Patchwork Design Trend Good for Craft and DIY.
Lots of fab patchwork prints have come across my desk of late. All too good not to share. You’ll see what I mean. It makes you want to go to the nearest flea market and pick up a hodge podge of textiles and cut and sew away and voila! You’ve got yourself one of the coolest coverlets in the dorm, in the neighborhood, in your life. Check these out and tell me it doesn’t create a call to action.
From the style files. Shared Space is a project that Dutch designer Bertjan Pot did for Tent and Witte de With. Tent and Witte De With are two art foundations and exhibition spaces that share a building in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In between their offices they have one mutual room of which they both have the right to use but up recently it didn’t really have a function. They invited Pot to come up with a use for it. Together with Frank Bruggeman he made it part office and part living room. For the living room part Bertjan created the extra large sofa which is filled with beanbag material and covers made out of a patchwork of fabrics he collected over the past few years. The secondhand carpet got an extra pattern of colored stripes made by melting colored duct-tape into it.
From Bloesm. Patchwork curtains, patchwork blankets, patchwork pillows…Marlies Spaan from the Netherlands creates these great items for your home. Have a look here at MeS.
From stye-files. Uono’s handmade bedspreads (top image) are unique. The very best geometric and abstract vintage 60s and 70s scarves are collected for the first side - each scarf is like an abstract painting. On the flip side is a solid-tone or tone-on-tone 100% hemp for a totally reversible bedspread. The hemp is a subtle, mod tone of palest sage/khaki green and works well with both traditional and modernist decor. Visit Uno’s website and/or Etsy shop for more information and to see all their beautiful designs. They also have a great pillow collection!
Even Urban Outfitters has gotten onto the craze.
I think you got your wish, Kim, Tilda Swinton wore Dior at the BAFTAs, and previously wore Prada at Berlin - just saw it in our newspapers, and then went to gettyimages. She’s one supreme dresser. Made my day, I’m in a very bad mood - for days now. Glad to see a good thing.
Best,
Marko! It’s nice to hear from you….Tilda looks amazing too doesn’t she; my god she’s incredible how well she carried off Dior’s creation. He must have been thrilled to the max to have Tilda being the one to wear it.
I see Sienna Miller, Eva Green, Jessica Biel, and Kate Hudson were all wearing Dior too and they all looked very glamourous.
But Marion Cotillard is unbelieveably prescious; her Chanel was indeed daring but she pulled it off. I have a feeling Marion could make burlap sacks a trend…an excellent green movement statement.
I think I have a slight crush on Tilda, and hopefully not a blinding one. I mean, she pulls of the most outrageous look.
Anyway, I wanna put some colour in my apartment after seeing all those pics. I live in all white spaces. I wanted to have it painted all red, but my dad said: brothel. Well…
Best,
Funny you should mention that, Marko, painting your apt. red…given my post today. I am pretty sure we all have it on our minds these days, the color red, that is. And, truthfully, I am not completely sure how that color will continue to play out. I like how Rodarte handled it; but I think it’s a particular color of red, like Cathy said. It has to be just right.
Hey did you see the post I did with the So Happy Chair? Under the colors of Spring 09-10…I’ve got images posted of the Civic Museum in your town because they have the So Happy Chair in it; I posted that image in your honor.
I absolutely love patchwork!!!! It is especially hot these days with respect to environmental issues. I have been doing this work for years now. Check out my website and feel free to comment on my work. I do appreciate honest feedback. Thanks and continue the amazing work.
Sandie