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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Where we're at

Well, a month without a post, I think that's a record :) I'm back here to give you a heads up on what's going on. Last month was a very busy month. We packed our stuff, handed in the keys to our house and left the town where we lived for the past 10 years. After a week of getting the necessary truck maintenance and goodbyes, we drove off to Kassel, Germany to meet our good friends. We had a lovely few days with them before driving down to France. We're in the Morvan region now, staying at the house of Stef's parents. It's a 300 year old farm situated on a hill overlooking a green valley, and we have it all to ourselves!



We'll stay here until we've released the Jade skirt. The pattern and instructions are finished, it's down to the new website, shop and blog. During the course of the coming months, this blog will also move to another domain, but I'll let you know when that happens. While Stef works on that, I've begun making samples for the second pattern! I'm really excited about it and I can't wait to share my progress with you. I've already given some hints on what pattern it will be, but let's concentrate on getting that Jade out first, right?



I'm afraid I don't have much to show you in terms of finished items. I made some Espresso Leggings and although I'm really pleased with them, they're just black leggings so I won't bore you with those :) In the meantime, for smaller updates you can follow us on Facebook (Paprika Patterns and Joep de Zoeperd, our travel page) and Twitter (Paprika and Joep) as well. Talk to you again soon!

10 comments:

  1. DaphneOctober 31, 2013 at 5:02 PM

    Ooh show us the leggings!

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  2. MichelleOctober 31, 2013 at 10:22 PM

    WOW! The glimpse of view I can see in the photo looks incredible! I bet the farm is a really inspiring place to stay. Good luck with the samples and pattern release!!

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    1. LisaNovember 1, 2013 at 9:29 AM

      Thank you! It really is the best place - quiet, forests and hills, and it has a big fireplace :)

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  3. JulianneNovember 1, 2013 at 8:32 AM

    I'm currently in the middle of packing up some selected sewing supplies for a ~6 week trip. How do I figure out what random scrap will turn out to be the perfect binding that I'll add on last minute?! I'd love to see a blog post about what you decide to take with you as essentials, and what you decide to store.

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    1. LisaNovember 1, 2013 at 9:27 AM

      I can do that! You have to plan your projects ahead, but I also ordered some stuff to be delivered here because I forgot to take enough zippers.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 1, 2013 at 10:57 AM

    Hey good to see you again, and big ups on all the big things coming your way. Can't wait to see what you come up with next and good luck for the release!

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  5. ToneNovember 1, 2013 at 12:15 PM

    One step closer to the pattern! I cant wait:D

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  6. UnknownNovember 9, 2013 at 6:55 PM

    Those two photographs are just gorgeous. What an incredibly beautiful spot to situate yourselves while completing your pattern! I'm curious to know how you are tackling pattern grading? And how are you setting up the shop?

    Congratulations on starting your next design. I'm jealous :).

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    1. LisaNovember 11, 2013 at 3:56 PM

      Hi Susan, yes it's truly wonderful! I'm happy to have started on the second one but still waiting VERY impatiently until we can release the Jade. I'm doing the grading myself, in Illustrator. I have a professional looking over my shoulder to check my work. I'm not sure what you mean with how I will set up the shop? You mean whether I will use an service like BigCartel? We're building our own software for that.

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  7. UnknownNovember 13, 2013 at 8:22 PM

    We understand. Moving from one home to another takes a lot of physical time and space, all of which were probably taken up by the packing and organizing of household things. Hope they got ably sealed and delivered enough to make a trip. Good day!

    Clay @ World Packaging Co.

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