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Saw this photo on Instagram. So cute!!  The pouf is sewn with my Jump into Fun hippo fabric. Love it!

After posting an exciting competition yesterday from UPPERCASE to design a collection for Windham Fabrics I thought I would showcase their very latest designs. The competition is open to anyone who has not designed a fabric collection for a company before (not including Spoonflower), You can see the full entry details here and designs have to be in by September 12th. We start our look at

UPPERCASE magazine are currently running two great opportunities for designers. The first is to appear in their UPPERCASE Surface Pattern Design Guide Second Edition (Jan/Feb/March 2017) that will feature the best in established and up-and-coming surface pattern designers. The second is to win a licensing contract with Windham Fabrics!. The deadline is September 12th so please visit this page

Shannon Fabrics has a new line of fleece fabrics featuring my designs from several collections, Creatures and Critters 2, Jungle Creatures, and Jump into Spring.

Today we are celebrating all things Dashwood Studio as they reveal their upcoming Autumn Winter fabric collections. We will also look at some of the wonderful ranges already on sale. We begin with Paper Meadow by Jillian Phillips (aka Jilly P) which will be available in October November. September/October will see the release of Distant Dreams by Phyllida Coroneo.... And

Helene-Marie Gilmour is a freelance Designer and Illustrator from the UK. After working in the design industry for over fifteen years Helene-Marie decided to go it alone two years ago and says she has never looked back! Alongside her freelance work, Helene-Marie has also been developing her own collection of  patterns for textiles which will hopefully extend into other products in the future.

Today I am celebrating the ingenuity of Japanese fabrics again with a look at some lovely prints spotted at Hokkoh. This Osaka based fabric company was founded in 1980 and manufactures around 600 designs a year. They exhibit at Premier Vision in both Paris and New York. Design highlights include graphic cacti and lemons, stylised trees and sharp colourful geometrics. You can find Hokkoh fabrics

Staying with the Japanese theme these fabrics from Kiruma caught my eye for their Scandi style designs. Kiruma is the work of designer/illustrator Masanori Inui who created the brand for fabric manufacturer Koizumi Tex Life. The designs were inspired by Northern Europe and the name Kiruma was taken from a village in Estonia.

These colourful blooms are by Erin McMorris from her 'Noe' fabric collection with Free Sprint Fabrics. The bright graphic prints were inspired by a trip to San Francisco where she loved the city's crafty vintage style. The collection is available now from stockists including Fabricworm. Erin's very latest collection for Free Spirit Fabrics is Noteworthy (below) which

Staying with Free Spirit Fabrics we have some highlights from a collection by their newest designer Juliana Horner. Juliana is the daughter of well known designer Anna Maria Horner and her first fabric collection for Free Spirit is called 'Fast Friends'. Juliana says the designs are a celebration of not one inspiration but of many, and they explore the inclusiveness and togetherness that is

I wanted to highlight a few fabric designs today that have caught my eye recently from different companies. The first were these bold new additions to Alexander Henry's popular Folklorico collection. stylised Mexican themed prints look fresh and colourful and can be seen online here. Meanwhile these florals from the Hand Maker collection by Natalie Barnes of Beyond the Reef

Today we are looking at Japanese fabrics. Most of you will be familiar with Kokka who have become very well known over the years for their cute zakka style fabrics. But they also have sophisticated designs like these by fabrica uka - a designer from Tokyo who created silkscreen printed linens. Called 'Tayutou' their creator had wanted to collaborate with Kokka from the very beginning so it was

Staying with Kokka we have these fun Scandinavian style fabrics created by Eri Shimatsuka a designer who was born in Japan but is now based in Finland. Eri's studio brand label is called Pikuu Saari, which means 'small island' in Finnish, and the collection named Saaristo is Eri's first range for Kokka. Inspiration comes from various pie fillings (above & below) the island landscape around

In case you haven't heard already the fantastic Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co. is about to launch a fabric collection with Cotton + Steel. Called Les Fleurs there are 13 prints in the range which was launched to huge excitement at the Quilt Market last month and will be in stores this July/August. Anna's designs with Rifle were a real trendsetter and have influenced a whole floral fashion, so it

Today we look at the new arrivals and 'coming soon' collections from Art Gallery Fabrics, whom I decided to investigate after put the above design in my Etsy Faves sidebar. The first two prints are from the Bound collection by April Rhodes... And below a selection from two collections by Bonnie Christine : Hello Ollie (July 2016) and Forest Floor. Below :  Lavish by

Whilst selecting my Etsy Faves for the sidebar this week I really loved what was I was seeing from Cloud9 Fabrics latest collections. They have some fantastic new prints, especially from Leah Duncan who has created two new ranges Yucca and Lore. I also adored the painterly collection 'Brushstrokes' by Holly deGroot. I have posted all my Cloud9 highlights below with everyone being a winning

Saw this cute pillowcase sewn with my Forest Fun fabric:

Today we have the latest fabric designs from one of my favourite artists : Susan Driscoll (aka The Print Tree). Susan has once again created a wonderful collection for Dashwood Studio called 'Cotton Candy'. There are seven different prints in the range including sharp geometrics and stylised flowers which are all in a stunning palette that is typical of Susan's bold style. The fabrics are in

Andrea Müller has created this lovely fabric new collection called 'Vintage Kitchen' for American fabric company Riley Blake. It's features a bold range of prints in three different colour groups and catching my eye was the highly original graphic carrots design and elegant raindrop geometric. Released in March 2016 you can see Vintage Kitchen online at here at Riley Blake.

Today I wanted to showcase one of the designers from the P&P Design Directory : Rae Ritchie. Rae has a new fabric collection coming out next month with Dear Stella called Shadow Box which mixes elements of watercolor, graphite, careful linework, and hand-stamping in striking black & white. Further fabric collections will follow in April and May. Rae is based in Minneapolis where she works as a

Also coming next month from Dear Stella fabrics is Junebug, a print collection in tutti frutti hues that is designed to have a cheerful pop. The motifs consist of florals, fruits, and geometrics and were inspired by Scandinavian design And coming in two pretty watercolour prints from Dear Stella's Adelaie collection... Read the rest of this post

Today I am looking at some of the kind people who sponsor Print & Pattern and make it possible for me to produce daily posts. One of those is Jennifer Moore of Monaluna. Jennifer's latest fabric collection is Anya. Featuring cute owls and mid century geos the collection strikes a nice balance between playful, kid-friendly prints and some more sophisticated designs that are perfect for adults.

I am always on the look out for designs with a Scandinavian flavour and this collection called 'Forest Frolic' from Timeless Treasures has a Nordic woodland theme. The prints went on sale back in September and were designed by Timeless Treasures' in house team who took their inspiration from Scandinavian folk art.   Also catching my eye were the sweet modern colours of Timeless

Our Friday eye candy this week comes from Moda Fabrics. First up is a lovely floral print by Stephanie Ryan from her 'Good Karma' collection for Moda and they illustrate beautifully how to make various different colourways from the same palette. Below : Also from Moda these interesting bird designs by Jenn Ski from her Tiki Tok collection. And to end with from Moda a beautiful