Playing with Color and The Big Cut

Percolating with ideas for Lisbeth's big new cuts. I'm particularly keen on this design...

Wouldn't these make great tiles? Or fabric squares...

I pulled my palette from a couple of photos of bouquets from last summer's flower gardens...

Front Page News!

Woo Hooo!

This past weekend Lisbeth's *Grandmother's Forget-me-not* Mandala Picnic or Table Quilt made it to the front page on Etsy!
Very exciting!

Table Runner Runner Up!

Our Brain Star table runner is featured in a collection on Kirsten Krason's blog, 6th Street Design School today! What a beautiful selection! Check it out!

Brain Star Table Linens!

Now for sale in Lisbeth's Etsy shop! We have a Mother's Day special going on ~ buy any two items and get 20% off on any third item! C'mon over and look around!

Lisbeth's Drawings

Wedding Lady
Mommy and Allie

Family

Mom Cat, Dad Cat (one of my all time favorites! :*)

Ice Cream

Mommy and Daddy, Going on a Date

Daddy

Ballerina

Self Portrait

Wedding Girl

Mom

Yesterday I had the special honor of being mentioned in Amanda Soule's terrific blog, Soulemama, and I have her to thank for my new followers to this blog today! Welcome all! Amanda posted about fabric designing and showed some super sweet fabric printed with her family's bird drawings. I adore kids' art. Here are some of Lisbeth's drawing from our family archives, all done when she was between the ages of 6 and 11 (click to enlarge!). I have plans to make cards on Zazzle with these (and now that I've seen Amanda's fabric, I'm thinking, oooooh, fabric....).

I have a big drawer in an old dresser full of my five children's artwork - not the most archival method of storing it! I have scanned much of it, as Amanda mentioned she has done with her children's bird drawings. I would urge you to do the same! These precious pieces of art are so very fleeting and often go "the way of all things," to use one of my mother's expressions. They are fun to look back on once your children are adults, as mine are now.

Have a glorious spring weekend!

Lisbeth's Garden Party Mandala Napkins!

Weeeeeee!!!!!!!! I am so pleased with this fabric from Spoonflower! Happy high voltage spring colors! Aren't Lisbeth's mandalas amazing used this way? I am in the process of creating more fabric designs with a more subtle palette, but I just had to start this way, with a rainbow. I will be making more table linens to put in Lisbeth's Etsy shop when my next shipment arrives from Spoonflower - tablecloths, table runners, placemats, and maybe some potholders...so, stay tuned!

Ab Fab!

My fabric arrived from Spoonflower yesterday!!! Lisbeth's mandalas look superb as textile designs! I will be sewing napkins and table runners to put in Lisbeth's Etsy shop. Stay tuned!

Fabric Fun

Both my sister Deb and my daughter Kaitlyn just showed me these bed linens by Lilly Pulitzer for Garnet Hill (above), and commented on how similar these fabric designs are to the ones that I'm creating with Lisbeth's mandalas (below...)!!

Last week I ordered several yards of fabric from Spoonflower using these mandalas of Lisbeth's, which I colorized in Photoshop. I created a half-drop repeat pattern (you can see what that looks like in the top photo, on those long skinny pillows!), with the mandala itself measuring at about 7" in diameter...

I can't wait to get the fabric and start sewing with it! I plan to make napkins and tablecloths first. They will be so bright and springy!