I was over visiting a friend and her newborn quite recently and she showed me a keepsake gift she had received for her new boy. It was an organic t-shirt emblazoned with his name and birth weight beautifully presented in a cotton drawstring bag. We both discussed how fabulous it was and I immediately decided I would contact whoever had made these to discuss selling them through our site. We met with Vanessa and from there we discovered the Dinky Quilt and more.......
Here Vanessa tells us a little bit about herself and the inspiration behind her products.
JJM: As designer of the Dinky T what is your background?
Vanessa: After graduating art college (with first class honours) I went straight into my first job in magazine design, fashion and homes titles.Worked my up the career ladder and was deputy art editor on 'SHE' magazine (at the time known 'for women who juggle their lives'!) At the same time I established myself as a freelance editorial illustrator, work appearing monthly as Elle's Guide to the Modern Girl. Which I thought was hilarious as by now I was nearly 30 and pregnant! Even working on my due date as of course he was late and they had a deadline!
JJM: How did you come up with the Dinky T idea?
Vanessa: Whilst my newborn Felix was sleeping I was working on my illustrations and on a day when I had no commissions I designed his name into a logo and printed it onto a tiny newborn T-shirt from H&M. We showed it off at the nct meetings and friends loved it saying I should do more for others. It wasn't until he started school 5 years later, and my second started nursery, that I realised it's now or never. I either go back to work for someone else, struggle with childcare and school pick or I do my Dinky T's.
JJM: Tell us more about the Dinky Q and who makes them?
Vanessa: The quilts came about when my mother showed me a beautiful piece of craft work from patchwork textiles, she'd made as a hobby with a group of highly talented, mostly retired women, in North Cornwall. When I saw some of the work they had created the talent was astounding, and some of these women were struggling to live on pensions or part time shop work, yet they were making these quilts as a hobby and storing them away in a cupboard. Quilts take many, many 'woman' hours but with the Dinky Quilts I have tried to create a 'formula' for each quilter to follow to try and speed up the process thus making it economic.
Have you any other products in the pipeline you'd like to tell us about?
I have the Dinky Bag which is a logo designed on a cotton drawstring bag to hold nappies, spare clothes, ballet shoes or sports kits for nursery, playgroups, schools & clubs. We are trying to make the drawstring patchwork bags from the children's clothes. As most of kids clothes tend to be T-shirt or stretchy fabric this is causing a problem to create a sturdy bag, but Mrs Isles is working on it.
Vanessa: After graduating art college (with first class honours) I went straight into my first job in magazine design, fashion and homes titles.Worked my up the career ladder and was deputy art editor on 'SHE' magazine (at the time known 'for women who juggle their lives'!) At the same time I established myself as a freelance editorial illustrator, work appearing monthly as Elle's Guide to the Modern Girl. Which I thought was hilarious as by now I was nearly 30 and pregnant! Even working on my due date as of course he was late and they had a deadline!
JJM: How did you come up with the Dinky T idea?
Vanessa: Whilst my newborn Felix was sleeping I was working on my illustrations and on a day when I had no commissions I designed his name into a logo and printed it onto a tiny newborn T-shirt from H&M. We showed it off at the nct meetings and friends loved it saying I should do more for others. It wasn't until he started school 5 years later, and my second started nursery, that I realised it's now or never. I either go back to work for someone else, struggle with childcare and school pick or I do my Dinky T's.
JJM: Tell us more about the Dinky Q and who makes them?
Vanessa: The quilts came about when my mother showed me a beautiful piece of craft work from patchwork textiles, she'd made as a hobby with a group of highly talented, mostly retired women, in North Cornwall. When I saw some of the work they had created the talent was astounding, and some of these women were struggling to live on pensions or part time shop work, yet they were making these quilts as a hobby and storing them away in a cupboard. Quilts take many, many 'woman' hours but with the Dinky Quilts I have tried to create a 'formula' for each quilter to follow to try and speed up the process thus making it economic.
Have you any other products in the pipeline you'd like to tell us about?
I have the Dinky Bag which is a logo designed on a cotton drawstring bag to hold nappies, spare clothes, ballet shoes or sports kits for nursery, playgroups, schools & clubs. We are trying to make the drawstring patchwork bags from the children's clothes. As most of kids clothes tend to be T-shirt or stretchy fabric this is causing a problem to create a sturdy bag, but Mrs Isles is working on it.
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