Seahorses and Memories

I promised to share my new fabric collection on a recent post, Seahorse Memories Inspiration, when the fabric arrived on the new Kona Cotton fabric. I used the cotton fabric with my little fish design as the outer frame.  That's Simone Seahorse swimming on a sea of French script in Tiffany blue.

Here's Samantha and her School of Fish.  Looks like a lesson is about to begin.  I found the cutest video of Seahorse Inspiration.

My daughter Ashley on her magical seahorse.  I photographed the collection on an inspiration board I covered in French script in creamsicle.  I thought it would be a nice contrast.

I will have more to share, I am still photographing them and adding the listings to French Script on etsy.  I just got back some more fabric printed on the new Kona Cotton.  I ordered the Ooh La Lah Pink Dress.

I'll be busy today photographing the rest of the Seahorse and Sea Creature collection.  I thought of a nice way to organize and store my collections.  I will share it in a tutorial soon.

Bobby Darin nostalgia...Somewhere Beyond The Sea.

Have a beautiful day.

A new fabric collection of Seahorse fun

A SCHOOL OF FISH

It's funny when an idea begins, like a theme or a prompt,

ASHLEY AND HER MAGICAL SEAHORSE, NAMED DITSY

it will take you along on an adventure...

SAMANTHA's SCHOOL OF FISH

in design.

ASHLEY AND HER MAGICAL SEAHORSE

So, when some ideas began to visit about seahorses and my girls when they were little,

PRINCESS ASHLEY AND THE MAGICAL SEAHORSES

I followed along.

SEAHORSE RACE

I just ordered a swatch sampler of my new fabric collection on Spoonflower called  Seahorses and Sea Creatures.  Did you know that Simone Seahorse loves to swim in a sea of Tiffany Blue French Script?

When the collection sample arrives, I will post how it prints on fabric.  Walking through memories of when my girls were little and putting them on fabric is such a delight. These fabrics will be available for sale soon on my Spoonflower shop and French Script on Etsy.

Oh yes the song, Simone just loves this music.

Little Girl Inspiration

Isn't this lovely?  Judy Ginns makes these wonderful creations, and she used my fabric for the beautiful designs on this post.  Squeal!!!!!  Judy lives in Queensland and sells her designs at a beautiful little shop:

Footprints on the Beach, in Mooloolaba, Queensland.

I love the names in Australia, especially Queensland.  They are so charming.  Judy's creations don't often make it to the web site, because they are sold right away.  I am not surprised.

I met Judy when she first purchased some of my fabric.

Then, she was so kind to send me photographs of her creations.  You might remember the post I wrote a while back, called Little Girl Inspiration.

Now she has sent me these photographs, and I am thrilled at what she creates using my fabric.

sigh.  this one and the Little Ballerina were printed in Cotton Voile.

Just look what she did with my Alice in Wonderland fabric.

Judy inspires me.  I printed these photographs out and put them on my inspiration board.

I just sent Judy another parcel of fabric, and I can't wait to see what she creates with these.  Now I am so inspired that I am on a whirlwind creative spree.  I am working on some new little girl designs because of her inspiration.

Mom's Bluebird and Teapot Collection

I have always been in love with texture and patterns.

I especially love to mix them together.  My sister Lynne has introduced me to the world of quilting.

When I left Hong Kong, my friend Elizabeth gave me this gorgeous teapot.  It is my most cherished possession.  Filled with memories of a wonderful chapter in my life.

The teapot has two spouts.  Inside there are two separate pots, one for hot water and one for tea.

Several years ago I painted an oil painting for my mother of the teapot and I added a little bluejay.

On a recent trip to my mom's, I was staring at a gorgeous quilt that Lynne had made for my mother.  I glanced over at the painting and had a whirlwind of inspiration.

When I got home I designed over thirty different coordinating designs using the same colors.  My fabric collection is called Mom's Bluebird and Teapot Collection

I am still trying to find a great way to photograph these designs for my shop.

When my fabric arrived yesterday, I was so excited that I had to share it with you today.

Never in a million years did I believe that I would someday be able to convert my paintings into fabric. More importantly, that I would be able to pour out my heart into my designs.

When I lived in Hong Kong I fell in love with Canto Pop music.  This song is sung by Vivan Chow and it is called Prettiest Tears.  Prettiest tears makes me think of the heartfelt memories of that chapter which are captured in these designs.

A Book for Baby

One of the things I love about Spoonflower is their weekly contest.

It gives me an opportunity to design something theme inspired for their contest.

This week's theme was to design a sew pattern for a baby book.

I designed A BOOK FOR BABY on one fat quarter of fabric, as required with instructions.  It includes six pages including the covers with a binding strip to make sure the pages open properly.  One fat quarter is for one book, one yard gives you four books.

Instructions are included on the fat quarter.  I also designed some other fabric to coordinate in my Baby and Nursery Collection.

I ordered a sample, and am waiting for the fabric to arrive.

When my daughters were little, I loved creating storybook rooms with murals on the walls and teddy bears on the shelves.  It is so nice to be able to repurpose my designs into fabric for new mothers.


A good book always needs to say goodnight to baby.