{ David Butler, graphic artist and now fabric designer–he’s also in a rock band, the Black Owls! } We’re excited to speak with David Butler, the designer behind studio Art of the Midwest (and husband to to the wonderful Amy Butler) about his latest project, “Parson Gray.” Parson Gray will focus on print & design for [...]
Vlisco‘s newest collection is Silent Empire. Vlisco always does the most beautiful job in introducing their new fabrics so I’ll just quote their description! “The fabric designs of the Silent Empire collection feature daring graphic patterns, toned down by a colour palette of muted earth tones. The careful use of bright blue and lime green [...]
Jessica Hogarth is a recently graduated textile and surface pattern designer from the U.K. She’ll be officially launching her studio work at the British Craft Trade Fair this April, but in advance of that, we get to enjoy her debut fabric collection, VeloCity, from P&B Textiles. After I post this I’m running right over to [...]
The latest in Quilting Treasures‘ Little Golden Books series is The Poky Little Puppy — maybe most iconic Little Golden Book? Also recently released: Scuffy the Tugboat. See the QT Library for all their children’s book fabric panels.
I’ve always been fond of David Walker’s charming kids’ collections for FreeSpirit. His newest, Get Together, features bears, pigs, squirrels, birds, and hearts. So sweet! I’m also interested in how this collection is all novelty prints (with a lot of floral action mixed in) — in this case he is playing with density and scale [...]
Checking in with good old Ikea! They have several new mini-collections of their trademark Scandinavian maxi-graphics. Above, Annamoa by Lotta Kühlhorn, for the surrealist child’s room, perhaps? I like the faces print below, Edma, and the other scribbly prints that resulted from a collaboration between IKEA and Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm. Above, Solgerd (left) and Solrun, [...]
In some circles, being named the World Design Capital is as cool and exciting as getting the Olympics in your city. Helsinki has been named World Design Capital for 2012, so naturally it’s going to be a big year for Marimekko, who is responsible for so much of the Finnish design aesthetic. To celebrate, they’re [...]
This season, Liberty of London introduces their Spring Summer 2012 Tana Lawn collection on video! Head Designer Emma Mawston explains the influences behind the groups. Glencot House, Whitworth, and The National Gallery were inspired by archives, antiques, and costume. Though the influences are very historical and classic, the prints are very fashion-forward and innovative. The [...]
{ Mark & his wife Cara at their first Quilt Market in Salt Lake City. } Mark Cesarik describes himself as a surface designer, graphic designer, fine artist and doodler—and his fabric designs are a fusion of each of those styles. He burst onto the fabric scene with Sew Bettie, a collection of kitschy, fun [...]
Elephant Showers, a house collection from Timeless Treasures, is so retro-good, I may not need to shop for vintage fabric again. Well, that will never happen, but these happy 60s-70s prints made the thought at least cross my mind, so that’s saying something! { image courtesty Hawthorne Threads }
Ellen Luckett Baker of The Long Thread recently had her first sewing book, 1-2-3 Sew, published, and now she’s got her first fabric collection on the horizon. It’s with Moda and it’s called Quilt Blocks, to be released in early 2012. She writes that “This collection was obviously inspired by quilt patterns, but I wanted [...]
You all know I’m a big fan of Lu Summers‘ screenprinted fabrics … she just announced that Moda will be producing her designs as a quilting collection, with some laminates to sweeten the deal! Hooray! There will be 27 fabrics total in the quilting collection, and this is a peek at just some of them. [...]
Next in Cloud9 Fabrics‘ Designer Series is Alegria by the very talented Geninne D. Zlatkis. So pretty, and I love the depth and richness of the watercolor art. It is expected to arrive in shops in Spring 2012.
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