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the caftan - the perfect piece of summer clothing. throw it on and you are both incredibly comfortable and incredibly chic.  clockwise from top left - tory burch, jean paul gaultier, oscar de la renta, jcrew.

the heart motif is everywhere for spring but i’m not sure i’m buying it (literally or figuratively). there’s something about hearts that just doesn’t sit well with me. even when they aren’t used in a juvenile way they still seem immature to me. or maybe too girly (but not girly in a good way).  what do you think? will you be buying anything with hearts on it for the coming season?

images below from topshop, anna sui, marc jacobs and leifsdottir.

snippets of patterns i’m working on for spring -

last night i was wandering through flickr.  looking at photos from my contacts and their contacts and so on… and then i stumbled across the work of karen barbé.  my first thought was how amazing it is - the use of color, the mixture of motifs - really beautiful work.  and then i also thought, haven’t i seen this somewhere before?  i think i must have seen her on another blog.  so if you have already seen her work, my apologies for the repeat, but if you haven’t you should definitely take a few minutes to check out karen’s shop.

as you may know from past blog posts i’ve attempted to have fabric printed with my patterns with less than stellar results. i’m so happy to say i’ve found a company who can accommodate a small business (ie. no huge minimums) and offers a large range of organic fabrics and uses eco-friendly printing methods to boot!

i had two patterns printed on a really nice organic cotton and i’m delighted with the way they turned out.  you can only see one of the prints in the photo below so you’ll just have to trust me that the coordinating pattern is cute as well :)  these are coming with me to the gifted market this weekend and if i have any left i’ll be posting them in the shop next week.

a new design. i think i’m going to color it in but i kind of like it just black and white.

i listed some new items in the shop today.