I will admit that I have been putting off these posts because there is just so much to write about! The folks at Robert Kaufman had tons of new stuff to show at market and were very excited to share it all. One corner of the booth featured Kaufman’s Kona solids and the quilts created [...]
Navy plaid feedsack from kimmymade on Flickr 1940s feedsack from Donnaflower.com (sold) Red, yellow, and gray plaid yardage from Dewitt & Co. Two from Pindot.net in Japan
{ from Pindot } Calling all people with an actual education in textile design. Do you make a distinction between four-way and tossed prints? Some of my books don’t, one does. (I went with the one that gives me an extra week of content.) I mean, there is clearly a distinction, I just don’t know [...]
The theme: Plaid. The fabric: Orange and purple bias plaid from the collection of {kimmymade} on Flickr.
Here’s a new one in my fabric and pattern book library: Plaids: A Visual Survey of Pattern Variations (A Schiffer Design Book)by Tina Skinner, 1998. Lots of color and pattern inspiration here — it definitely confirms my love of plaids and checks. The link is to Amazon but I found mine used for cheap, and [...]
Here are two shots of a c.1950s cheater print at Antique Fabric. I just adore all these plaids and checks together. It’s 36″ wide fabric, $14/yard, 2 available. Also, I just decided that there are enough cheater prints out there to do another week of them. So keep them coming!
Straight repeats Stripe repeat Plaid repeat Houndstooth design This same teacher has an easy to understand Intro to Illustrator series starting here. She is a fashion teacher (with an interest in designing fashions for Second Life (!)) so the lessons are geared toward textile people.
More greatness from Michelle of Cicada Studio: a tutorial on creating plaids in Photoshop, which includes a free template. If you’re not familiar with weaving terminology, see here and here. And for some plaid inspiration, see my all my posts tagged “plaid.”
Red and green diagonal plaid, c.1940s, $16 for a 36″x36″ piece, from Antique Fabric.
From Pindot.net, about $4.70 (480 yen) per 9″ (22x22cm) square — at least that’s what I can tell since I can’t read Japanese. Can anyone tell if they ship internationally?
Plaid: refers to the pattern of crisscrossing lines, usually of varying widths and colors rather than a simple grid. The word has its origins in the Scottish Gaelic word for “blanket.” The familiar Pottinger tartan – image from the Scottish Tartans Authority website Tartan: a subset of plaid, associated with Scotland. A tartan plaid is [...]
Red, yellow, gray, and black plaid from Dewitt & Co. (36″ wide x 1 1/8 yard, $17).
Going along with my plaid week … Online Tartan Pattern Generator: I haven’t had time to play with anything but the default colors, but it’s fun! You could design a signature tartan for your own family or club or other affiliation and get it printed by Spoonflower. The House of Tartans has another online Tartan [...]
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