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Teresa Green design

I was reading one of my favorite magazines,  Selvedge, and always stop by their online shop and found these great teatowels by Teresa Green. Her real name is Teresa Cole and she is the talent behind Teresa Green Textile Design. She uses practical textiles as a canvas for her print work - a combination of art and design that can be used on a daily basis.

Teresa Green's collection consitst of t.towels, bags, bed and table linen and cards. All the products are made from natural linen and screen printed in subtle colours.. very very beautiful! You can buy the tea towels here or send an email to the Studio with your enquiries.

Mrs.EliotBooks and Lucienne Day

For Bloesem's World Tour I asked several great bloggers to tell us a bit more about their favorite designer/artist from their neighborhood or country and Francesca (aka Birdie) choose to tell us a bit more about the extremely talented and influential Lucienne Day...
"I think I can trace my love of pattern to an exhibition I saw at the Barbican, seven or eight years ago featuring the work of Lucienne Day, the British designer known for her dynamic abstract textiles that brought modern design to 1950s kitchens.

I love the bold choices she made with her colours and designs in a time when people were so used to florals, and the design houses were underestimating the need for change, not wanting to take risks. But she kept her faith in modern art and you can really see evidence of Miro and Calder in her work. Here is a woman who stuck to her guns and constantly pushed the boundaries to move with the times.

When I was looking at some images of her work, I came across this pattern, ‘Magnetic’ which instantly reminded me of my ‘loop’ pattern that I use on my blog header. And although the inspiration for this pattern came from such a different place, I can’t help wondering if I’d seen it before.

Today you can buy Lucienne Day on tea towels and Converse and if you have a little windfall, the Centre For Advanced Textiles in Glasgow digitally reprints 20th century design classics."
{Thank you so much Francesca}

Francesca reporting from London

I'm really excited to start this Monday and Bloesem's World Tour in London...the very lovely Francesca Iannaccone aka Birdie from Mrs.EliotBooks was kind enough to send us some really  nice images and information about a  street/area in London you definitely must not miss when visiting London...Brick Lane...thank you Francesca for writing today's post:
"One of my favourite things about London is its history, especially in the little things like the street names that evoke times gone by – Cowcross Street, Petticoat Lane and Coldbath Square to name a few. One of my favourite places for weekend mooching is Brick Lane, an area that through the centuries has been home to Huguenot, Jewish and Bangladeshi communities. Now, like so many run down areas of London, the trendies have moved back in, while preserving its eclectic past. So among all the great shopping you will find a stretch of curry houses all vying for your custom; 19 Princelet Street - a tiny synagogue hiding inside an 18th Century Georgian townhouse, and arguably the best bagel bakery in London.

Just off Brick Lane is Cheshire Street, where you will find several special little shops:

Unless you’re a 1940s housemaid or in the market for a £15 ball of twine, Labour and Wait may not be the place for you, but people swarm to this shop for its unique collection of utilitarian products for the home and garden and its timeless feel. Yes, even my cynical old man left the shop with two enamel camping mugs. They really know their market.

{one of the shelves at Labour and Wait}
Comfort Station is a gorgeous boutique owned by my sister’s friend Amy Anderson. She uses text, plays on words and ironic messages to produce distinctive jewellery and accessories, and the shop’s interior is as stunning as its products, with vintage suitcases used as display shelves.

Finally, Shelf is one of those chin-hits-the-floor shops, where if you’re not careful, you could spend a fortune on precious little things to fill your pockets. It has gorgeous stationery, cards, homewares, books, ceramics, all with a handmade, folky quality, including cushions in Stig Lindberg fabric and those amazing Liz Loveless screen printed books. Yes, this is the shop where I first encountered Atelier lzc. Enough said."

* * *Francesca's blog
* * *Mrs.Eliot Books
* * *Birdie Shop