Circe's knickerland

We Make London Christmas Fair! Coming soon!Yay!

2010-11-05T00:46:00.003Z

Wow!First blog for a long long time!!!!I've moved house, got a new job and its been pretty hectic!!!At the moment I'm frantically trying to make as many pairs of knickers as I can to take to London on the 4th December for the ' We Make Christmas ' fair.
I went last Christmas and it was fab, here is the flyer for this years event!Check out their blog here for some Designer features and more info! Thers going to be lots and lots of great Christmas goodies!Woo hoo!
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Mission tidy up!!!

2010-01-24T23:37:00.010Z

Ooo check me out, i don't post for months and then post twice in one day!
So anyway my mission for the next week (or more!!!!!!) is to sort out our conservatory!
It is meant to be my workroom, but my desk and the floor are buried under all sorts!
Here are some bad pictures . . . . . . .

A friendly parrot lives in the corner!

Some lovely plants that i forgot about!The one on the right is a chilli plant i grew from some seeds!doesnt look to happy does it, but there are a couple of chillis hanging on!!!!

Trusty my little ponies!

My illuminous green dummy!love it!and folders stuffed with scrappy patterns, one day ill neaten them up!
I think these are leftover from my birthday, which was in october!!!!They have got the hungry caterpillar on them!Lots of boxes stuffed full of fabrics and half made bits and pieces!
Good luck me!!!!!!

Overdue We Make London pictures!!!!

2010-01-24T22:48:00.009Z

Hello!
Its a bit overdue but i thought i would post a couple of pictures of my stand i had at the We Make London christmas craft fair back in december!
It was a really ace day, and there was a great atmosphere as well, so many cute and quirky stalls,and so many talented people.
I amazed myself and didnt go crazy buying everything!Wow!
I did by some fab things off the stall opposite me though! Cool4cats:amazing card kits!
They made great christmas presents, my brother got the Walking terror Robot, and my dad got Feeding Time at the Zoo!

I would love to do the summer fair but im going to be at Glastonbury!Woooooo!

yer. . . . . anyway heres some pics!

I had a couple of antique drawers which i used to display some of the knickers and brooches. I think they worked pretty well and the handles were good to tie my bunting to!
I think it would be great to have a drawer for each size knicker eventually although would probably be a nightmare to haul around!!

2010-01-21T22:29:00.002Z

Wow i am rubbish at this whole blogging thing!
So one of my new years resolutions was to post more often, seeing as its the 21st already that hasnt gone to well has it!whoops!!!!!!
Nevermind!
its all go from today!(hopefully!)

At the moment im working on some new designs,and then hopefully and finally ill get an online shop up and running!Etsy, Folksy?Ooooooo!
Pictures sooon!!!!

Xxx

2009-10-06T11:37:00.005+01:00

Wow I haven't been on here for ages! has been a little hectic hectic!eeeek!
I've got lots of exciting things going on in the run up for Christmas and really have to get my arse into gear and get cracking!
More details to come when I get a little bit more organised!!!!!

Here are just a couple of images, some doodles!yay, and also a fabric flower brooch which i'll be making for Christmas with lots of different scraps of fabrics and buttons!

Xxx

more colour!

2009-07-21T23:47:00.003+01:00

A couple more of my 'drawing a day' pics!This time i thought i'd add some colour!Yay!x

Out with the old and in with the new!

2009-06-26T12:34:00.018+01:00

Hello!
I thought i would put some recent images up to start a fresh!
I read a post months back on the print and pattern blog about a designer called Michelle Romo who completed a project called 25. She did a project everyday, and had a different theme each month to celebrate her 25th year!
Ace idea, i had a further look into this and found quite a few people doing a drawing a day etc, so i thought id give it a go!
I started it on the 1st January 2009 as my new years resolution!(the only one iv'e ever managed to keep!)
I had a look back through them and here a some that i like!Hope you like them too!

Sorry for the side views! I like using this comic book format!

I was going on a printmaking course next week and was looking forward to having ago, and turning some of these into fabric prints etc, but its been cancelled!Boo!
Never mind though, ive brought a couple of books off amazon so will be trying to teach myself!Uhoh!
I'll post some results up on here soon if they turn out ok!

Rach X

Alternative Fashion Week 2007 . . . . .

2009-06-10T12:21:00.008+01:00

I was lucky enough to be part of Alternative Fashion Week 2007, with a stall selling my knickers and also a slot on the catwalk show!

It was a really ace experience, and where i launched Circe's Knicker Draw.I really hope to try and take part next year too.

These are just a few images of the collection i showcased. It was called 'Nino' and based on the film Amelie.

The garment above is a soft bra with a vintage lace skirt which lots of ties which atatch to the back of the bra!

Some cheeky handcuff knickers, and a couple of the lovely models who braved the cold for me!

This is a slip dress made from lots of bias cut pieces and handbeaded around the edges.

More cheeky knickers!

Some old work . . . .

2009-06-09T20:57:00.007+01:00

Hey Hey,
I thought I would upload some images of some previous work and sketchbook pages.
Hope you like them.

These are from my Final Collection at university. It was based on Ancient Greek Mythology and i looked at the myths of Medusa and Circe.
Circe was a powerful sourceress who lived on an island with many lions, wolves, tigers and leopards.These creatures had once been men who had not returned Circe's affections!
And this is where the name Circe's Knicker Draw came from too!

Hello!

2009-06-07T17:00:00.000+01:00

Hello and welcome to Circe's Knickerland!
My blog for my little lingerie adventure Circe's Knicker Draw!
I hope to be posting new collections and images up soon, as well as little bits and pieces about trying to set up a buisness!exciting stuff!
I've not really been designing or creating for a while now as my 1 year old daughter Aya has been keeping me very busy, but iv'e decided now is the time to crack on and start up again.
And my friend Danielle from Opal Orchid Black convinced me that a blog would be a great place to start, and keep me motivated!
Please feel free to leave comments and let me know what you think, when i eventually get some images up!
bye for now
Rach
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