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Patrick Moriarty
- Jun 20, 2015
- 1 min
Sewing Satisfaction
Decided to enrol in another sewing course. I found a sewing pattern for this 'fold over' bag. I bought some grey denim for the lining. I wanted to use the selvedge which I had cut off the edges. The tutor said "why don't you use it for the loop? it looks like a rats tail". Great idea! It's available via Etsy in my PaisleyPowerShop. #ratpattern #paisleybag #sewingcourse #selvedge #handmade
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Patrick Moriarty
- May 20, 2015
- 1 min
Popular Print Colours
Black and white is by far the most popular colour combo for my rat design. I received orders for 3 cushions yesterday so today i was back in the print room screenprinting the fabric. It's very enjoyable when the printing is successful. Tomorrow i will collect the prints, iron them to fix the inks and then sew them and send them out. Someone in Bristol ordered two! good taste. #screenprint #design #fabric #handmade #rat
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Patrick Moriarty
- Mar 21, 2015
- 1 min
Gift Wrapped
3 PaisleyPower rat cushions went scampering off to new customers in Rochester and Hampton, UK today. It's great to be receiving orders and enquiries from all over the world via my new Etsy shop and my new Pinterest pages..
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PaisleyPowerShop #ratcushion #ratpillow #paisleycushion #paisleypillow #madeinUK #handmade
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Patrick Moriarty
- Feb 5, 2015
- 1 min
PaisleyPowerShop on Etsy is now open for business
The Paisley Power Shop on Etsy has now been launched and is now open for business. Etsy, the e-commerce website, which focuses on handmade or vintage goods offers my unique hand-made cushions and bags. Feel free to browse and buy. Perfect gifts for friends and family as many of my very satisfied customers will affirm. Many lovely new fabric products will be added to the shop as quickly as I can draw them, screen-print them and sew them. #etsy #shop #paisley #handmade #ecommer
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Patrick Moriarty
- Jan 23, 2015
- 1 min
Rat in the Design Shop
Thanks to SHOUT - The Design Shop, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK for choosing my handmade PaisleyPower rat cushions for their new refurbishment. The Shout Team: Simon and Alice at shout-design.co.uk have also commissioned me to make 3 lampshades for the shop using my rat pattern matched to their egg-shell blue decor (unfortunately not visible in this pic). All my PaisleyPower products will be available to order via the SHOUT Design Shop. #paisley #cushion #handmade #rattus
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Patrick Moriarty
- Dec 9, 2014
- 1 min
Rats and butterflies in the ancient priory
I really enjoyed the Victorian Christmas craft fair held at the Prittlewell Priory (Southend-on-sea, Essex, UK), founded my monks in the 12th century (that's the priory, not the craft fair). I sold lots of my rat and butterfly screenprints including new prints with silver ink. It was great to see my university pal, textile expert Steven Bakewell and partner who drove down from London with friends. It was my first ever craft fair so was very useful to meet the organisers and a
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Patrick Moriarty
- Dec 5, 2014
- 1 min
My First Craft Fair
Looking forward to showing and selling my Paisley Power cushions at the Victorian Christmas and Craft Fair at Prittlewell Priory Museum, in my town Southend-on-Sea tomorrow. Thanks to Beatriz who has been helping for the last few weeks screenprinting lots of my print designs onto fabric. We printed on a wide variety of high quality fabrics in an array of colours, which means that each cushion is unique. #cushion #screenprint #handmade #craftfairpatrickmoriartysouthendprittlew
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