Samples of my 'Forest Wonders' fabric collection for K&K Fabrics

I received an exciting package in the mail! Kennard & Kennard Fabrics sent me some samples of my “Forest Wonders” fabric line for K&K Fabrics. It feels great to have the actual fabrics in my hands!! The Echidnas and Ants designs were inspired by the echidnas I spotted chasing ants on a trip to Tasmania a few years ago, and an echidna I saw on a bush walk last year near Patonga, NSW. The Rose Robin designs were inspired by the rose robins I spotted flitting around the trees on rainforest walks in Tasmania several years ago. The Galah birds we have in abundance around my home in Sydney. For this fabric range I was inspired by an Australian colour palette, including the earthy tones of red Pindan dust in the Australian outback. ‘Pindan’ is a name given to the red-soil country of the south-western Kimberley region of Western Australia. I also chose the deep forest greens of the Australian rainforest. I can’t wait to see the collection in my local fabric shops!! Kennard and Kennard’s quilting cotton is 100% Cotton and fabric width is 110cm. The fabrics are available from KK Fabrics. I can’t wait to see what you make with them, and I’m looking forward to sewing up a few things myself. Maybe a light summer top or two!

K&K fabrics - new samples of ‘Forest Wonders’ fabric range - by Anna Lloyd

K&K fabrics Echidna ‘Forest Wonders’ - fabric design by Anna Lloyd

K&K fabrics Ants on terracotta ‘Forest Wonders’ (also available on white) - fabric design by Anna Lloyd

K&K fabrics Kookaburra with Blossoms ‘Forest Wonders’ - fabric design by Anna Lloyd

K&K fabrics Rose Robin White ‘Forest Wonders’ - fabric design by Anna Lloyd

K&K fabrics Galahs with branches ‘Forest Wonders’ - fabric design by Anna Lloyd

My Banksia flowers design

My Banksia flowers hand painted design is now on Red Bubble products. It’s a fun modern design in pinks, oranges and bluey greens.

Banksia patterned scarf available on Red Bubble

Banksia patterned pouch available on Red Bubble

Banksia patterned apron available on Red Bubble

Banksia patterned top available on Red Bubble

My Flannel flowers design on red bubble products

My new flannel flower design is available on Red Bubble products. My favourites are the phone case, coasters, cotton tote bag, cushions and bath mat.

Flannel flower phone case design by Anna available at Red Bubble

Flannel flower tote bag design by Anna available at Red Bubble

Flannel flower cushion design by Anna available at Red Bubble

Rambling rose hand painted fabric design

My pretty Rambling Rose hand painted fabric design on some products you can purchase at Red Bubble.

Artwork in the Lindfield Art Show this week

This week I have two original mixed media artworks in the Lindfield Artshow. They are both for sale this weekend from the 15th - 17th March at the Lindfield Holy Family Artshow and Fair.

Rockstar Galah framed

Proud Magpie framed

Painting feather details

Painting the background

My new murals at the Northern Beaches Hospital

Something I have been working really hard on this year were these mural illustrations. It was super lovely to go visit my murals at Northern Beaches Paediatrics clinic before it opened at the new Northern Beaches hospital in Sydney. The theme for my brief was Australian native foliage and flowers made large along with Australian native animals and insects. I sketched and painted a lot of wattle, banksia flowers and leaves, native fan palms, bottle brush flowers, macadamia leaves, gum leaves and blossoms, Blue Ulysses butterfly, dragonfly, ladybugs, birds - Rainbow lorikeets, Kookaburras, Major Mitchell Cockatoos, a Yellow Robin, green tree frogs, mushrooms, echidna and Australian native marsupials. If you want to see some of my process for the mural you can take a look at my instagram images, you will see some of my sketches and watercolour paintings on there. The artworks were scanned, cleaned up, drawn over digitally, put together in their layouts and printed onto vinyl, which was then applied to the walls of the clinic. I incorporated some of the Blue Pantone colours from their logo design into the mural as well, most notably in the wattle leaves, banksia leaves and the kookaburra feathers. I hope the families who visit the clinic love it as much as I loved painting it!

Echidna, wattle, banksia flower, blue ulysses butterfly and lorikeet in the waiting area.

Koalas and wattle flowers in one of the consultation rooms.

Banksia flowers and Yellow Robin in one of the consultation rooms.

Banksia Flowers, robin and Rainbow lorikeets

Rainbow lorikeet bird, dragonfly, callistemon flowers

Major Mitchell Cockatoo in the hallway

Close-up of ladybug on wattle.

Entrance to the New Northern Beaches Hospital