Two crazy foxes in a hot air balloon,
They like to go shopping on a Sunday afternoon,
So up, up, up in the balloon they fly,
Quickly up to the bright blue sky.
They hop over traffic, fields and trees,
And land at the supermarket, cool as you please.
Jasper Fox reads the shopping list,
Making sure there is nothing they missed
While Jennifer, his wife, eyes the view.
She wants a smooth landing, with nothign askew.
What a crazy way to get the chores done,
But Jasper and Jennifer, always have fun!
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Woodland Frames Pattern. I wanted to update my Woodland Frame pattern and came up with a few new animals for the mix.
Like the first version, I made this into a pattern at Spoonflower.
I can't believe how quickly 2012 is flying by, I'm really excited about the new things I've got in store creatively this year. Now that we've been in NYC for 6 months, things are finally starting to feel more settled. I've got a craft show coming up in a few weeks, BUST Spring Craftacular that I'm pretty excited about and I'm hoping to take Paper Sparrow on the road a little this summer. Should be fun!
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I wanted to re-vamp the narwhal pattern I've had up on Spoonflower for over a year. It's been one of my most popular patterns, but since I've learned some new technqiues for making patterns I wanted to make a collection of coordinates to go with it and some new color schemes.
I made this one in a few different color schemes.
The swatches for the Feathers and Arrows came in and they look great, I'm planning to make a dress out of the arrows fabric soon. I can't wait for warmer weather to wear some new dresses.
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I also designed this next set as squares so I can make either pillow covers or scarves.
I'm really interested to see how the colors will translate at spoonflower.
I received my sample of Animal Constellations prints yesterday as well, so those are now available at Spoonflower.
Don't forget I'll be having a 4th Anniversary special sale in the shop this Sunday/Monday - so check back for the coupon code tomorrow.
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Last week, I started looking up constellations and became fascinated with animal constellations. I wasn't aware there were all kinds of animals including Felis the cat and Noctua the owl which are now obsolete.
I also made a pattern that I'm thinking of getting printed on silk or voile for a scarf.
The pattern includes Noctua (owl) Ursa Major (Bear) Aquila (Eagle) Apus (Crane) Lepus (Hare) Felis (Cat) Vulpecula (Fox) Cygnus (Swan) and Canis major (dog).
I've only done a little star-gazing before and can pick out the plough and a few others, but I'm excited to look into the skies more this summer. Do you have a favorite constellation?
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Thanks for your comments on last week's Dial K for Kitty post. It's always exciting to get feedback about something you really enjoy doing. I've been addicted to trying out new things and making patterns since I got this fabric design book.
This set features the cats love cameras print with a few new cameras thrown in.
I think the second set of starbust diamonds is one of my favorites. I had a vintage set of glassware at some point that had a similar pattern, I was reminded of it when I thought about the camera flash.
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This pattern combines two of my favorite things: cats and vintage. You already saw a peek of this in last week's retro cat pattern, but I went on a mission to create a rotary phone pattern as well as some accompanying pieces. Here is Dial K for Kitty.
There are four colors of four prints, it was just too hard to narrow it down. Here' s the whole collection.
Also, thank you for your lovely comments on the poems and previous patterns; I've been passing all your kind words along to my mum.
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Happy New Year! I've been making a few patterns with some advice I read in The Field Guide to Fabric Design which I got for christmas and definitely recommend.
Foxes Vinyl Collection
Retro Cats
Musical Animal Alphabet as a fabric design.
Hope you had a great New Year!
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