Making has always been full of small discoveries
Notebook covers came first,
which gradually became a larger part of our work.
With every new design came new questions, new ideas, and countless little experiments. We adjusted measurements, considered folds, tried different closures, and tested new proportions—not because something was wrong, but because we wanted to understand how each piece could become just a little better.
Those experiments naturally left behind smaller pieces of fabric.
To us, they never felt like something left behind. They were simply another part of the making, quietly waiting for their turn.
Sometimes those pieces inspired another pen wrap altogether.
A shorter wrap. A smaller one. A different format that hadn’t existed before.
Rather than seeing one design as the end of an idea, we gradually began seeing it as the beginning of the next. One discovery quietly opened the door to another, allowing our collection to grow in ways we hadn’t planned from the start.
Other pieces naturally found their place in pouches and smaller projects.
Years later, those same habits led us somewhere we hadn’t expected. The smallest, oddest offcuts began finding their way into the appliqué notebook covers. Not because we had planned to create another collection, but because the materials themselves gently suggested one.
The very first dachshund appliqué even began on an ordinary practice writing sheet, where its pattern was first sketched before touching fabric.
Looking back, we realize sustainability didn’t arrive all at once. It slowly became part of the way we already worked.
The more we made, the more we discovered that beautiful materials often have more than one story to tell. Sometimes they simply need a little patience before revealing what comes next.
Even today, one of the quietest joys in our home studio is watching a small piece of fabric become part of a new idea. Not because every scrap must be used. But because possibilities are often hiding where we least expect them.
For us, creating sustainably has never been about perfection. It has always been about paying attention. It’s also about choosing thoughtfully, and allowing one idea to gently become the next.
Shaped by what’s on hand, and finished as one of a kind.
