Colour me BRIGHT

I've paid attention recently to a few comment's friends have made on the muted tones I tend to lean toward's with my coat's.  Hang on, muted tones, ME?!  I was quick to disagree, thinking of the coat's I have myself and the fabric's that I usually go for and the clashes of print and colour.  Then I went back through some of the photo's I've posted on here and proved myself wrong.  They were right.  Majority of my coat's are in the muted tones.  So I thought I would pop up a few pic's (ok, only three) of a coat I made a few year's ago and gave to my sister (that's the little red velvet number)  and the other is one I've made recently for a customer in Hobart, you might recognise the 'Peter Pan Trench.'  Just to show that I love a burst of the bright as much, if not more, than the next person and will endeavour not to fall into the trap of using lovely plain fabric's all of the time.   

Wool Shrug $250AUD

I thought today I would share my easy to wear cardi/shrug that see's the light of day most day's, every winter.  Because it is so COMFORTABLE!!!  

I'm not one to really dress up unless occaision  call's for it, so the less hassle it is to throw together an outfit for the day, the better.  This usually get's thrown on over a pair of tights and a daggy t-shirt but you wouldn't know it when I get to the city and have the collar brooched and draped nicely and all you see is a fabulously cosy knit.  For the day's when it look's like there might be potential for some sunshine and I don't want to wear a large coat this is the alternative.  Plus it's a little thicker than an ordinary cardigan which is nice.

Wander by the Spacebar Gallery in Hobart and have a look, there are a few waiting for a new home there (although I haven't put pocket's on those as I found they added bulk to the wrong area's on most body types, so the sleeves are long enough to be folded down to protect cold hand's.) 

Tessuti Linen and Lace Award's

As you may have seen in previous post's I have dabbled in making a few top's and dresses.  The latest one, suprise suprise, is again a little linen number but this time it required a bit of lace detailing as well.  The Tessuti award's run every year and this will be the second time I have entered.  Previous year's have seen the competition run as  a 'Little Black Dress,' which alway's manages to trip me up,  when it comes to designing a garment in black I inevitably hit the brick wall.  Yet I live in Melbourne, go figure, the city is renowned for it.  Give me white any day!

Soooo, after a few day's at home measuring out folds and ironing and re-ironing and sewing and ironing (when there's linen involved you have to alway's have an iron at hand, because it creases in front of your eyes) and fusing.  The end result is below.  If you like it, please head to tessutiawards.com.au and vote for me as there's a fabric voucher up for grab's which I would love to get my hand's on!  

GEHRICH now stocked at Spacebar Gallery in Hobart

YES!  The time has finally come to get organised with a retail space and now it has happened, right here in Hobart.  Head down to the Spacebar Gallery (www.spacebargallery.com.au) located in the Salamanca Art's Centre and have a look at the small collection of GEHRICH coat's and shrug's available. The ladies are lovely and are more than happy to help you out.  It is well worth the look as there are a number of other local designer's of all crafts (millinery, jewellery, photography, fashion etc.) to check out too.

 The past six week's have been a chaos of fabric's, pattern's, tag's and label's trying to get everything together before heading down to Tassie and it has all come together in the end. There will be some old faithful's there that have been featured on the blog previously, so it's an excellent opportunity to see my work for what it is.  Please pop in and have a look and let me know what you think!

You've Been Tagged

Minor lack of finances has dictated some quirky little handmade swing tag's for all of the coat's.  But how cute are they!