Let’s not forget about Anna Griffin‘s fabrics in the excitement over Blend. Honoka, meaning “harmony flower,” is “an elegant collection of antique Asian patterns and original Japanese silk screen prints. Symbolic subjects like dragonflies, fish and flowers create a harmonious balance of patterns for sewing enthusiasts. The color palette of steel gray, plum, gold and [...]
Blend Fabrics‘ team also includes accomplished art director Jules Davis. She used to work for Cartoon Network! Her collection is called Garden of Delights. Melody Ross‘ Homespun Chic. A little Betty Draper action! It’s also out now. Jone Hallmark has come over to Blend from FreeSpirit. Her collection is called Believe, as in, “do you [...]
Maude Asbury may or may not be a real person, but she can make a mean fabric collection or three. Calypso, out now, is an exciting mix of graphic florals and geometrics. By the way, I love Anna Griffin/Blend‘s fabric ladder displays. Kitchy Kitchen is also out now. Tinsel is for Christmas 2012 [...]
Anna Griffin just launched her own fabric company last fall, and already she’s launched a new division, Blend, featuring licensed artists from around the world of the mostly-modern type. The rookie team includes Jessica Swift and Sarah Watts. I believe you’ve already met Jessica here, but not Sarah, since this is her first fabric collection. [...]
New Release Tuesday is my weekly roundup of new fabric sightings. These fresh arrivals have started to arrive in fabric shops and are ready to buy. Retailers, as always, if you carry any of these collections, let us know in the comments. Nature Walk by Cloud9 Fabrics, the company’s first price-sensitive organic collection Fifi & [...]
One of the big pieces of news to come from this market was that Anna Griffin is now her own manufacturer, and is no longer with Windham Fabrics. Her award-winning booth was created with these drywall structures on each corner, decorated on the outside with inspiration boards for each of her four new collections. I [...]
New Release Tuesday is my weekly roundup of new fabric sightings (a very springy bunch this week!). These fresh arrivals have started to arrive in fabric shops and are ready to buy. Retailers, as always, if you carry any of these collections, let us know in the comments. The self-produced, 100% organic Monaco by Monaluna [...]
This is the second in a series of posts reporting from Pittsburgh on the International Quilt Market (omg), by True Up East Coast Stringer Mary Beth of Supafine. Let’s start this party with the prolific Anna Griffin of Windham Fabrics. I did not get to meet her, nor did I take enough pictures of all [...]
Feed readers, please click over if you’d like to see a slideshow of the fabric … ) Anna Griffin continues her prolific output for Windham with her newest collection, Fiona. Like the recently released Darcey and Riley, Fiona melds design eras in a cool and unexpected way. In this case, it’s Provincial stripes and other [...]
{feed readers … please click on over to see the slide show … I’m trying to figure out if it’s possible to make these slide shows visible to you all … } Stationery designer Anna Griffin has put out many impressive collections for Windham (including last year’s favorite, Blythe). One of the two most recent [...]
Huckleberry Friends loves the Japanese fabric red floral Olympus Soliel. Ritacor loves these swallows from Sierra by Anna Griffin for Windham Fabrics. Jessica of Crabtree Studio loves Lecien’s My Folklore: Forest Wonderland. Méri loves “buds” by Pippijoe. What is your favorite?
Anna Griffin first caught my eye with her recent collection Blythe for Windham. I’m not a paper/scrapbooking person so I didn’t realize that invitations and stationery were her main thing; I feel a little like I live under a rock! Now Alix is arriving in stores. I think it’s very pretty, understated, and versatile. Actually, [...]
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