"Hello Diana’s followers. With immense sadness, we announce the passing of an incredible person - our dear mum, wife, sister, daughter, friend and artist, Diana Tregaskes. Her kindness, humour, love, generosity and artistic flair will be missed so much by everyone lucky enough to have known her."
Needless to say this makes the fabrics she so kindly parted with even more precious. She was so happy at the time to know that I would be able to make good use of them and be able to turn them into something lovely and it pulls at my heartstrings every time I look at them. If you wish to have something made, please don't hesitate to ask.
I have been very fortunate to acquire some beautiful exclusive fabrics from a talented water colour artist, Diana Tregaskes who is based in Newton Abbott, Devon.
I first discovered her work when trawling Etsy looking for unusual greetings cards. She has a fluid flowing easy and vibrant water colour style that results in wonderful captures of small animals, birds, insects and native flowers.
Anyhow, she posted a pic on Instagram showing some fabrics she'd found during a clearcut of her studio and offered them for sale to her followers. I quickly snapped up a few, as I love her work and could imagine how fabulous it would look on bags. So now they are available to you. Once they're gone, they're gone, never to be repeated so have a browse and see if there are any you fancy to make an real one-off item. I have added a pound coin to each picture to give you an idea of scale. Some of the pieces are only 18 x 12 inches so we'd need to discuss your bag style carefully, so make contact and we'll start from there!