Pattern & Porcelain

Prop stylist Carla Gonzalez-Hart and photographer Christopher Testani used a couple of my fabrics in their editorial pairing dinnerware with work by contemporary textile designers. So nice!

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Fun free day last week painting flowers.

gina's quilts

My good friend and best Bushwick neighbor, Gina Rockenwagner, has recently released a new series of quilts and pillows. You may remember this quilt we designed together a while back (almost a year ago! wow), and many of these new products are made with my fabrics too. We photographed them in my purple room last week with the help of Moses the cat model, and you can now buy them in her shop.

OUI & Me

I've been a big fan of Angela Hodgkinson's line of ceramic candles, OUI, for a long time, and when she emailed me and asked if I wanted to work together on a special collection of hand-painted candles I was thrilled. In April she shipped me 12 blank, bisqued teacups, and I painted them and shipped them back to her in Oklahoma City. Shortly after I sent off the box the devastating tornadoes struck. Angela and I are both devoted cat moms (I'm huge fans of Hazel and Jacques on her Instagram), and we decided to give all proceeds from the sale of this collection to the Central Oklahoma Humane Society for their work rescuing, saving, housing, and placing pets during and since the devastating May tornadoes.

The collection is for sale here.

new stuff!

Here's a peek at some new products and patterns that are coming to the shop next month. It was so much fun taking these photos with some great girls recently. And really could Gillian and Gaby be more beautiful?! Ugh.

Everything shown above (and a zillion other things) will be with me at Renegade Craft Fair this month (details a few posts down or here if you missed it).

Models: Gillian Herring + Gaby Cetrulo // Makeup: Allison Perlstein // Photographer: Amber Byrne Mahoney

Tropics

Now, who wants to license these for some board shorts and beach towels?

Leah, Rachael & Julia

Have you guys been following my #ladiesdrawingnight posts on instagram? Well, after getting together with Rachael Cole and Julia Rothman to draw once a week for the past few months, we made some things with our drawings and launched Leah, Rachael & Julia. The things are these scarves, and I love them. They're made from my favorite gauzy & sheer silk chiffon, but unlike any of my other scarves they are huge -- each scarf above is 36" x 89". Take a look at (and buy!) all 6 scarves here, and keep an eye out for new Leah, Rachael & Julia products soon.

Gina & Leah Quilt

I posted these patterns a while ago in anticipation of this project I did with my neighbor/friend Gina. At the time I said we weren't going to make a quilt, but then when it came down to it that's what we ended up making. She did most of the making, really, because in real life I'm a reluctant seamstress and she's the expert quilter here. I did the patterns though!

Dylan took these beautiful photos and I'm so happy with how everything came out. We're planning on making some patchwork pillows together, likely this summer, so stay tuned if you're looking for something that's not quite as big an investment. The quilt's for sale in my Etsy here, along with some extra photos.

cake!

The coolest thing happened - someone painted a cake inspired by one of my patterns!

and, my original for reference:

More photos on Abby Galloway's blog here. I really wish I could bake with her! It reminds me a lot of the cookies that Rachel decorated with her friend Julia of Azúcar Pastel. So fun to put drawings in places I never thought I could put them.

Girls putting on makeup

A couple details from an involved pattern I've been working on for a few days. I'm planning on doing more repeats of "girls doing stuff" since I really like how this and the Badminton one turned out.

Working on some new floral patterns. Not sure if all the coloring is done on this one, but I like it so far!

New Patterns

Quilting

Really excited to be working with my neighbor Gina on some quilting-related projects. Gina makes amazing quilts, is an expert seamstress, and the best knitter I know (sorry Mom). Right now she's working as a knitwear designer for Anthropologie and has yarn and needles in her hands every time I see her: at the beach, watching the Olympics, etc. I put together a bunch of different patterns in similar colorways for us to work with. We're not actually making quilts, but you'll see...

My collection for Anthropologie came out last week and this Griegii Mini Dress has quickly become my favorite. The samples I was sent are a size 6 and most of them pretty much swallow me alive, but this shift dress (also in the bears print) looks great oversized and cuffed. I'm so happy with how everything turned out, and also impressed with the quality. Reading "polyester lining" always makes me wrinkle my nose, but the lining on these is actually very soft and slinky, and super nice for a synthetic. So, take a look at my pieces and the rest of the Made in Kind lines here!

Here is something I did a long time ago and just found recently. I love it so much, it reminds me a bit of Tsumori Chisato prints I've been looking at recently.

dandelion sunburst

Working on some new things, FINALLY! Dylan and I had a lovely creative Friday yesterday with our friends Tuesday, Pete, and Kaye, and I had the first chance in so long to just sit and paint whatever I wanted. Kitty cuddles, lots of snacks, and homemade ginger syrup drinks were also highlights. I have lots of new fun stuff to edit now, so I will be trying to update the blog more, yay!

Cards!

I made this floral greeting card set a few weeks ago. They're postcard-style, without a fold, so they can also be hung as prints!

Buy a set here.

instagram

I love instagram. Ever since summer ended and my life got boring, I've just been posting photos of work. These are some of them.

(Bows prints are new in the shop)