Hello, I’m Isabel Knowles. This is a blog to document the workings, inspirations and ponderings behind my handmade clothing label ‘I K N O W’.
/ / Jacket - Oxfam / / Crop top and big ol' briefs -
American Apparel / / Necklace -
Alex Monroe / / Jeans - Topshop / / Christmas dinner badge - homemade \ \
This is a field on the way out of our village. In the evening it gets the most amazing light. I'm so happy summer seems to have arrived, we didn't have one last year, so the feeling of sun on the skin is something rather magical.
I treated myself to about five things in this floral print from American Apparel for my birthday. I know it's cliche summery to go all floral but I love it anyway. I realised looking back at these photos that it looks so silly to have these short/pant things pulled up over my trousers. I'm just terrified of having a builders bum. Oh well, I'd rather a strip of undies than a flash of butt crack.
And on that note, I'm off. I hope everyone has a lovely weekend.
A little bit of what I've been up to in the studio lately. Another special Liberty print
Macaroon dress, this one's a real sweetheart.
I love packing up orders, I've always been pretty geeky about wrapping presents and it's nice to get something special in the post. I've been rummaging through old Country Living mags and pulling out all the pictures of blossom and flowers to make into thank you cards.
These half finished blue dresses are a little peek into what I'm working on too. I am trying to create a bunch of one off dresses in various sizes to add to my shop. Just picking up some fabric and sewing it into something unique always feels so satisfying - and also helps me get through my rather ridiculous collection of fabric. So anyway, hopefully a few of these lil' numbers will be up in the shop over the next few weeks.
I hope everyone's having a lovely start to the summer, it's amazing how the year is just long enough for every season to be such a wonderful surprise. These long days are my absolute fav.
How does your garden grow? This is the first dress I made for myself after my
good intentions to make myself more clothes. It's not gone too well as this one is still unfinished and I have now got a part time job as well as sewing orders to get them out on time.
I don't mind that I don't make myself that much clothing as I get a nice amount of satisfaction knowing other people are wearing it. But still, now summer has arrived I will be making myself a swimming costume (fingers crossed).
The table in our bedroom has become a growing station. It's like a little green house in the window so it's the perfect spot to start off our plants. All these pots are nasturtiums that I'm growing to have on the tables at my sisters wedding. They've shot up since these photos and the table is now a mass of green. My windows need a good cleaning.
I'm not exactly a massive rom-com kind of person, but '
When Harry Met Sally' is such a classic. I watched it the other day and I fell in love with Meg Ryan's style. So 80s/90s I just can't help myself. Here are some screen shots of her looking pretty rad.
Those glasses in the top pic are my faaaav / Babytalk! That pink dress with the scalloped neck line, lovely lovely / I like her hair and those high waisted jeans, also the desk is so good. My hair is prone to some spontaneous wild 80s dos as it has 'a lot of home hair cuts' (hairdressers words) in it, so I gotta take some inspiration from her mop top.
A few weeks ago I made one of my
Macaroon dresses from some
vintage Liberty fabric I have been hoarding for over a year. I love this fabric so much, and the dress is simply my favourite. I love making up custom dresses for people that end up so special and one of a kind.
It was difficult for me to part with this pretty thing.
I hope everyone has a lovely long weekend. I'm planning on doing a lot of sewing and then perhaps some prancing around in the blue bells. What about you?
