Posts tagged ‘windham’

Best of 2008: More of Kim’s Picks

Best Juvenile Collections My two favorite juvenile collections last year both did “gender neutral” in unique ways. Jackie Shapiro’s Sweetpea line for Windham used bold graphics in yellow (the traditional go-to gender neutral color) with orange, green, and red, and touches of pink and gray. There is enough variety in the collection to go completely [...]

More Favorites

Huckleberry Friends loves the Japanese fabric red floral Olympus Soliel. Ritacor loves these swallows from Sierra by Anna Griffin for Windham Fabrics. Jessica of Crabtree Studio loves Lecien’s My Folklore: Forest Wonderland. Méri loves “buds” by Pippijoe. What is your favorite?

The Dargate Book

Since we’re on the topic of antique swatchbooks, here’s another one: Reproduction Fabrics owner Margo Krager has one she calls the Dargate book: In 1997, we acquired a truly amazing, early nineteenth Century fabric sample book. It contains 167 pages and approximately 2140 vintage fabric samples, which are glued onto hand made rag paper with [...]

Anna Griffin: Alix

Anna Griffin first caught my eye with her recent collection Blythe for Windham. I’m not a paper/scrapbooking person so I didn’t realize that invitations and stationery were her main thing; I feel a little like I live under a rock! Now Alix is arriving in stores. I think it’s very pretty, understated, and versatile. Actually, [...]