Jasmine's textiles : Creative Kitchen Comforts

In December two of my lovely friends and I are having a stall at a christmas fair up in Edinburgh. I was asked a few months ago if I was interested in having a table so I thought, hey! Why not! It could be fun and also its a great way of 'making a name known'. Katie and Katrina were the first people to pop into my head. We've all got very similar tastes and I think we'll all work well as a team. Katrina is a great friend from my textile class and Katie is a very good friend of mine from halls.

A quick background behind how this name 'Creative Kitchen Comforts' came about. Katie is the chef of the group, so we wanted to capture her skills and base our stall around the kitchen; which is no hardship on my behalf. I think there's going to have to be a fair bit of food tasting going on. What a shame. To compliment this, we have decided to create little kitchen comforts, for example, dish cloths, hand towels etc. So, not only are we creative, but its for the kitchen and they're little comforts for the kitchen. Simple really!

On the side to this joint idea, I have decided to do my own personal project. I am going to create cushions and possibly some tea towels that have been inspired by herbs from the kitchen garden. I know we're only just into August but I have decided to get a head start on this as I know that when I get back up to Edinburgh to start my 3rd year, it's going to be pretty full on. Getting a bulk of it done now seems like the sensible thing to be doing.

So far I have made 2 cushion designs but I intend on designing a third one as well. Here's a little insight on how I've got on so far.

Inspired by Thyme.

Each cushion is slightly different. The way I work best is to just put the needle to the fabric and do it all by sight rather than have a fixed design. I like how they are all individual. It makes them more special.