blanket, felted and cut into a cape, and lined with red linen.

It has a hand sewn snowflake detail, with baby doileys and buttons. It is reversible, the red linen side has baby doileys and vintage and collected buttons.

This cape has been sold, thanks to the lovely lady who bought it! I have a few more capes in progress and will be selling them through Nest,...

Encapsulated - Latest Work at the Makers Workshop, Burnie.

Posted by Janine Morris on Thursday, March 10, 2011, In : current projects

This is my latest work, now on display at The Makers Workshop, in Burnie. A home to art, artists, paper making, visitor information, local history and modern architecture.

'Encapsulated -

My Journey, Your Journey.'

The collection includes elements of the familiar and the unknown. Life journeys.

Made from a collection of vintage and collected tableware, story books, toys, photos, buttons, natural materials and glass ware.

These images are from my work table before installation at the Makers Work...
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Nest has a blog

Posted by Janine Morris on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, In : retail outlets

Natalie at Nest in Penguin has her web site up and running. You can follow her blog here http://nestpenguin.blogspot.com.
This week she is featuring me, second Sister. I am a lucky girl to have such a beautiful shop selling my work.

I have had a busy few weeks. I have been laying out and sewing my designs for dolly skirts. These should be in Nest in about 3-4 weeks time. Skirts have to have a few features for me to be happy. There has to be old or vintage materials, materials have to be prac...
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New in Nest, Penguin, Tasmania

Posted by Janine Morris on Sunday, May 30, 2010, In : Wrap skirts

Now stocked in Nest are my new 100% woollen blankets upcycled and felted into wrap skirts.
They come in five different sizes, adult, small adult child 4-6 years, toddler and newborn.
Each skirt is an original and cannot be repeated.
Wrap skirts have side pockets and hand stitched details of circles and vintage buttons. Some skirts have my toys - Peep-o, Popcorn, Penguin and peck-e stitched onto them.
I take orders for skirts, you can find some in my online shop or email me for a request. I will ...
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