Muffy Brandt [2004, Painting]

Muffy Brandt makes clothing for babies, kids, and adults, as well as accessories, and home decor. She launched her line of one of a kind and limited edition pieces in 2007. Her love of color and pattern is expressed in a mix of fabric techniques including dyeing, printing, hand knitting, machine knitting, appliqué, and quilting. Muffy loves to give herself freedom to work fluidly with pattern and materials to make a range of fun and functional products for all ages and price points. She carefully selects clothes to print on original silk screen designs onto, and takes pride in the fact that many of her kid’s leggings have become hand me downs. Wanting to offer more types of items, in 2015 she began hand printing her patterns onto yardage. She uses those limited edition colorways to hand sew accessories including toiletry bags, tote bags, and wide brim vintage style sun hats. With durability in mind Muffy recently began hiring a professional seamstress in Providence to assemble duffel bags sewn using her hand printed fabrics. Muffy’s one of a kind pieces also include vintage jackets and handmade totes transformed with appliqué, and hand knit hats. She also offers cast metal necklaces and keychains in silver and bronze inspired by toy Halloween witch fingers from her childhood. She hand polishes each jewelry piece, hand paints the enamel, and hand sets each stone. The rough castings are made locally by a 2nd generation family owned casting company in RI.