Doing our bit

Doing our bit here at Bledsoe’s, making face coverings for friends and family,  to help keep others safe. As the impressive Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, puts it so succinctly: ‘I wear a mask to protect you, and you wear a mask to protect me’. And now with Nancy Pelosi rocking the stylish face mask look, what’s not … Continue reading Doing our bit

Block printing at Ditchling

Handprinted fabric bags A special line of Bledsoe’s bags, made in summer 2019 from hand-printed fabric using natural dyes and inspired by the Women’s Work exhibition at Ditchling Museum of Art+Craft in East Sussex. The fabric-printing workshop was led by Sarah Burns, pattern maker and co-author of a wonderful recent book on textile printers Phyllis Barron and Dorothy Larcher.    And more Bledsoe bags from handprinted fabric, from … Continue reading Block printing at Ditchling