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Saturday was very productive, spent with my lovely assistant Tessa who was everything I could ask for. Working together we made a Pepper cape from start to finish, as well as preparing for another Robin's Egg cape. I also had the time to catch up with the books and plan out some things for the future of Crowns Clothing!

Here's a preview of what's coming next. This dress doesn't even have a name yet! The scallop hem is a feature of a number of pieces which will be available for the summer.

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There's only one of the five original capes still available in the Foxes boutique! I am taking custom orders for the Tangerine, Robin's Egg and Pepper capes, however, and will hopefully get ahead with some more stock soon.

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The Crowns Clothing Madeline Cape is now for sale on the online boutique store Foxes! They're only $280 each which is a pretty sweet deal considering they are 100% wool (so snug and cosy), made from vintage NZ blankets (so eco-friendly!) and very fashionable!

Click on each photo for a link to the product page.

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Just a few photos I took this afternoon while taking a break! The first two show some of the walls of my bedroom, feat. a lot of cats, and art by Carly! 

You can also see some closeups of what I am working on at the moment, without giving too much away!

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Well, it has been a long time since I last posted, but I am finally back into things and I have an extra exciting post to start things off!

On Friday Mia, Rhiannon and I took to the Wellington Botanic Gardens to put together a wee shoot for my entry for the Libra Design Project. The first few images are up online on the Crowns Clothing facebook page now!

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Newest skirt I've completed! Remember this fabric from an old post?

 You can tell when I haven't roped any of my photographer friends into taking photos for me :/

I've got lots of new pieces in the works, too!

Also don't forget to keep checking the Crowns Clothing Felt page for new items up for sale. There's a link at the top of the side bar.

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Look what came in the mail for me the other day:

Find the contents of this wee box after the jump!

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It's been a little while but exciting things are happening for Crowns Clothing. I'm now using a new logo and design for the blog which is a little more low key and a little more sophisticated.

I sewed pretty solid all weekend, and I've currently got two samples completed for my winter line. Sewing the same thing over and over again is going to get pretty monotonous!

The first dress I completed is modelled on my previous multi-way tie dresses that I've posted before, but with a few changes. The changes I've made are based on customer feedback. It's really good to get actual constructive criticism from people who buy my products! I don't have the completed photos for the new dress but here are some quick ones that Richard put together for me:

So big thanks to Richard for being the man at taking photos, too. They really add to the professionalism of everything.

The other sample that I got done in the weekend is a skirt. It's a little similar in design to the summer skirts I have on Felt currently, but the pattern is more complex and it has more cute features, like pockets! I made it from the fabric that I posted in this post, which was a challenge to work with but really rewarding. It meant I had to really work to finish everything seamlessly (hah) so that it doesn't look messy. I think I achieved what I was going for! I will post a picture in the next few days. I think the basic pattern that I drafted will be what I use for the rest of my skirts for this season, although sadly I have run out of that awesome Vic-uni-library-curtains fabric.

I've been trying to get more active on the Crowns Clothing twitter, so be sure to click on that link and follow me to be really up to date on what's going on for Crowns Clothing!