New Tiki Tok Fabric!

Exciting news! I have a new quilting fabric collection coming out in July with Moda! 

The Guildery: Modshop

I did a collection for a fabric company called the Guildery, the group is called Modshop. 

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With midcentury-modern-meets-Gatsby glam, this collection creates a powerful statement for a lounge area. The eggshell and smokey green restrains the pinks from getting too sweet. We selected coordinating linens and cottons in similar colors.

#guildery

Instagram fabric fun #jennski

modpopvm #jennski fabric was perfect for making drapes!

kenty007 Ginger completes a #jennski original. Another cool skirt to add to the collection. @jenn_ski_lady #tiki

Shainacastelo Placemat transformed into a pillow. Ari approved! #shiba #shibainu #jennski

Yay I did it! Check out my Tiki Tok fabric in action!

Ok for someone who is horrible at sewing, I mean seriously bad at it I think I kicked some major butt! I purchased my Tiki Tok from Spoonflower, and somehow I magically turned 2 yards into a fab roman blind, an actual working roman blind! With strings and little plastic loops!!

I'm also going to wallpaper the opposite wall with Tiki Tok wallpaper. Sadly the wall was really badly plastered and it's far from smooth so I'm not sure what I'm going to be about that. hmm...
Hopefully I will think of something.

Me, make curtains?

Ordered some new fabric samples from Spoonflower.  I'm thinking I might order more for myself and make a curtain for over the sink area and maybe matching placemats. I can sew, but I'm not that great at it. Hopefully I can pull this off, lol

They also do wallpaper. I think sticking some of this Tiki Tok pattern on the opposite wall could be awesome....

Spoonflower

I'm going to start offering some of my designs on Spoonflower! Can't wait to see pictures of what you make with my fabric!

I joined Society6!

I added 5 designs to Society6. I haven't seen what these pillows look like in person yet, these product images were created digitally by Society6. I'm going to order one soon and take pictures.

Each pillow cover retails for $20. Make sure to check out all the other products: clocks, t-shirts, cell phone covers and more!

Mod Betty rocking it!

Mod Betty from Retro Road Map is hitting the road again and headed to Palm Springs for Modernism Week. She is looking totally fab in one of my designs, go Betty! Sewn by Stephanie Beckman .

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More spoonflower samples

Wow, wow, wow! Ok this design above looks so fab and the colors are spot on! I need to get more yardage printed so I can make pillows for my living room! If my pillow making capabilities are good enough I'll throw some in my Etsy shop. Below is a coordinating fabric that is also pretty cute.

Interested in purchasing yards and yards of this? I can offer these designs for sale on Spoonflower if anyone is interested.

Neutral Boomerang pattern

Got inspired by the color palette I posted yesterday. Enjoy!

First round of Spoonflower samples!

I have the capability of printing fabric on my own printer at home. When I have thrown those printed pieces in the wash they get all faded. There are steps to colorfast, but it's just not worth it for me.

For a few years I've been thinking of trying Spoonflower and I finally uploaded some designs. As I type this I'm wondering now will their fabrics do the same thing, hmmmm.

Did I like it?
Well I really like the quality of the wrapping paper, the colors look great! As for the fabric there is a dullness that doesn't look right, I also encountered that when I printed at home with my epson printer (basically a large scale inkjet). So my tiki heads look a bit muddy, but I think if I bump up the contrast of the lines and lighten the green background it will look better.

This was printed on their linen fabric, when I think of linen I want something with a bit more texture and give but that's impossible to do since they are feeding this through a printer and you need a smooth surface for the ink needle.

I should have more samples coming this week, and I ordered a swatch book of all the fabric choices they offer. Not really liking this linen, but I think it would work for a curtain but not as clothing.

Fabric & wallpaper

I have tons of designs I would love to see on fabric. I uploaded my tiki design to Spoonflower, now I'm just patiently waiting for it to be printed and mailed to me. Can't it wait to see what it will look like on linen fabric!

I'm also ordering samples of my designs on wallpaper. I'm going to start ordering new things each week. If it turns out a winner I will start selling it. Also waiting on this one below to show up as wallpaper and fabric.

Be sure to join my Facebook page, I'll be posting designs that I'm uploading to Spoonflower.

Red Flash - I knew I recognized this design: Eley Kishimoto

Pleated retro dress from Forever 21 

Flash Pattern wallpaper by Eley Kishimoto

Eley for Clarks

Eley Kishimoto is a partnership between Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto. In the mid 1990's they created their first womeanswear collection. The company also puts their prints on home decor products like wallpaper and furnishing fabrics.

When I first saw this pattern floating around online ages ago I thought it was much older. I guess I can see a pop 90's reference but when it's in the red and cream it gives off a mid-century vibe, which I LOVE. 

So today I see this dress on Forever 21's website and I know I've see in before. I have heard of F21 taking ideas which stinks but on the bright side I guess we all learned a little bit about the actual designers today. Giving credit where credit is due. 

Below are more wallpaper designs.

Modern Quilts Unlimited

Casey York who is a quilter and surface designer made this beautiful piece! It will also be featured in this summer's issue of Modern Quilt Unlimited. It's hard to see from the picture but it uses fabric from my Mod Century fabric line. On a sad note Moda has discontinued the line, so if you ever wanted to buy some yardage now is the time since I won't be able to order anymore in the future.

Fabric Giveaway! *Updated

THIS GIVEAWAY IS OVER

Today I'm doing a giveaway as part of the Moda's friendship quilt along. Sorry I don't have a block project to share but please send me a comment below to win some fabric from my new collection Oink-a-doodle-moo.  Please come back Friday to see if you have won!

One winner will get a jelly roll and the other a layer cake, let me know which you would prefer in the comments section. Good luck. Please note this is for U.S. and Canadian residents only.

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*I've had many people asking for a block pattern, you can use this one.
http://www.unitednotions.com/qa-block-27.pdf