Love is in the air

Harper is getting into the spirit of Christmas.
Baggy Batik Pants are the perfect outdoor concert attire!
Like the tree says..... Love. Love.

kindy batik

I know that when I collect my two girls from kindy this afternoon they will look every bit as neat as when I dropped them off.

Well...... looks can be slightly deceiving. Such is the beauty of batik - you can't actually see the paint, the food spills, the sunscreen, the mess that is daycare.
Brilliant!

This goes with that at Petit Batik

That's the beauty of batik.
It goes with everything.
And every scarf by the look of things, Liam!
Way to go. Whoo hoo. 

Christmas Batik

You see..... this is why (maaaaybe) I have to have a third child and try for a boy. I just LOVE this photo. It says it all about the ease of wearing such cool batik pants. Could it get any simpler!

Arno, you're so cool. Merry Christmas, little guy.
x

found photos

I found these photos while cleaning up the computer files.
They were taken in May 2010 for Kris' 60th at Little Bay.
It was a beautiful day.

recipe for a sunny saturday

one punnet of organic strawberries c/o orange grove markets, lilyfield
one straw hat
one strawberry coloured petit batik smok
sunshine
mix and enjoy!

to market, to market to get some new duds

I met some really lovely people at the bondi markets today, and their equally gorgeous children who were very eager to wear the batik, especially the pants!
So I am looking forward to seeing photos of the kids in their new duds. Emails welcome parents!

Petit Batik Wants You!

Little Lennox.
She turned One a few weeks ago.
Wearing well her Baggy Pants in Olive at daycare.
Happy playing, Lennox. x

rosie posie batik

Harper in Sunday's hand-me-down Rosie Posie sets. 

I couldn't get a good image showing the matching bloomers, but she looks adorable.

I cannot believe she turns One next week.

 I have a few of these sets available in the two batiks pictured below.

Mignon batik

Ma niece belle.
Manon.
The French, huh!
They wear it well, even at age 3.
Magnifique. x

mirror image

bare feet
batik
summer in the city

Clearing out the cupboards....again

It's funny to think that Sunday has grown out of all of these beautiful batik dresses from my first buying trip. The baby dresses were just adorable. I must arrange to get some more....

Harper will be wearing them soon enough so they will have a second life, which is lovely.

Rain, rain, stay away

What great weather for bloomers! Harper wore her Big Blue Butterfly Bloomers teamed with a V-Neck in rich patchwork to a party today. They were great for all the crawling she did on the grass in the sunshine.

Lets hope the weather holds up! I'll be at the Bondi Markets tomorrow should the rain stay away.
Come and say hello!

Note to self - I must weed the pavers in the garden.......

Lost batik on a rainy day

In preparing and packing for a market stall at Bondi I found some of my batik pieces that I thought had sold out already - these baggy pants for starters... I also discovered a batik dress that I bought for myself that I completely forgot I had. Proof and testament to my hectic life.

Unfortunately, in the end there was no market stall set up today due to the rain and wind that is part of the ever unpredictable nature of Spring.

The finer details

Golden Feathers

Swirling Vines

 I love these two batiks. The halter dresses in these are beautiful.

Fit for the Prince and Princess

c.1925 Photographer Unknown

Leo Haks is a celebrated collector of historical photographs, among other things, who over a thirty year period amassed an astonishing collection of imagery taken throughout Indonesia by a number of photographers (many unknown) during the time of Dutch colonial rule. The National Gallery of Australia has been fortunate enough to become guardians of this collection - Leo donated his collection some time in 2007. Thanks Leo. I will certainly have to make the trip to Canberra to look at the beautiful pictures to see first hand the clothes being worn in their most traditional and celebrated fashion by children and adults. I love the baggy pants above, and the little girl in the image below is so beautiful. I'll also have to get my hands on a copy of the book Batik: From the Courts of Java and Sumatra as it features some of the photographs from the collection, and some good reading by the look of it. That should keep me occupied while I wait for the rest of my order......

Batik Halter Dresses

So pretty.

Available at Collector Store, or email me other stockists.

Not so petit

I am still waiting for the rest of my order of children's  Relax Shirts, Smoks and Easy Tops to arrive... sigh... 

In the mean time I am dressing myself in the odd bit of batik - not so petit after all! A few months ago I rummaged through a suitcase of wares for sale at the Rozelle Markets and found a beautiful piece of 1960's batik right at the bottom of the pile. The seller tells me he'd bought it in 1971 when traveling in Indonesia. The remnant then became mine for the grand sum of $5. My year nine school Textiles and Design lessons have come in handy once again - I whipped up this dress in a few hours the other day (based on a Ginger & Smart dress my friend owns) and I will be baring my shoulders in it as soon as the warm weather returns.

Night Batik

Night time Flowers.

This is a beautiful batik. It's quite 

sophisticated and bold.

I'm looking forward to dressing Sunday 

in the Halter dress in this fabric.

Relax Tops and Smoks will be available in it soon.

On your bike

Why is it that I can find a perfect linen skirt for Sunday, but I can't find one for me? I love linen.

I bought this OUCH skirt the other day and it works really well with the Smok Top. 

In fact there are a few plain singlets and tops in 

their range that team well with the batik.

Lets go riding!

Spring Batik

 

  

Spring Weather

Batik + plain T's

Bare feet

So simple

My girls

Love

I often get asked if I make clothes in adults sizes.

I don't. For many reasons.

However, Dries Van Noten do.  Mmmm. Very chic.

I bought this shirt in Jakarta 2 years ago. 

I forgot I had it until today... 

Loving that Spring clean find at the back of the wardrobe.

Petit Batik in Real Living Magazine

These photos were taken a few months ago by the talented Michael Wee for the October Issue of Real Living Magazine. There are 8 pages dedicated to featuring our home. Mr. Jason Grant was the stylist on the day, he's very fab. Harper was wearing her Petit Batik Easy Top on the day with bright orange leggings - she looked very sweet to say the least. Go out and grab a copy for a better look at the whole story.More here - http://reallivingmagazine.blogspot.com/2010/10/mag-extras-modern-bespoke.html

Petit Batik at Collector Store

 

 Collector Store

new stock

now available

Current season batik of the day

Fish and Flowers

Available in V-Neck Tops and Halter Dresses

Sunset Gold

Harper in her new Sunset Gold batik V-Neck top. 

Hanging out in the laundry, sucking on a piece of toast.

Asleep after our morning walk.

One for the boys

I was going through some of the old posts on this blog and realized that this batik pattern 

has not really been featured. This pattern is certainly one for the boys. It has Garuda wings all through it. I still have a few of these Relax shirts left in the other neutral brown batiks as well, and I will be dressing Sunday in hers on those hot days down on the beach - great to wear over bathers to keep the sun off. There is a nice little feature whereby the sleeves button up on the elbow.

Coming in new batiks soon too..... keep an eye out.

Batik on holiday

Dulcie's mum mailed me this photo last night of her wearing some of the Baggy Pants (from the first range) while she was holidaying somewhere warm! Sweet! 

 

Roadside Attractions

Meet Lucian. 

He's our newest neighbor at nearing 6 months. We came home today to find him sporting his Petit Batik pants, and wearing them beautifully with a simple white bodysuit, legs rolled up.
Perfect for a Spring day hanging out on the kerb grass.

Harper thinks he's pretty cute.

Pearl. She's Gold!

I'm telling you, she's soooooooo cute.

A lovely little ensemble happening here. Matching Bloomers and a V Neck top. 

Gold.