Monday, 1 June 2009

Print & Pattern - Cheeky Beaks




....aka Kristen Doran. I saw her lovely birdie print on fabric a while back and then couldnt find the link again, so was very happy to stumble across Cheeky Beaks work again today whiel I was checking out Lara Cameron's blog, Kirinote.  Check out her lovely screenprinted kits - love the little drummer man!

Prints & Patterns - Of Paper & Thread



Another fine Australian designer, Of Paper & Thread who also goes by the name of Danielle.  I love that poppy print - it would fantastic made up as a blind for my kitchen.

Prints & Patterns - Aunty Cookie



...aka Shannon Lamden, another Australian based designer selling lovely fabrics.  I love the little craft panels she sells on her very successful etsy site too.

Prints & Patterns - Lara Cameron



My week or two of print/pattern blogging is almost up for now but it would not be complete without a post or two on a few of the fab surface pattern designers based down under!  First up is Lara Cameron, whose blog I have been a fan of for a while now (check out the house on the hill post - I love that house!).  I'm a big fan of the colors she uses in her fabric designs. 

Sunday, 31 May 2009

Prints & Patterns - Annabel Grey





While I wait for my boyfriend to get off the phone so we can go out and enjoy the rare British sunshine, I thought I'd do a post or two more - I love Annabel Grey's flower designs - so bright and vibrant and great to apply to all kinds of home furnishings.  Annabel trained in Manchester and also the Royal College of Art and all her designs are printed in Wales - so not creating lots of carbon footprints!

Prints & Patterns - Tiny Art



Before I go off to enjoy the wonderful sunshine today I thought i would leave with these lovely collage prints by Tiny Art. 

Prints & Patterns - Bonbonkakku



Bonbonkakku is a pioneering Finnish net store where you can design your own fabrics. If your design is a success, it will be also sold on the site. Every fabric designed on the site will be published on the site for viewers to see and vote for. Bonbonkakku then choose the fabrics to sell on our store based on the results of viewers voting. 

Lotta Jansdotter





I love the simplicity of Lotta's work, the shapes seem so organic and work so well.  Lotta has also written a few books on screen-printing, which are great for inspiration and ideas and for those of you lucky enough to be living in New York, Lotta runs classes too.

Prints & Patterns - Virginia Johnson




Lovely, blocky bold prints from Virginia Johnson, a Canadian Designer who worked for Helmut Lang before setting up her own business.  I'm especially keen on the band top (top pic).

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Prints & Patterns - Sarah Waterhouse



Sarah is one of the founding members of Craft Candy, which I am a member of, creates lovely hand printed textiles which she makes up into a variety of lovely purses, mirrors, specs cases etc and also some lovely moleskin notebooks.  Sarah will be exhibiting at the next Craft Candy fair at the Millennium Galleries in Sheffield in July.  I will soon be putting up a bloglist of other Craft Candy members on the blog too - so keep checking back.

Prints & Patterns - Helen Dardik



I just love the style of Helen Dardik's work who I found via PrintPattern, so cheerful and colorful and every time I look at one of her prints I see something new I didn't see before. 

Prints & Patterns continued - Caroline Gavin




Caroline Gavin, designer behind Ecojots, creates wonderful bright and bold prints which are used on a variety of stationery products.  Caroline also writes a great blog featuring her new work which you can find here.

Friday, 22 May 2009

Prints & Patterns - Skinny La Minx





Back in the days when the Bettyjoy boutique was open, one of my fine suppliers/designers was Heather Moore aka Skinny La Minx from Capetown.  Her work is so inspiring, she not only creates great designs on ceramic and cloth but also works as an illustrator too from her studio in Capetown.

Prints & Patterns - Umbrella Prints


Lovely prints from Umbrella Prints based in Australia - they have an Etsy store too so go and check out their lovely prints.

Prints & Patterns - Aimee Wilder


Aimee Wilder is the US based creative designer behind these great wallpaper designs.  Her previous clients have included Bed Bath and Beyond, Crate and Barrel, Urban Outfitters, Dwell, Dwellbaby, Martha Stewart Living, MTV Cribs, Skip Hop, and Gap Kids and more recently, Aimee signed a licensing agreement with Vans to feature three of her designs on shoes and accessories - check them out on her site.

Thursday, 21 May 2009

Prints and patterns - Angie Lewin







Angie Lewin is such a wonderfully talented printmaker.   I aspire to one day be able to create work like Angie's - think I've got a very long way to go yet!  She is currently exhibiting at the St Jude Gallery in Itteringham in Norfolk and I nearly had heart failure (in a good way - if thats possible!) when i saw that you can now buy fabric printed with Angie's designs here.

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