Category: Blog

Blog, Makes

I thought while we are all stuck at home and need something to do I would repost some of my easy to make projects. Why not up cycle an old jumper to create a new cushion? Here I show how I re-loved a giddy goat sweater to create a cushion.

Juliet Bawden

I loved this "Joseph" sweater, I bought it second hand  when my daughter was a baby. I had worn it to death and washed and washed it. In the end it was so felted I got a very talented lady to knit me a new one and I made a cushion out of the original.… Continue reading I thought while we are all stuck at home and need something to do I would repost some of my easy to make projects. Why not up cycle an old jumper to create a new cushion? Here I show how I re-loved a giddy goat sweater to create a cushion.

Blog, Meet the Maker

Meet The Maker, Cookery Author Blandine Boyer

Juliet Bawden

Blandine is a prodigious cookery writer and many of her  books have been on the bestseller list for years. Currently she has five books in the top 30 cookery books on French Amazon. She writes under her own name and uses a pseudonym as well. Before becoming a cookery writer, food stylist and recipe developer… Continue reading Meet The Maker, Cookery Author Blandine Boyer

Blog, Exhibitions

Cecile Beaton’s Bright Young Things

Juliet Bawden

National Portrait Gallery, London 12 March-7 June 2020 Cecile Beaton and Stephen Tennant by Maurice Beck and Helen Macgregor 1927 As an antidote to Brexit, the Coronavirus and falling stock market, it was such a pleasure to visit this beautiful exhibition of, rarely seen, prints by renowned photographer Cecil Beaton. The glamorous and stylish ‘Bright… Continue reading Cecile Beaton’s Bright Young Things

Blog, book review, Book Reviews

First there was the podcast now there is the book ‘Table Manners’ by Jessie and Lennie Ware

Juliet Bawden

‘Mum. Guess what?’ ‘What Jessie?’ ‘We’ve written a cookbook’. ‘I know darling! Do you think anyone will want to buy it?’ ‘ Well, it’s the recipes we’ve made our guests – the really good ones. Like the Sausage and Bean Casserole we made Ed Sheeran, the Drunken Crouton and Kale Salad we made Yotam Ottolenghi… Continue reading First there was the podcast now there is the book ‘Table Manners’ by Jessie and Lennie Ware

Blog, Press Show Picks

For 2020 Marimekko  has created a sustainable Gender Neutral collection

Juliet Bawden

For this spring and summer the Finnish textile company Marimekko has created a new contemporary dimension to the print, called Marimekko Kioski, it is a curated collection of gender-neutral street-wear. Marimekko_Kioski Marimekko was founded by the late Armi Ratia in 1951. It is best known for a giant sized asymmetrical poppy design, Unikko- which means Poppy in Finnish. The… Continue reading For 2020 Marimekko  has created a sustainable Gender Neutral collection