Hello Everyone!
Welcome to the Cot Couture blog. Thought it might be nice to share some of my new ideas, experiences, favourite designers and new fabrics with you on a regular basis.

My name is Jessica and I am a Mum to two little boys - Dillan 4, and Logan, nearly 2, and wife to my hubby of 7 years Jason.

I have been running the Cot Couture wesite for over a year now and love it! The business was born in my head on the exercise bike (of all places) and a year down the track has given me alot of happiness and I have met some wonderful people along the way.

I am trained as a primary school teacher, taught a wonderful year 4-7 class at Tarlee PS for 5 years, and then once Dillan was born became a stay at home Mum. I enjoyed teaching, but didn't have a passion for it to continue, plus I wanted to be home with my boys.

I had always wanted to be a fashion designer right from when I was young. I remember when I was in primary school I created a 20 page book of models and fashions - sort of like a fashion show in a book I suppose! When the time came to pursue a career path, fashion designing wasn't as assessible here in Adelaide, and I had to go to Melbourne to pursure it. That teamed with the fact that I couldn't draw didn't help. So I did the next practical thing and went into teaching like my Dad.

When Dilly was 6 months I decided I wanted to sew. I went down to Spotlight and Mum watched Dilly for 2 hours while I learnt to make him some overalls! I loved picked out the fabric and just being able to sew made me happy. Sewing clothing was hard, but I loved sewing cushions and blankets, so I did a bit of that. I found some wonderful fabrics online, which I imported a little at a time, and I was chuffed the day I saw one of my fabrics on the cover of Vogue Interiors done as a cushion - just like I had done 2 months prior!
As like most Mums we become busy and the sewing stopped for a while, and the concentration went onto other things.

Anyway a year later, when I was pregnant with Logan, I searched for modern baby bedding that would suit my needs. I had already done the cute baby stuff with Dillan, and I knew they just outgrow it so fast, so I wanred to decorate Logan's room in a more contemporary style.

That was hard! I searched and searched everywhere to find what I needed, but what I got really wasn't what I wanted. I remembered the fabrics I used to get and went and looked for them again. What I found was wonderful. I made up a gorgeous room and I loved it.

In Novemeber 07, on my exercise bike, I had an idea. "Why can't I create modern baby bedding for other Mums like me?" There was no reason why I couldn't, but I needed some help too. I did a lot of research, many phonecalls and a couple of months later Cot Couture was born on the web.
My gorgeous Mum helps me wash fabric, and comes along to the Pregnancy, Babies and Children's Expos that I do. We have so much fun together.
I have a wonderful sewing assistant who helps me create the comforters (she is awesome at what she does), and I have a great web designer who I clog up his email with new additions to the site. Sorry Andrew! here is his site if you are interested - www.designer-images.net

So there you have it. I have so many gorgeous fabrics that I am currently creating into comforters and pillows and stay tuned in the next few weeks on here and my site to see them.

Chat soon,
Jess