Here is an example of a four-way novelty print. The sample is not large enough to determine whether all motifs are oriented in all four directions, but I’m going to go ahead and call it anyway. It’s from the collection of doe-c-doe (blog | shop) on Flickr.
This is the most retro-video-game-like of them all. Again, from Antiquefabric.com (they must have a special place in their hearts for this style). One yard of 35″ wide fabric, c.1950s, $16.
It seems like every time I visit the Michael Miller site there is some new irresistible mini-collection. This print called High As a Kite is available in shops now. It coordinates with some of their stock dot and stripe designs. So sweet! And so violating my no-new-novelty-prints-on-white rule. Damn!
This zoo fabric is awfully cute on its own, with its smartly dressed kids losing their balloons, the nice lines of the zoo building and tents, and sweet little elephants. But with the incongruous use of French it’s just irresistible. “Starry Sky. Seawater”! This might be one for Tula Pink’s collection, though I don’t know [...]
A couple years ago there was a Japanese line of Ed Emberley products in Japan (totes and clocks and other goods … you can still find the totes online but I’m not so sure of the other stuff). I was puzzled why it didn’t make it over here. Does any American child of the 1960s [...]
I guess it’s borderline whether you could call this one a landscape — it might be zoomed in a little close to qualify, but once I saw happy boys ogling over their gun, I just couldn’t resist! That girl is thinking, umm, OK, I’m getting my baby out of here right quick. This one is [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, Tula Pink. You might know her from her debut line, Full Moon Forest, full of hidden animals and delightfully, trickily ornate designs — or maybe you’re more familiar with her other lines: Neptune, Flutterby, or Nest. Tula Pink has a die-hard fandom and it’s not hard to see why, when she shares [...]
Kitty detail from a vintage nursery fabric, from Niesz Vintage Fabric (shop) on Flickr.
bygraziela, via print & pattern Wrap Sheets – reusable gift bags SET of 3 by betzwhite on Etsy PORTRAITS & TEXTILES. «+Nothing is New New items from Lena Corwin Oh, you are killing me, Jane Foster Blog.
Kumquat is a small manufacturer of baby clothing and accessories, and they also sell some of their fabrics. Most are cotton knit baby ribs, but there are also a couple wovens. The prints and stripes are adorable, and there are plenty for boys as well as girls. Fabrics range from $8-13.50/yard and shipping is a [...]
Traffic Jam is the second collection for Windham by Allison Jane Smith, and it’s arriving in stores right now. Her first collection for Windham was the girly Charm Bracelet, and this time around it’s all about boys. The simple, bold graphics caught my eye — I like the signs (no speeds over 30, you gotta [...]
David Walker is a an artist and illustrator out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Oh Boy is his newest boy-leaning collection for FreeSpirit. I really liked his earlier release, Robots, and it even looks like you can mix and match between the two lines. Oh Boy has cute animals in varying scales, dinosaurs, vehicles (my [...]
The Sock Monkey collections have been a mainstay for Moda for several years now — did you know they’re by Erin Michael, of last year’s sleeper hit collection Lush? The monkeys will be back this July — this time around it’s a bedtime collection, Goodnight Monkey, and I am really liking it — books, banana [...]
This is turning out to be the “weirdly rendered animals of spring.” This one is from vintage children’s fabric collector extraordinaire vasiliisa (blog | shop). She asks, “but why is the hedgehog crying?”
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