I’m home! I hope your holidays were warm and happy. Thank you SO much for the compliments on the yo-yo wreath! As requested, I will post a little tutorial soon. And people are already thinking about 2010. Marimekko just revealed a bit of of their spring 2010 collection (Kotona by Pia Holm, above). Meanwhile, Josephine [...]
On Friday, we met graphic/surface pattern designer Josephine Kimberling. For Part II today, we take a closer look at her debut collection for Robert Kaufman, Hot Blossom. It occurred to me that I would love to hear more about designers’ processes and the inspiration/work/motivation behind each colorway and print in their collections. Knowing more context [...]
Josephine Kimberling is a Seattle-based graphic and surface designer. Her debut quilting fabric collection for Robert Kaufman, Hot Blossom, is arriving in stores this month. It’s a bold, colorful, graphic collection in three colorways, with bright, layered, splashy florals; happy butterfly flocks; modern folk medallions and birds; an updated bohemian paisley; and versatile geometrics. Hot [...]
Home textiles purveyor Henry Road has a new fabric collection for 2009. From the top: Circles Grande in Crimson, Fleur Grande in Purple and Putty, Garden in Putty and Ocean, Koi in Indigo, and Gloria Reverse in Passion. Currently these prints are only available as finished products online, but owner/designer Paula Smail told me that [...]
(feed readers, click over to see the fabric slideshow … ) Prints Charming, the Australian textile design duo of Cath Derksema and Kirsten Junor, has a new collection with Marcus called Rainbow Garden. Like their previous collections, Follow Your Imagination, Stars on Mars, and Two Young Street, it is all about big, bold, and happy, [...]
(feed readers: click on over if you’d like to see a slideshow of the fabrics …) Jennifer Paganelli (aka Sis Boom)’s newest collection for FreeSpirit is Flower Power. It’s composed of antique florals and other motifs updated and infused with an eclectic, vivid palette. The zebra stripes are bestsellers from a previous collection (Mod Girls). [...]
With the rise in popularity of Japanese fabric, it was only a matter of time before a U.S. company picked up on the trend and produced their own version of Japanese cute. The single-named MoMo is a woman designer from Japan working with Moda for the first time. Wonderland, inspired by Alice in Wonderland, is [...]
Candy colorway Very cool news from Caroline of jcaroline creative! today: she just announced that Braemore will be producing and distributing an expanded version of Jessica Jones‘ wonderful Amusement Park collection. Calliope and Fireworks are joined by two new coordinating prints, Stacks and Beads, and will again be printed on 55″ home decor weight 100% [...]
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, click over to see the slideshow, if you don’t mind … ) New from Robert Kaufman is this Liberty of London-inspired collection, London Calling. Last year’s Sofia was printed on light, semi-sheer cotton lawn and some of the prints were reminiscent of Liberty, but this collection wears its inspiration on its sleeve. London [...]
I’m long overdue in posting these, but these are two of Kaffe Fassett‘s newest fabric prints: Wood Ear (top) and Henna (bottom). Thanks to Liza Prior Lucy of Gloriouscolor.com for sending these to me! Russian Rose, Bubble Flowers, and Kirman are the other newest additions to the extensive and ever-evolving collection. In case you didn’t [...]
(feed readers: please click over to see the slideshow, if you don’t mind!) I want to know more about Urban Chiks, who design for Moda. The website doesn’t name names, but says: These two young designers each bring something very different to the drawing board. One has a background in fashion and a flare for [...]
(Can’t see the slideshow, feed readers? Please click over, if you don’t mind …) I first heard about Polly Goes to Paris, an in-house line from Henry Glass Co., through Jenny. It has recently arrived in a few shops. It’s a great little collection and I hope it gets the love and sales it deserves! [...]
I am a huge fan of the U.K. company Sukie‘s textiles and paper goods (I just received their new Iron-On Craft Pad today). So I was excited to hear that in just a couple weeks they will have fabric available for purchase for the first time. The three designs were screenprinted in England on a [...]
Naomi Ito’s Spring 2009 Nani Iro collection for Kokka (translated link) is now available in stores. The painterly designs are at subtle and gorgeous in color and line, yet bold in pattern and scale. Her signature florals and Asian- and Scandinavian-influenced abstract shapes are once again printed on double gauze, one on a cotton-linen blend [...]
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