What The Folk Archives - Ashley Hackshaw / Lil Blue Boo

Monika McSweeney takes the most beautiful natural light photos. She recently took photos of a few pieces from my spring collection…..and I just can’t stop looking at them! Her daughter Grace and her BFF Mary Rose are naturals….here they are modeling “Grace’s Dress” and the “Swiss Miss” Drop Waist Knit Dress:

Artwork on both dresses was designed by artist Stephanie Corfee especially for Lil Blue Boo and each piece is hand silk screened:

Thank you Monika! I had to share them all 🙂 couldn’t narrow it down!

Tomorrow part of my Spring 2011 Lil Blue Boo collection will be available for pre-order (click here to view)! I jokingly named it “What the Folk?” since there is a folk art them throughout the pieces…and the name stuck. Check it out if you get a chance!

XOXO,

Ashley

Lisa and I planned a quick little photo shoot in the backyard on Tuesday and invited a few friends over. Lisa couldn’t find her fabric banner/bunting she’d stashed away so we had to make a quick version because we wanted it to hang in the background. It turned out so cute and added just the right amount of color:

I know many of you don’t sew and this is an easy way to make a birthday banner or some pretty bunting for a boy or girls room!

Materials needed:
Spray adhesive (acid free)
Liquid Stitch
Variety of fabric for flags
Pinking shears (or regular scissors if you don’t mind a straight edge)
3 yards of 2″ grosgrain ribbon

Here is a template you can use……just resize it depending on the size of banner you want.

For each individual flag, spray a layer of adhesive to the wrong sides of 2 pieces of fabric:

Press the two pieces together flat and trace out your triangle:

Use pinking shears or regular scissors to cut out each flag. Pinking shears will give you the zig zag edge:

Iron your the grosgain ribbon it in half along the entire length:

Using Liquid Stitch, attach each triangle to the bottom half of the ribbon…..

…..alternating colors:

Lastly, apply liquid stitch to the top of the triangles…

…and press the top half of the ribbon closed:

You can easily personalize or spell out a message using spraypaint too! Just cut out your shapes or letters to make a stencil using contac paper or adhesive shelf paper:

Stick the stencil directly onto your triangle flag and spray a thin layer of paint across the top:

Easy and no sewing involved!

Here’s a behind the scenes shot of Lisa photographing Boo. We strung the bunting between 2 ladders in the corner of my backyard:

I was so happy with how both the banner and mini photo shoot turned out! We invited a few friend with older girls over to model some outfits for the spring line.