Patty Young‘s new collection Lush evokes exotic tropical far-off lands, so I was surprised to read that it was inspired by the Missouri Botanical Gardens! But that’s Patty’s creative genius at work. Like Sandi’s collection, Lush also includes coordinating Cotton Couture solids. See Patty’s blog for info on coordinating ribbons and new patterns, and of course [...]
In addition to its own prints, Michael Miller also has a number of designers working with them, both old favorites and some new additions. First up, two beachy collections. Mark Hordyszynski, a prolific fabric designer and author, showed his new marine animal and hula girl collection. The collection includes both fabric and embroidery patterns and [...]
Here’s a peek at some of the collections Michael Miller Fabrics is introducing this weekend at Spring Market. Expect them in stores this summer! Children at Play is by children’s book illustrator Sarah Jane, who is one of Michael Miller’s newest designers (there will be several more this year!). It’s an epic collection divided [...]
Patty Young has been one of the industry leaders in educating the market about sewing with less familiar substrates. Here she is with her husband Jon, modeling samples of her new sewing patterns for polyester double knit and velour. Heh. Wouldn’t that be something? Really, their booth was to introduce Sanctuary, Patty’s first collection on [...]
Here’s a little peek at Patty Young’s next collection for Michael Miller. It’s a quilting cotton collection (I love that you have to specify that now — it’s no longer assumed!) named Sanctuary, due out this October. Shop owners, it’s not even ready for pre-order yet, but keep an eye on Patty’s blog for updates. [...]
Which new fabric collections are now in the shops and ready to buy? Since Tuesday is the day of the week when new music and DVDs tend to be released in the U.S., I thought I’d follow along (even though fabric doesn’t follow this kind of schedule). Shops, as always, if you carry any of [...]
Patty Young had her own booth showing off her brand new kids’ collection, Playdate, and Michael Miller’s new knit collection, which is part her prints and part Michael Miller Studio prints. I hope Patty will do another guest appearance over here to talk more about these knits and how to sew with them — this [...]
This winter was a flurry of activity for fabric designers; it saw the releases of dozens of new collections, including Patty Young‘s Flora & Fauna for Michael Miller Fabrics. We invited Patty to stop by the True Up, um, “virtual offices” (have a seat on the virtual couch! There’s room for virtually everybody!) to share [...]
Sandi Henderson introduces her new Meadowsweet I’d like to think my lack of pictures from the Michael Miller designers’ booths indicates that I was entranced by the gorgeous designs and riot of rich, happy color, and was just living in the moment. But I was entranced by everyone I covered, so that’s no excuse. I [...]
Hot on the heels of Mezzanine, Patty Young just unveiled her next collection Flora & Fauna for Michael Miller Fabrics. Shown above is just one of the four colorways. As she wrote, it’s a departure from her previous two collections — it is much more organic, and the closest she’s ever gotten to conversational prints [...]
Patty Young is a busy woman. If you follow her on Twitter, you know that her days typically start very early, involve a lot of coffee, and are filled to the brim with Getting Things Done. (I’m not sure quite how she manages to get it all done, but I strongly suspect it’s the coffee.) [...]
This post is part of a series reporting on the Spring 2009 International Quilt Market by True Up East Coast Stringer Mary Beth of Supafine. Ready for some more from Michael Miller? Then onward, followers! To the first of the company’s four featured individual designers with new collections! Ho! Let’s begin with+Pillow and Maxfield’s Whimsy. [...]
Mezzanine is Patty Young’s second collection for Michael Miller. On her blog, Patty talks about how working and traveling abroad in Europe inspired the collection. You can also see lots more images of sewn items, giving you a better idea of the prints’ scales.
To help kick off the new year, I asked many fabric sellers, designers, and manufacturers the same question: Where is the fabric world (or your corner of it) going in 2009? Today, three designers share their plans for the upcoming year: Birdie Damask, from the Andalucia collection by Patty Young Patty Young, designer of the [...]
It was close to closing time on the first day of Quilt Market, so we were all in a bit of a visually overstimulated daze at that point, but Kathy Miller of Michael Miller Fabrics was nice enough to sit down with Michelle and I for over an hour talking about their new fabrics (their [...]
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