I was extra pleased to discover that the article about us in the Wentworth Courier has been generously syndicated about, so now it appears in at last count 16 Sydney...
Aprons are made to do things in and keep you clean all the while. They protect things and hide things. They are practical, homey, potentially a tiny bit saucy....
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how Cloth began, like a proud parent looking back on those early years, the modest beginnings, the first steps. Cloth was born 18...
Have you ever had a perfect day? One where every moment seems to be fit and proper, where the weather conspires with the stars which have thoughtfully aligned, and all’s...
For the locals amongst you I am reliably told that practically everyone in primary school headed west for ‘the Hill End experience.’ Apparently this involved a lot of gold panning...
We’ve put together this small collection of handmade products for the home focussing on warm colours and heavy textures perfect for the changing season. Golden brown with oxide, ginger rust...
It’s sunday afternoon and I’m at work. All around me post-it-note-pinned paper bundles support teetering piles of cushions whilst haphazardly placed rolls of fabric lean in. Tape sticks lists of unfinished words...
Imperfect circles have a natural shape. Formed through a process, by hand or by the weather, by the landscape, over time. The imperfect circle is not made by machine. They...
We have a few spare places in next week’s Project Lovely Home workshop. Lovely Home opens the door to your inner decorator, all done in pleasing, nice and easy ways....
I went all Australiana over the holidays. I ‘d say it was to do with Mum and Dad being over on holidays from the UK. We went away for a...
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2012 seems to have been all been about workshops don’t you think? All over town it seems that people have been either running them or attending them. This idea...
Oh lordy time has galloped on by this year. One minute we were moving in to our new lovely shop and the next minute it’s the run down to Christmas....
Our new cloth shop has inspired a fresh new look for our cushions. A new style of patching and an assortment of trims have made their way to the cutting...
We had a launch of our new shop a couple of weeks ago. It was great. The place was packed – a great turnout. We put chairs outside with atmospheric...
At the weekend we did some knitting. And we sewed it all over the trees outside the shop. There were at least 3 people called Margaret turn up as well...
Recently we’ve developed a new product called Director’s Cuts. Julie has picked her favourite fabric combinations for re-upholstery and made them available as online packs. Choosing the right combination can...
Man I’ve been busy this week. Less than 5 days to go before the big launch day and I’ve taken on the task of getting the outside courtyard looking a...
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Blimey! A couple of days before Spring, on Wednesday the 29th is our proper shop opening and the Lord Mayor has said yes to cutting our ribbon. The week before...
We are in our new home! We are unwrapped, out of the box, settled in and it only took 5 days. On the Friday Martine had the girls on a...
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Tomorrow is our last Saturday trading in Surry Hills before we move. Yes we are moving to Darlinghurst (if you didn’t already know.) All bedlinen display stock will be reduced....
If you’ve been following me on instagram this past few weeks you might well know that we are preparing for a big move to Darlinghurst soon. It’s in a rather...
Look what arrived today .. Two new bedlinen designs Kangaroo Paw and Wattle. In a warm red oxide and a cosy soft olive, they’ve arrived just in time to warm...
This old favourite is back in the house .. but for a short time only! We’ve printed a special re-issue of the original Rough Rose from 2001 on heavyweight hemp....
I painted these apples last year in the kitchen of a small holiday house in my home town of Taunton, Somerset – the home of cider. It was in Autumn...
Watch an interview with Julie about the evolution of the Remixed range. Listen to her discuss the process and the story behind each design. The clip also takes you inside the launch...
For all those disappointed people out there who couldn’t make it to our garage sale last Saturday – don’t despair.. The sale continues online this week! Go to our sale...
We are taking part in the City of Sydney Garage Sale Trail this Saturday. Whilst rummaging for bargains don’t ignore the old and ordinary furniture. With some cloth off cuts from our sale and...
We ran our 4th workshop with the City of Sydney on Saturday afternoon. Lots of people lots of fabric lots of cups of tea and much chatting. Martine and I...
Julie and Doris My mum is 73 this year and she has just bought some new glasses. She looks great in them. They are a charcoal with a spotty pattern...
We’ve been bundling up old swatch book pieces and they look lovely all stacked together. Originally they formed part of our fabric swatch book collection doing their job out in...
All you Melbourne people listen up. There are these two people who live in Melbourne, they are called Amy and Joel. They have good ideas for Modern Times. Like this...
I just made a new open/closed sign from the original jute one I did 12 years ago which was only just still hanging on. A nice reminder to say that...
When I was a kid my mum never bought me and my sister chocolates at Easter, she bought us board games instead. Connect Four was one of those games. So...
OK the Remix launch is happening this week, this Saturday in fact. A busy week ahead. Here is my checklist. The rugs. They are ready. The art. It is finished...
On Saturday 24th March Julie will be talking about our new Remixed range of rugs at Global Gallery. Good design improves with time and attention, by revisiting key designs and...
We’ve just added 30 lampshades to the sale section of our new online store. They are one off samples, discontinued styles and colourways. There’s still a few cushion pairs left...
Under the Boardwalk Words Worth Stoney Good design improves with time and attention. It’s not always about what is new, the question is what can we re-imagine...
read a nice interview with Julie about how she loves to work, on UK blog the Lifestyle Editor....
A couple of hours to go before the show opens and already Edwina has sold over half of the work – Mostly to some locals but a few interstate online...
We’ve just sent these fabulous sample quilts to Lane Kelly’s. Made by Siobhan Rogers these one-off quilts were experiments to create quilting patterns using our workingcloth range. They have all...
If you live in Brisbane or happen to be there on Thursday 16th, come along to Edwina Corlette’s gallery in New Farm at 6pm. My little show opens that day. I’ll...
We have a small but perfectly formed sale started this week. Well hey, I ask you, why not? There are 50 or so cushions paired off nicely waiting on our...
I love sending postcards when Im away from home. I use offcuts of cardboard from wherever I can find it. The shapes are irregular or ‘non standard’ as the Post...
I went away, back to England to visit family over the holidays and now I’m home. Back in the studio, back making things. These paintings that I finally...
The Colour Field posted a quote from Julie last week about her love of old lady red .. Our new design Rose Scarlet is exactly that “orangish, pinkish, reddish coral...
We wondered where these lovely pickupsticks + disc combination chairs would end up. Kate Fitzpatrick from Auhaus Architecture chose them for a fabulous interior fit out she did in Barwon...
The studio is filling up with new work for the early February show at the Edwina Corlette Gallery....