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Frances Tobin's design blog: White on White

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Colour, pattern, texture, fashion, interiors, architecture, arts. Sunday, 15 June 2014. I adore white on white and collect all sorts of embossed stationary. So I could't resist this French linens catalogue printed in 1952, from Wayward. S stall at Brighton's Saturday market. When I'm working on interior projects, I rarely use standard bright white paint colour I always specify a shade of white that complements the total environment. Spa treatment rooms, they seem to have a real rhythm about them.

Frances Tobin's design blog: April 2013

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Colour, pattern, texture, fashion, interiors, architecture, arts. Thursday, 25 April 2013. I've been sourcing wallpapers for a regency property in Brighton and came accross the Little Greene. Wallpapers reproduced from historical archives. A lot of their papers originate from actual London addresses as with the one above from St James Place. Little Green suggest coordinating this design with the following colours from their paint range - Normandy Grey, Stone - mid cool, and Fray. I am a design and colour...

Frances Tobin's design blog: June 2013

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Colour, pattern, texture, fashion, interiors, architecture, arts. Monday, 10 June 2013. I really love this summer's trend for all things Wabi Sabi, from the beautiful Miu Miu coat above, styled and photographed by Damian Foxe. To my favourite scarf of the moment below -. The fabric for this came from The Cloth House. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Visit my website here. Http:/ www.francestobin.com. Light and bright by Bicker. The Business of Fashion. Sonia Rykiel Dies at 86.

Frances Tobin's design blog: October 2013

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Colour, pattern, texture, fashion, interiors, architecture, arts. Saturday, 26 October 2013. I've just completed a course in making handmade bespoke shoes with Carréducker. It was an intense two week course, where Deborah Carr é. And James Ducker taught me everything I need to know to make my own shoes. Back in July I spotted a small article in Elle Decoration. About the course, and that I could see Carr é. Ducker shoes in Gieves and Hawkes. Near Holborn (see below) - I was hooked. It was very tiring but...

Frances Tobin's design blog: The Maker's Atelier - a journey in colour selection

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Colour, pattern, texture, fashion, interiors, architecture, arts. Wednesday, 18 February 2015. The Maker's Atelier - a journey in colour selection. For the last twelve months I've been working on a very personal project that has become The Maker's Atelier. I worked with Eighth Day Design. And as you can see we kept to the greys for the branding. It was a different story with the clothing. After the final shoot we chose the images above for the first six pattern fronts which were published last August&#46...