Letters from France

Thank you Kristin, for sending us these beautiful photos of our fabric vacationing in Burgundy, France. We love to see all the ways you wear us and all the places that you take us, so please keep the photos coming!

Bedding!

Here are a few images of our new bedding collection which we launched (finally!) this past weekend at the Atlanta Gift Show. It's been block-printed in India, and we've made quilts, duvet covers, baby sets and much more. It will be available in stores and online in September.

A Well Accessorized Gentleman

Nothing is overlooked. Not even the wrist wear. This is one stylish little boy!

Your Projects, Our Fabric

I don't think it is possible for this coin purse to be any cuter.

Thanks Ayalah, for sending us these great shots!

Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone that entered the giveaway. We had a lot of fun reading all the comments!
Nole was randomly chosen to be the winner of the blue shark shawl. We hope that you enjoy it!

When In Reykjavík....

Shop here:

Kisan Concept Store.
We are very happy to have our shawls in such a pretty store, in such a beautiful country. Even more special because Virginia is half Icelandic!

Last Day!

Don't forget that today is the last day to enter our shawl giveaway. Leave a comment here by 11:59pm for a chance to win a blue shark shawl. Winner announced tomorrow!

Simple Sewing for Baby

Simple Sewing for Baby by Lotta Jansdotter, has been out for awhile but we can’t stop looking at it. The photos are adorable, the instructions easy to follow, and Lotta’s prints are so much fun! We were excited to see our fabric being used in the book as well. Thanks, Lotta!

Shawl Giveaway!

Leave a comment on this post by Thursday, June 10^th for a chance to win this blue shark shawl!

Winner will be announced Friday, June 11th.

Good luck!

Your Projects, Our Fabric

Happily, the post that we wrote on Union restaurant has encouraged you to send in photos of recent projects that you have tackled using our fabrics. Please keep them coming as we would love to show off your work on our blog.

We want to see your recovered furniture, clothing, teddy bears, or anything else made using our textiles. It makes us so proud!

Thanks to Brendon for sending us a picture of his reupholstered dumpster find (blue crocodile print), and to Molly at Chairloom.

Resort 2010 at D&A

Three times a year we can be found at the Designers and Agents trade show in NYC and LA. We just wrapped up a busy Holiday 2010 show held at the Starrett Lehigh Building in NYC.




Thanks to Mary, our hardworking sales rep, for sending us some pics!

A Happy Union

Although Toronto's UNION restaurant is almost a year old, we never get tired of walking by and seeing our underwater print on their chairs. Come to think of it, we never tire of their locally sourced menu, mid day latte pick-me-ups, or the all around friendliness of this place.

UNION 72 Ossington Avenue Toronto ON 416.850.0093

our team in India and early morning walk

Here is a photo of Ashwani (l), his business partner, Lourenco (r), and Lourenco's wife. I joined them on their early morning walk through one of Delhi's large parks, lured by the promise of peacocks (look really hard at the top photograph for a bright blue spot in the middle). I showed up in kurta and sandals; of course all the Indians were wearing modern workout gear. I tried to keep up.

a wedding dress

Happy Anniversary Fred! Fred Loudoun-Shand, a very talented textile designer and friend from the UK, got married last spring in a Virginia Johnson dress (green pod ballerina dress from a few seasons back). She flew to New York with her husband-to-be and baby to get married at City Hall. Although ceremonies are now held at the Marriage Bureau, they have a large backdrop set up so people can still get the classic photo of themselves on the front steps. You can see some of Fred's work under the Fred Shand label at Anthropologie.

peacock

Here is some of the art that led to my 'peacock' print for Spring 2010. I didn't want to do a traditional chintz, so I combined a peacock motif with freeform scribbling I did for a calendar project. The scribbling was inspired by an old copy of Lawrence of Arabia that turned up in my grandmother's house. The artist has made the headdress look sort of like lace, but really I think it's just a great image.