Hello everyone! Kim was kind enough to let me tag along and help out at Fall Market. I will be posting over the next few weeks with some additional lines that she hasn’t yet covered. First up, Lecien, which is always lovely. (As an aside, did you know it is pronounced Lew-shen?? I didn’t!). Folk [...]
A cotton-linen vintage sewing-themed collection from Kokka’s Trefle line. I think the very last picture doesn’t belong to this mini group, but it wanted to be with the other sewing fabrics, so I said OK.
I’m not sure exactly what defines Kokka’s Trefle line — retro/European/mod/folk? But I know I love it to the ends of the earth. Here is a new assortment of big prints.
Gabriela Larios is a London-based designer/illustrator based in London, UK. She has designed a charming collection called Cuentos (Stories) from my Childhood, available on Spoonflower. The collection was inspired by her native El Salvador, and the main print was inspired by a book called Cuentos de Cipotes by Salvadoran artists Maya and her father Salarrué. She [...]
Club Geluk is a Netherlands-based company that “makes products for grown ups and children for a happy household.” They design their own fabrics and sell them by the meter as well as sewing them up into all kinds of textiles, from bedding and cushions to potholders and bags. I love the retro-kitschy-folky designs! They also [...]
I like it when people think big, and beyond simple pattern repeats, for digital printing. Vanessa Sorensen has created three folky tablecloth designs, spanning 2-3 yards of fabric, which also include matching tea towel designs. Cool idea and very cute designs! See her warning about shrinkage in this post though. Vanessa’s tablecloths and other fabric [...]
These are vintage twill curtains that I bought from a thrift store years ago (and debated at the time whether I liked the print enough to buy it — crazy lady!). Now I love how it’s Penn-Dutch folky but a little less sweet/a little more wild than usual midcentury folk prints. I recently turned some [...]
Folky/Pennsylvania Dutch/Scandinavian motifs have been a trend in fabrics for a couple years now. Are you tired of it yet? Not me. These prints are part of the new Trefle offerings from Kokka. Spotted at Fabricworm — there are a few other colorways, including black and grey, and a cute little mushroom coordinate.
On the heels of last week‘s Euro-retro-folk-via-Japan print from Kokka, the newest iteration of Lecien‘s popular and ongoing My Folklore collection has just started arriving in stores. Each of the four prints comes in 4-6 colorways apiece. Long live Euro-retro-folk-via-Japan!
Here’s something new for all you vintage-European-folk-by-way-of-Japan fans — a bird and floral print on a hemp-cotton blend, from Etsy seller JapanKawaiiYa.
Let the eagle soar! Americana, both from Hillary Lang on Flickr Americana Cheater Print, from Dotty Logic on Flickr Americana Print Feedsack from Antiquefabric.com Kitchen Novelty print from VintageTreasureHuntn on Etsy.
Susanne Firmenich (aka Hamburger Liebe)’s designs have been featured before as the Digital Fabric of the Week and as part of Farbenmix’s first collection. She’s recently added two new collections for sale on Spoonflower which I wanted to share with you today. First is My Aunties, which Susanne says is “a collection of vintage designs [...]
I don’t know much about the company Dekoplus except that they were based in the Netherlands and produced very distinct mod/folk designs in the 60s and 70s (and perhaps beyond). Above: Dekoplus vintage cotton curtains from mannagryn design (blog) on Flickr.
Wrapping up this week of tossed prints, here’s a prototypical tossed novelty print — and a super sweet valentine-y one at that, from the collection of kimmymade (blog | shop) on Flickr.
This Polish folk print, made to look (I think) like a vintage flour sack, was spotted at Karaku Style on Etsy.
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