Love this #93 Majeda Clarke's modern traditionals

It was hard not to fall in love with this Caernarfon Candy Pop Blanket when I walked past it and then quickly backtracked at the 2019 Grand Designs Live. The colours are very modern, but the patterns so traditional. But they work so well together.

Orange and pinks are my colours so it’s not really as surprise that this colour combo caught my eye, is it? And that interest only grew as I learnt more about Majeda Clarke and her textile creations. If your interest is also piqued then you should know they’re not cheap, but they marry Majeda’s Bangladesh heritage with modern Bauhaus, woven in a Welsh mill using a Yorkshire yarn.

The result is simply stunning, and definitely one for my maybe one day wish list. What do you think?

Post Comment Love 12-14 March

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I’ve had a couple of days off this week which have been both productive and creative. I’ve been able to get back to my patchwork quilt and now have sewn half of the blocks I need. There’s clearly the same again to go, but four of those blocks are on the go, so it feels like I’m just over halfway. I’ve a final few days off from this year’s leave allocation in a couple of weeks, and if everything works out as planned then MOH will have started his new job so my plan will be to make good progress with those remaining blocks. But we’ll see.

And creative? At Christmas these two printing presses were an addition to my ‘stamp’ collection. I’ve held off trying them out until now - I had more success with the cactus than the auriculas, but both look pretty on the shelf. They’re metal rather than rubber so I suspect that is a contributing factor to the success I’ve had so far, but I’ll be happy to just have these on my shelf.

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Enjoying the atmosphere in the Shade House

The weather here is still mostly Winter, with a little bit of Spring. But just enough to fool you. To fool you it’s warm, and it is in the sun. But it’s definitely not in the shade. I don’t know about you but the warmth of the sun is very welcome, however brief and I’m looking forward to it being more constant. But today’s post definitely has heat, we’re heading back in Barbados and memories from our trip in December 2019, where spending some time in the Shade House was very welcome.

We’d taken a taxi to visit the Andromeda Botanical Gardens, and it was an incredibly hot day even by Barbados standards. It was nice to wander around the planned route of the garden, which was probably one of the best labelled and informative gardens we’ve been too. The Shade House was the 31st stop (of 41) on our garden tour and the guide encouraged us to sit for a while to listen to the birds.

It was a fascinating structure, providing as its name suggests shade. Which was very welcome. It’s rustic nature brought charm as well as shade. And in the climate it’s not like a greenhouse was needed, so this made perfect sense.

The plants were ferns, arums and phormiums. Though taking a seat was trickier as the arums got there first. But loiter a little we did, glad of the brief respite.

Sadly we didn’t get to spot the birds suggested by the guide - though we may not have recognised a Bananaquit if we’d seen one, or been quick enough to capture a hummingbird. I’m sure they were there, but we weren’t attuned to them. But it was a fabulous space, and as lush as the rest of the gardens, and a few degrees cooler which was very, very welcome.