if i had to choose one home design realm to focus on for the rest of my life it would easily be textiles. i love a beautifully made piece of wooden furniture, but something about textiles draw me in every time. so i was really excited to see this beautiful new collection of fabrics from heather ross on julia rothman’s twitter feed yesterday. heather recently designed a collection of fabrics called “far far away” for kokka fabrics. i love the rich purples and reds in the collection, and the whimsical unicorn design. it reminds me of a happier, more colorful version of my favorite unicorn tapestry at the cloisters in nyc. but unlike that piece, these are available for purchase. you can find heather’s new collection at purl soho and superbuzzy, but you can also click here for more information on the collection and a complete list of stores from heather.
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I’m a big fan of Heather Ross. Her fabrics have made their way into many of the quilts I’ve made, but I have to say I’m not crazy about the unicorns. (Sorry Heather!)
The imagery and loose painting style reminds me a bit of Marc Chagall. Lovely designs.
I love it. Love it love it love it.
Those are so wonderful! I, for one, love that little unicorn to bits.
Um, new? These have been widely available since June and around the fabric blogs since the beginning of this year… yeah, they’re great, but new, notsomuch.
cranky
sorry, i just saw julia’s tweet so they’re new to me. ;)
grace
you posted about sweet juniper before. did you see the shirt/skirt that wood made from this fabric:
http://sweetjuniperwoodcraft.blogspot.com/2009/07/unicorn-shirt-and-skirt.html
(and I agree: love the unicorns)
i love sweet juniper! sadly i’m way behind on my reading of their site- man, she has really grown up!
g
I saw them that julia tweeted them too. So great. New to me too! Thanks for sharing.
very cranky-
sorry to misinform! I guess I imagined they were new bc I hadn’t seen them yet.
Oh!
The colors!
The patterns!
The….Colors!!
So, tasty and lovely.
This reminds me of the Medieval unicorn print I had as a child :) What lovely colors!
I saw Julia’s tweet about this too & fell in love. Unicorns are awesome!
AHHHHH!!!!!! I’m in LOVE!
THANK YOU for posting these! My husband and I are 3 weeks away from finding out if we are having a boy or a girl. A boy is going to get a space-themed room inspired by the M. Sasek books “This is Cape Kennedy”/”This is the Way to the Moon”… and now I am certain that if it’s a girl, it’s going to be a UNICORN WONDERLAND and I will have to buy these fabrics!!
P.S. Cranky does sound cranky.
Grace I think if you love textiles you should see the work of SistersGulassa (http://printpattern.blogspot.com/2009/05/print-studio-sisters-gulassa.html). They are 2 sisters who collaborate across the ocean — check out their blog too it’s gorgeous.
cranky’s right. this has been out for awhile. unicorns aren’t my thing, but her other stuff is super cute. dogs, gnomes, campers, fish–she makes fabric look new and fresh.
oops, I meant:
http://printpattern.blogspot.com/2009/05/print-studio-sisters-gulassa.html
j
no one’s saying cranky isn’t right, i corrected the post and made a note below that comment.
grace
the best part is, these prints aren’t just on plain old flat cotton, it’s on two layers of gauze. there’s a sweet new fabric shop that also has it all: http://supposecreatedelight.com/store/index.php?search=far%20far%20away
This fabric is currently on sale at Modern Retro Textiles at http://www.modernretrotextiles.com.au/contents/en-us/d39_sale_01.html. A great shop and free shipping in Australia!
i bought the peach unicorn fabric for our wedding invitations and they turned out beautifully! I am so happy you posted the prints on here- because they are simply stunning and incredibly soft.
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