Bruck

Cant believe how long its been since i last posted on here! Have been busy pattern drafting and cutting, and am well under way with my garments for the fashion show. As well as the skirt and t-shirt, im also gonig to make a little yellow cropped rain jacket, and a crochet and embellished hat. My need to name our outfit for the fashion show, so have been reading the Orcadian dictionary for some words relating to the beach/shoreline. Here are a few!

Bruck - beach rubbish
Ebb - shore
Facie - small cliff
Fankle - tangle or knot
Gimmer - scallop
Glessie - glass
Groatie Buckie - type of shell
Sholtie - creatures/ insects living under stones
Skelder - The noise a gull makes

I think my favourites are Bruck and Sholtie, but have a few days to decide. Have also been busy shopping - have been paid for the designs i sold to Kenzo and Custo Barcelona at Indigo in February. My little sister came to visit for a week as well so showed her round London as much as i could whilst still getting on with my work. Dyeing my wool fabric red for my skirt took a lot longer than expected - 3 days! Its more a coral colour than the vibrant red i was after, but it still works well with my other colours. Digital prints are back so looking forward to getting my t shirt made on Monday or Tuesday. Anyway, wanted to get a bit done on my skirt today so better go!

First screen print (about time!)

Here it is. Had loads to write about, but im really tired and very stressed, so am going to wait until tommorow!

Buoys

Mark has been busy today collecting buoys for me! Hes got the car with him, so will be easy enough to get them back to London. Not looknig forward to taking them on the tube though!! Hes also got some glass and bottlenecks for me, and some rope. Have to wait more than a week to get them back, so need to have everything else ready for then, not long till the fashion show, getting scary!