tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63618298672500788902024-03-05T16:22:49.217-06:00Laura Foster Nicholson: Art TextilesHandwoven Tapestries, Textile DesignLFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-21367897670433922412015-01-04T09:22:00.002-06:002015-01-04T09:35:13.301-06:00New Year's Questions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am posting for the first time since last May. When one has a public profile, even a small one like mine, one feels doubly guilty about not performing to standard. But this blog, for me, has always been my "commercial" side, whereas the other blog I write, the <a href="http://laurafosternicholson.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">eponymous one</a>, has been used to muse about larger issues which may or may not be reflected in my fine artwork. <br />
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I am both a textile designer, and a fine artist. The real me? well, the role that feeds my soul is that of the artist. The designer is in service to a market, designing products which one hopes will sell. This involves market assessment, cooperation with clients, trend spotting -- or, more usually, trend-following, which is a lot less rewarding.<br />
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For me, design itself is a sense of play and freedom from the weightier issues that I attempt to address in my serious art work, but, because it involves partnering with larger companies and also must cater to the desires of the market for which these products are produced, the spontaneity and joy I experience while designing are tempered with a small sense of loss.<br />
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Has anyone else in the creative community spent the new year's period wondering how to hold off the forces of the market? of relentless self-promotion that is trumpeted as an absolute necessity for survival? of the de rigeur practice of looking happy-faced for social media? of having to engage daily with the happy face, in fact? <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lfntextiles" target="_blank">Facebook</a> is telling me today that it has been 19 days since I last posted and that my fans want to hear from me! sigh. I want to think, and I don't want to worry about being forgotten while I take some quiet time.<br />
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As a result, I also neglect this blog. I associate it more with having to trumpet my accomplishments, than with musing about my process. I am currently re-working my website with a plan of taking it off the strictly storefront basis for ribbon, and using it to incorporate all aspects of my creative work, including a much-needed gallery of my artwork. (I almost said portfolio! a word which I associate with constantly seeking a job or approval.) It will link these blogs, my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/lfntextiles" target="_blank">etsy store for ribbon</a>, my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/greenhousetextiles" target="_blank">etsy store for household textiles,</a> a portfolio (yes!) of design work, and a gallery of tapestries.<br />
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Retrospection is a necessary part of a well-lived life, and I hope that those of you who read this will take the time to comment here about your own struggles with an increasingly commercial world. I wish you all a happy and truly creative new year.LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-42591640408275124492014-05-08T16:33:00.002-05:002014-05-08T16:33:44.629-05:00Sewing my own prints<a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/" target="_blank">Spoonflower</a> recently made a new fabric available which has changed my whole approach to dressing -- in that I finally can order my prints on a fabric substrate that makes sense for the way I dress. They call it Modern Jersey, and it is a lightweight interlock knit made of polyester and lycra -- in other words, perfect for leggings!<br />
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Well, I haven't yet had someone snap a photo of me in my splashy leggings but here I am at our weekend art festival wearing the dress I made of the same fabric in my <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/2271172" target="_blank">Sophie</a> pattern. <br />
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<br />LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-29558693254563167712014-03-11T20:38:00.001-05:002014-03-11T20:42:25.606-05:00LinkedIn and the price of designIt seems quite fashionable right now to say "I am not doing Facebook anymore." Even more frequent: "I have no use for LinkedIn."<br />
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I won't get into Facebook here, but I have to say that I find LinkedIn quite worthwhile. When I first joined, like many people, it was because I got a request from someone, and thought, "why not?". Then my account sat idle for a very long time with a terse profile description and the odd connection being randomly added. <br />
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Then I found out about the groups, and it changed everything. Depending upon your industry, there are hundreds of groups of people with similar interests who are chatting away about something or other that may have real relevance to things you think about every day.<br />
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I hasten to add, though it is referred to as a social network, I view LinkedIn as a network for making business connections. So, I am a textile artist and designer, and I want to talk to other people involved in similar pursuits. In particular, I would like to have more design clients, more design opportunities, so I have joined groups of people who are working toward similar goals and sharing information about them.<br />
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I belong to Textile Designers, Freelance Textile Designers, The Art of Licensing, Design Sourcing, Jacquard Designing, sustainable Textiles, among others. Some groups are quite active, others don't have much bearing on my interests and I really should kiss them goodbye.<br />
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This post was inspired by a discussion I read tonight in The Art of Licensing, a very active group of all kinds of licensing artists from illustrators to cartoonists to textile designers like me. It was about pricing your work, a very dodgy issue, which people are quite secretive about. I can't tell you how hard it is to figure out what to charge, and you don't want to seem like an amateur and flat out ask, do you? Every job is different , in some ways, and every job has a different value. So, for those of you interested in such arcana, here is what I was referred to. I hope it is as helpful for those of you who are designers, as it was for me. I am posting the direct link to the article which was discussed on LinkedIn. <br />
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http://www.fastcodesign.com/3025992/how-much-should-you-charge-for-design-work-a-guideLFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-54414786447110656522014-03-07T09:34:00.002-06:002014-03-07T09:34:59.742-06:00Radiant Orchid 2012I was going through my vast number of uploaded designs yesterday at <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/designs?look=three&number=72&sort=newest&view=for_sale" target="_blank">Spoonflower</a>, the online print-on-demand fabric service (Spoonflower has a great option in that you can offer your own designs for sale and receive a nice commission whenever someone else buys fabric printed with one of your designs). <br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">All designs copyright Laura Foster Nicholson 2012-2014. All rights reserved.</span></div>
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I did a big collection in a colorway I called <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/designs?view=26266" target="_blank">Plum</a> in 2012, and as I came across it yesterday I realized there it was! <a href="https://www.pantone.com/pages/index.aspx?pg=21129" target="_blank">Radiant Orchid</a>! I have written about this rather curious color a couple of times already, commenting on how "outside" the norm it seemed to me, and yet here I had used it with a generous hand in a design collection 2 years ago. OK, proof that color trending is indeed insightful. <br />
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I wonder how many of you have had this color creep into your wardrobe or your home or your creative work in the past couple of years? Yes, that is how a trend is spotted. Most of us unconscious of it until it reaches a critical mass, and someone like Faith Popcorn or Pantone points it out and shout, "AHA!"LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-10231511757801282392014-02-23T20:30:00.001-06:002014-02-23T20:32:45.246-06:00Making Posters<br />
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I confess, I never took a graphic design course in my life. Add that to the fact that I have a certain amount of wry appreciation for the fact that nowadays, with computer options, "everyone is a designer", that I am a rank amateur along with the hordes of people out there with Photoshop and maybe Illustrator in their toolkits, and, well, let's just keep this in perspective.<br />
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Nonetheless, I have had a lot of fun in recent weeks making various posters for town events here in New Harmony. One bleak afternoon in early February I had to make a poster for a fund raising event for our spring art fair, and I was browsing the web for source imagery for a different project altogether when a few images jumped out to me and made me laugh. I was just off balance enough to grab them, throw out what little I thought I knew about design, and make some silly posters. I think it was the most creative thing I have done since the solstice. And note, of course, the keyword here is FUN.<br />
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The fund raiser was a great success and I got my shot in the arm of creative sunshine. Maybe I have a future!<br />
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<br />LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-6295763670631389952013-12-27T11:46:00.005-06:002013-12-27T11:47:08.576-06:00and then there is the new RUG for Crate & BarrelHere is a new rug I am thrilled about. Designed around the same time I designed the pillows but what a difference color makes! One of my favorite palettes. To quote from the website: "Ochre, sage and lime green spiral in a kaleidoscope of organic shapes,
inspired by the feathery forms and subtle coloration of lichen. Laura
Foster Nicholson's abstract medallion design is masterfully realized in
hand-tufted 100% wool."<br />
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<br />LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-1425327631759525012013-12-27T11:36:00.002-06:002013-12-27T11:37:13.165-06:00new designs for Crate & Barrel<br />
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I always love it when my new designs come online. Today I found that
the trio of pillows I designed for Crate & Barrel for Spring 2014
are online. They are fun! Falling into the Suzani tradition, they are
screen printed linen and then embellished with embroidery and crocheted
flowers. Love them!<br />
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<br />LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-36098675605063146742013-12-12T18:53:00.003-06:002013-12-27T12:40:07.938-06:00Radiant Orchid?As a designer I have been involved with Pantone for some time, often with a quizzical attitude due to the impossibility of naming and numbering every single possible color (I never seem to find Pantone numbers for the colors I choose!). And yet I have the privilege of writing for <a href="http://www.pantoneview.com/" target="_blank">Pantone View</a>, their quite wonderful online magazine about color, and I have a great time doing it. I love color. I often have said that an artist (or designer) can't afford to love or hate any color -- it is all about context. So, here all week I have been digesting the news about Radiant Orchid, Pantone's Color of the Year for 2014. (18-3224 TPX) Oh, dear, <i>not</i> my favorite color.<br />
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But! now there is an opportunity to be challenged! I am not very interested in overtly following trends but there is something of a thrill in taking on a difficult subject (orchid?) and making it work in something beautiful.<br />
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I remember many years ago working on a commission for a very highly respected interior designer in Chicago. One of the women on her team was examining a tapestry I was presenting, and landed her beautifully manicured nail on a spot of color in the piece and uttered, with barely disguised contempt, "<i>Pink</i>?" It really was a kind of orchid/fuschia pink, as I recall.<br />
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<br />LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-58867286655974061822013-11-11T08:31:00.002-06:002013-11-11T08:45:23.026-06:00Houston International Quilt Market 2013<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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introducing my new collection of quilting weight fabrics, Lush Harvest, with
Troy Corporation’s Riverwoods International brand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A year ago I went down to the legendary
trade show to spend time with Renaissance Ribbons, who manufacture and
distribute my LFN Textiles Artist’s Ribbons line, and strolled around shopping
for someone who could produce quilt weight fabrics with my designs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dorothy Troy stepped up to the job and was
delighted to take on the new vegetable designs and text-based towels I had been
working on, and now here they are!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That isn’t the real story here, though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order to gear up for this new market I
have had to take a steep learning curve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Being a textile and ribbon designer is not the same thing as being a
designer of fabrics intended to be cut up and made into pieced items!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some crossover is there, of course, but there
is always the context of how the fabric to be used to be grappled with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So instead of waiting demurely in my booth to
speak with potential new customers, I kept venturing out to try to get a feel
of what goes on here.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I took away a fantastic impression of intensive activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a complex network of creativity goes
into this business!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have the people
like me, who design repeat pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
have the fabric companies who get that fabric manufactured and distributed to
the retail shops (who come from all over the WORLD to buy).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have the professional pattern designers
who delight in contriving new ways to cut up and piece these various fabrics
into sometimes traditional, sometimes modern, compositions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have the publishers, selling books and
patterns to showcase the work of the pattern makers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And you have to have very deep pockets and a
genius for display to catch anyone’s eye in this hugely kaleidoscopic arena.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Herein I will simply post photos of some of the marvels I saw,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aardvark quilt patterns</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andover Fabrics</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Underground, quilt patterns and fabric line for Troy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaffe Fassett art quilt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaffe Fassett art quilt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaffe Fassett for Westminster</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaffe Fassett for Westminster</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaffe Fassett</td></tr>
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The small town in which I live has a lively culture of
antique (read: second hand) shops, which are great fun to browse when I am at
the end of my creative rope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other
day I found an old quilty cat doorstop – it felt like it had a brick inside! –
and dragged it back to the studio for inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, feeling ready for Market and with a
scrap of energy any some fabric left, I made my own version, complete with
going out to my garden and digging up a little sack of gravel to weight it
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LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-73584637102721056202013-10-22T17:24:00.002-05:002013-10-22T17:25:38.646-05:00Another Day of Sewing with VeggiesAs I wrote yesterday, I have been busy making kitchen oriented things with my new line of fabrics, Lush Harvest, for Troy Corporation. So today's produce included placemat, lined basket, potholders, and a napkin, most edged with either LFN Ribbons or hand-cut bias tapes. I'm done - time to pack it all up for Houston!<br />
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<br />LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-3692042331583510802013-10-21T16:19:00.000-05:002013-10-21T16:19:03.966-05:00All Busy Gals Need a Good ApronI have been wildly busy in the last 6 weeks doing all manner of short trips and miscellaneous, but not insignificant, studio projects. Last weekend I went up to Chicago to the <a href="http://www.troy-corp.com/grp/baaaaaf796/cg/001.shtml" target="_blank">Troy Fabrics</a> Fabriganza sale at their warehouse, to introduce my new Lush Harvest quilting fabric line to their loyal customers. This week we are taking it on the road to the <a href="http://www.quilts.com/home/shows/" target="_blank">Houston International Quilt Market</a>, and you should be able to find them at your local quilting shop not long afterward.<br />
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Last week was a flurry of sample making: my fabrics are mostly vegetable designs, and people tend not to want to use vegetable motifs on bedding, so I felt I needed to make some items that were for the kitchen using the new fabrics, and the coordinating new <a href="http://www.lfntextiles.com/servlet/the-WHAT%27S-NEW%3F/Categories" target="_blank">LFN ribbons</a> from <a href="http://renaissanceribbons.com/wholesale-ribbon-lfn-textiles-c-179_255.html" target="_blank">Renaissance Ribbons</a>.<br />
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<br />LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-38277518515677886902013-09-03T14:37:00.001-05:002013-09-03T14:37:43.014-05:00more Parisian windows for back to schoolRed and yellow for fall:<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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well, not from Paris, a hand made vintage oil cloth doll<br />
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LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-84309065761183108952013-09-03T14:32:00.003-05:002013-09-03T14:43:39.288-05:00more things to make with ribbonSometime in the next few weeks I will be introducing a number of new vegetable ribbons. I am still waiting for stock, but I have been playing with the production samples, and came up with this sweet little felt tomato with my new small tomato ribbon hand-embroidered on it. In this season of lush ripe tomatoes, I thought it would be nice to share it.<br />
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I noticed a number of chairs around Paris that were woven. </div>
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Firstly the ubiquitous woven café chairs, which vary in colors </div>
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but always around the sturdy bamboo frame.</div>
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Then at CSAO Africa, which, sadly, was closed, </div>
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a wonderful woven chair frame.</div>
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And at the same place, 2 beaded Yoruba thrones. Not woven, of course, </div>
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but still, fantastic and out of the ordinary textiles.</div>
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LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-11896060125560442832013-08-25T12:16:00.000-05:002013-08-26T17:14:10.546-05:00Walking around Paris, peering into shop windowsI was recently in Paris for 3 days, prior to going down to <a href="http://www.lessoeursanglaises.com/">Les Soeurs Anglaises</a> to take a weeklong workshop on creative making. I had no agenda other than to have fun, so determined just to wander around the neighborhoods and find some textile inspirations.
A friend had found a great little inexpensive hotel in St Germain des Pres -- a high end neighborhood full of gorgeous cafes and expensive shops. As it was August, many of the shops were closed so it turned into a time of windowshopping. Here are a few highlights:
Textile Design shops -- Pierre Frey in particular.
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Here is a shop selling high end jacquard "tapestry" made up into wonderful objects. Love the horsehead pillows. You might notice the graffiti from across the street, reflected in the window.
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The Gien shop -- gorgeous hand painted porcelain. They were hardhearted enough to have pulled iron grilles across the big windows, but it is rather a decorative addition.
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This shop, whose name I sadly did not write down!, had the most delightful things, but i could not work out if they were toys or housewares.
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And a terrific shop of African made objects, <a href="http://www.csao.fr/">CSAO Africa</a>. Really heartbreaking that I could not go in! from hand painted step stools to Yoruba thrones.
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See a related post about African fabric shops at my other blog, <a href="http://laurafosternicholson.blogspot.com/2013/08/african-fabrics-in-paris.html">laurafosternicholson.blogspot.com</a>LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-32795727983979247582013-08-05T15:06:00.000-05:002013-08-05T15:06:27.128-05:00Les Soeurs AnglaisesOh, I am going soon! I have been longing to go to <a href="http://www.lessoeursanglaises.com/" target="_blank">les Soeurs Anglaises</a> in France ever since I first saw an ad for it in<a href="http://www.selvedge.org/" target="_blank"> Selvedge Magazine</a> several years ago. I leave Friday. Paris first for a few days, then the train down to Angouleme and on to Briancon, where this magical textile retreat paradise is located. I have already written about <a href="http://lfntextiles.blogspot.com/2013/05/jone-hallmark-home-studio.html" target="_blank">Jone Hallmark</a>, who is teaching the week long <a href="http://www.lessoeursanglaises.com/events/sketchbook-thrillers/" target="_blank">workshop</a> I am attending -- brilliantly creative, fun, and an enchanting person, she will lead what I might term a week long party of making for us lucky participants.<br />
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OK, I might just be gloating here but look at these photos and say that you envy me! this is a major treat for me. And there will always be Paris -- send me your favorite textile spots in Paris and I will follow up here when I get home.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am quite
fond of the book,<a href="http://www.amazon.com/American-Frugal-Housewife-Dedicated-Ashamed/dp/0918222982/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375673983&sr=1-1&keywords=the+american+frugal+housewife" target="_blank"> “the American Frugal Housewife”</a>, by Mrs. Child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is dedicated “to those who are not ashamed
of economy.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Written in 1832, it is full of advice for a
family who want to keep within the limits of their means: a true inspiration in
our own indebted times!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My own parents
grew up during the great Depression, and of necessity adapted frugality which
stayed with them, and many of their generation, their entire lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of that rubbed off on me and my sisters,
though the ensuing decades before the Great Recession of recent years persuaded
many of our generation that thriftiness was no longer a needed virtue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am often struck now how much we need these
old lessons – my children, though raised to be reasonably economical, have no
idea what skimping means and no doubt consider it a fairly shameful activity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So I have
printed a number of household items with the first paragraph of Mrs Child’s
book on frugality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have sold hankies
printed with it at my etsy shop, <a href="http://greenhousetextiles.etsy.com/">GreenHouseTextiles.etsy.com</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few weeks ago I had an order for one of
these hankies and sent it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yesterday
I received a note from the purchaser, who noted that she had found a spot on
it, and did I think it might come out?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was mortified: my studio is sometimes hazardously messy and I had no doubt it
picked up something in transit – or maybe got a little smudge of ink on it
during printing that had passed by the inspection process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I was totally out of hankie blanks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, I am
delighted with the spirit of the ensuing correspondence, and found that the
entire episode reflected the spirit of the quote on the hankie:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">NJ:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The hanky arrived with a black
smudge. If I try to wash it out but am unsuccessful, may I exchange it for
another one?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">LFN: </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am so
sorry about that! sure, I can make a refund but at the moment I am out of
hankies and they are back ordered so I can't say when I could do a
replacement. I really apologize for this. Le me know if that
is what you would like. Alternatively, I can give you a 50% refund if you
decide you want to keep it with the smudge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">NJ:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm going to try removing it with OxyClean
gel. I'll let you know if it works! You don't have any clue what it might be,
do you? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LFN:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it may be ink from printing, in which case it
probably won't come out. Otherwise, no idea, as I wasn't even aware of it!
but let me know -- for the moment I have refunded 50% of the total to
your Paypal account, but if you would prefer to send it back I will refund the
balance. I admire your thrifty spirit in trying the spot remover first!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">NJ: </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It didn't come out, so you are probably
right, but I've decided it fits perfectly with the sentiment in the quote:
"Nothing should be thrown away so long as it is possible to make any use
of it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here's another one: "Use it up,
wear it out, make it do, or do without." But thanks much for the
discount! </span></div>
LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-8403339405771770702013-06-26T11:24:00.000-05:002013-06-26T11:25:58.279-05:00More things to make with RibbonI do enjoy <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/398850110719592566/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>. How randomly things pop up: and some people have an incredible eye! This morning's brief visit brought me to this fabulous handmade heart made of vintage ribbons -- It was made by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LaurieMade?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank">LaurieMade</a>, offered on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/38594093/ribbon-heart" target="_blank">etsy</a> (darn! already sold).<br />
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Ribbon weaving is simple and gives glorious results. Basically you pin the vertical set of pre-cut ribbon lengths face down on the ironing board, then interlace the horizontal ribbons, also face down. Scooch them together carefully when done, pin every ribbon securely in place at either end, cut a piece of fusible interfacing to the size of the final piece, and iron it onto the back of what you have woven. This will hold it together well enough to even cut it to a shape (I give more detailed instructions in my post <a href="http://lfntextiles.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-make-ribbon-dress.html" target="_blank">How to Make the Ribbon Dress</a>)<br />
<br />LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-54357400604773965992013-05-15T19:38:00.000-05:002013-05-15T20:37:37.693-05:00Jone Hallmark Home & StudioI first met <a href="http://polkadotponie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jone Hallmark</a> at the Houston Quilt Market last fall. I jumped when I saw her name, as I had been considering taking a course of hers at <a href="http://www.lessoeursanglaises.com/events/sketchbook-thrillers/" target="_blank">les Soeurs Anglaises</a> in France next August. So I stopped for a chat and decided right then it was a perfect fit. Last week I was able to visit her home and studio, and found we are truly kindred spirits: artists with a drive to design and make. We both love dolls and tiny things. We both design fabric (Jone designs for<a href="http://blendfabrics.com/jone-hallmark" target="_blank"> Blend Fabrics</a>). We both are insatiably creative.<br />
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I took some snapshots while I was with her. These are all little still lifes in her home of things she has made or collected. Saturated with charm, this home is a museum of imagination.<br />
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<br />LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-75536030345996294612013-05-15T11:52:00.005-05:002013-05-15T11:56:57.227-05:00Kess In House DesignI have been having lots of fun lately with <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">Kess In House design</a>. I have worked with them to design a number of great print-on-demand textiles. That means you order what you want, they print it and ship it to you. So my designs are available as shower curtains, pillows, tiles, blankets, bedspreads, pillows... what I LOVE is the scale. Seeing one of my designs blown up to the size of a bed or a shower curtain? So much fun! Here are a few examples:<br />
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LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-91900817325835423082013-04-29T09:04:00.001-05:002013-05-15T11:58:15.696-05:00linen - the natural source and the material sourceDespite this chilly spring we are having in the Midwest, I have been thinking all winter about my favorite fabric, linen. (I do have another favorite fabric, which is wool!)<br />
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I have been working wherever possible with linen in my adventures in screenprinting, loving its firmness, crispness, and the perfect, perfect neutrality of it raw flax grey color. (I painted the walls in my studio this color, as closely as I could match it). It looks particularly good printed with black ink when I am shouting my manifestos about managing the household, garden, and one's personal ecology. (I sell these in my etsy store, Greenhousetextiles)<br />
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Linen can be expensive, of course. Traditionally it had to be processed by hand. It comes from the flax plant, the dry stiff stems, and is known as a bast fiber as a result. It required a certain amount of wht we would call torture, were it applied to animals: retting (left in the fields after cutting, or soaking in a solution and then being left to rot until the hard bark rotted off), hackling or scutching (breaking its stiff limbs with a medieval looking machine), combing, before the usual spinning processes managed it from then on out.<br />
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I used to teach texile fiber properties to interior design students so I have these nifty pictures to show here:<br />
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The resulting fibers are long, smooth and incredibly strong. If you are reading this blog you may well be interested enough in textiles to understand linen's prized qualities of absorbency and coolness in hot weather. Nothing better than cool linen sheets on a hot summer night! You may also know that the finer it is woven, the silkier it gets with washing (think linen damask table napkins.</div>
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This lesson was inspired by an email I read this morning from the best source for reasonably priced linen I have yet found (<a href="http://www.fabrics-store.com/">www.fabrics-store.com</a>), and despite my rather good understanding of linen's properties, I learned a lot!</div>
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So here I quote from today's email. If you want a good source for linen, this place is great! The linen comes from Russia, and the color palette and weight variety is enormous.<br />
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<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Durability Is Assured</span>.
Linen has an extremely high tensile strength that provides your
projects with hardiness and longevity. In fact, it is known that
Alexander the Great used layers of linen, called linothrax, as armor.
Not to mention, linen is what was used to mummify due to its ability to
last and preserve. </li>
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<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Enjoy A Fabric That Grows Softer With Every Wash</span>.
Just because it is durable, doesn't make it coarse. Every time you put
the IL019 linen in the washing machine, it will become softer to the
touch. </li>
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Features like these only begin to tell the story of Medium Weight
Linen IL019. There are many other benefits that you'll enjoy from
choosing linen:<br />
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<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Unequalled Thermo-Regulation</span>.
Unlike cotton, linen is naturally insulating in the cold, and cool and
breathable when it is warm. Additionally, linen whisks moisture from the
skin -- that helps keep you less sweaty and more comfortable! </li>
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<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Defense Against Dirt</span>.
Because of its strong tensile strength and natural process, linen has
been dubbed one of the purest fabrics out there. This gives it the
ability to resist stains, dirt, and even the growth of bacteria. In
fact, hospitals use linen thread for internal procedures due to its
natural sterility.</li>
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<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Friend of the Environment</span>?
Linen production requires five times less pesticides and fertilizers
than cotton. Our IL019 linen is made from the highest quality European
Flax and comes from a mill and process that is 100% environmentally
friendly. This is guaranteed by the internationally recognized Oeko-Tex
certification.. </li>
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LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-65113857088387378482013-03-03T20:27:00.000-06:002013-03-03T20:32:17.385-06:00what we talk about when we talk about colorI live and breathe color, in my work and in my life. I have frequently spoken of it here. I have a sophisticated eye, if I say so myself, close to perfect pitch in the visual sense. I never took a color class, which is not to brag, but it has hurt me in that I have never, as a result, known how I would teach one!<br />
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For me color is about observation, but it is like scent: it runs a straight path past the right brain and goes straight into a nameless sense of joy (or pain) when it hits a nerve. It is possible to analyze why this could happen, but to quantify it into a teachable lesson seems similar to teaching you how to choose your next lover based on a logical system.<br />
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I have biases: I like a certain amount of complementary challenge in my palettes. I am bored by most monotones, prefer a triad of colors at the least. I much prefer layered color rather than flat, and the yellow ink runs out in my printer at twice the rate of the other toners, meaningthat I prefer a warm palette. I think ideally a palette should include, in some form, a variation of all 3 primaries.<br />
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When my daughter Rose used to pester me about what my favorite color might be, I would answer (poor girl!) that it was impossible to have a favorite color, much like it is impossible to have a favorite child. Taken on their own, there are hues I like more and hues I like less, but color is never isolated, and a color I might love can become an eyesore used i n the wrong context.<br />
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I think, were I to teach a color class, the first exercise I would conduct would be to have each student identify a color they loathed, and make them work with it, in palettes, until they found a perfect home for it. A shadow? a complement? although I have waxed emotional about color, it is profoundly a tool: one can't afford to have either favorites or avoid colors one tends to dislike.LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-29752850305098173562013-02-20T22:52:00.000-06:002013-02-20T22:52:00.817-06:00fabrics to come from LFN TextilesYesterday I signed an agreement with Troy Fabrics to have my designs produced as quilt weight fabrics in their Riverwoods collection. Troy produced top quality fabrics with up to 16 screens per design for very subtle color gradations. They are based in Chicago, and also distribute a number of other fabric lines. There is something really comforting about working with a home-town company.<br />
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But what I am happiest about is that they love everything I do, and the first collection will be based on my recent vegetables group of designs and debut at Quilt market in October. Here's a sample of what is to come:<br />
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I have always been stubborn about my artistic style and point of view, and I have been reluctant to design anything "for the market" if not also for myself. I like to do straightforward patterns but also love to do quirky ones. <a href="http://www.lfntextiles.com/servlet/the-134/tomato%2C-tomato-ribbon%2C-red/Detail" target="_blank">Tomatoes</a> was my very first ribbon design: I thought it was really nice to contemplate a luxurious fabric like woven ribbon with images of kitchen vegetables. it will be great to see Tomatoes, herbs, lettuces, green beans = a cornucopia of veg -- made up into tablecloths, but also quilts and maybe shirts too. <br />
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We will be doing plenty of other subjects in upcoming collections, so watch this space.LFN Textileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592211148604262337noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361829867250078890.post-45515401152120413772013-02-16T09:56:00.001-06:002013-03-03T20:28:50.245-06:00From ribbon to voile! thanks to SpoonflowerAs a textile designer, I often license my designs across
several formats -- ribbon, fabric, dinnerware. Usually it is me doing
the legwork to find the clients for licensing, but I had a very pleasant
surprise last fall. I have a very large portfolio of fabric designs on
<a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/spelunks?type=designers&q=lfntextiles" target="_blank"> Spoonflower</a>, and the occasional sale of my designs through that is
gratifying. Some of the patterns I post on Spoonflower are based on ribbons I have designed.<br />
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Here is my design from several years ago for my <a href="http://www.lfntextiles.com/servlet/the-152/ribbon%2C-flowered-ribbon%2C-fabric/Detail" target="_blank">Dahlia Ribbon</a>. I love it: it is heavy satin with very beautifully articulated details in the weaves. I redesigned it into an allover pattern and uploaded it to <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/24456" target="_blank">Spoonflower</a>,. <br />
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Last fall I got a message from a clothing designer who wanted to order yardage for sampling, and if the samples showed well at the January trade shows, he would want a license so that he could produce it in quantity. He chose to print on cotton voile, which is a nice summery choice. For this I earned my designer commission form Spoonflower.<br />
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This week he sent me photos of the samples, and indicated they were going ahead with production! So the license was executed, the fee paid, and ahead we go. As these shirts are not on the market yet, I can't link to them for you, but it sure was exciting! As my designs are usually licensed for Home Dec, it is fun to see them as clothing. Thank you, Spoonflower!<br />
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