Bird in Paradise/ Hearts

Bird in Paradise, in storm boy blue, Umbrella prints

Bird in Paradise, detail in bambi, Umbrella Prints

We received our strikeoffs yesterday! The package gets busted open at the letterbox like a bar of chocolate with a golden ticket in it. And then you stare at it- the culmination of months/years of thought and work in printed form....does it work, do we agree (nearly always) what needs tweaking/lighter/darker/deleting/rethinking/warmer/cooler. I love this process!

Of the 6 colours we tested about half worked perfectly and the rest are shelved for the future.

So above are the two (of three) new colours and the first time we have printed my Bird in Paradise in full meterage on organic hemp/cotton. The print run will be in storm boy blue, bambi and olive. Any second now hopefully....


And...sigh...aint these the yummiest, curviest hearts ever? These are by Carly for Umbrella Prints. This fabric was recently published on the cover of Meet Me At Mike's and will be available in glorious full meterage in the next few weeks. Carly and I have decided Hearts will be in our colours kimono red (featured above), pink moon and storm boy blue.
:-)

This shiny week in pics

This week G turned 4; minifashionista moved to Queen Street in with Nest Studio and Umbrella Prints; G and I grew a magic garden; Nest Open Day and my foray as new art teacher at Nest; student Caitlin painted gorgeous patterns; our Flip Dolls flipped out; G invited two Grandpa's to her birthday party at the park and enjoyed a good dance in the sun.

7 X 7 online..... Ciuccio X Umbrella Prints

Can't wait to see a hard copy but for now also excited about a virtual copy. Jenny you rock!

G4ce

Happy Birthday to my beautiful G you are 4!

back Flip

Just when I thought nobody gets it Im going to eat worms.... something tips, I mean flips.

Amanda Soule of Soulemama took some beautiful pictures of her daughter with Umbrella Print's Flip Doll Lily today-it is so great to see our dollies loved up. Carly has been a fan of Amanda's beautiful blog for a long time whilst I only came upon it recently but what a peaceful and inspiring world to visit.

PS We are already working on a Flip Doll that boys will love too- we will keep you posted!

New Fan Flower brooches

Where there is Elephant you are sure to find Fan Flower. These are new for us and now available.

If you would like one without the USD price tag they will be up on Umbrella Print's Australian website shortly or email me amyprior@hotmail.com

This week in pictures

New window at Ikeguchi

Olive loves me at Nest Studio. Carly's gorgeous quilt pattern published.

G and I totally wigged out by dog and socks/sandles at the mechanic.
Q "Is he friendly?", A "er....no".

Tired of walking to the mechanics all the time but at least we get to look at these roses again.

Good Dancers

either here or there

When everything is quiet over here and there's not so much being shown or said, you can usually expect me to be well distracted over at Pattern-House trying to find the world's most beautiful patterns in not so obvious places. This is me in relaxation mode.

There is just so much gorgeousness in the world of natural design and human design. I try to find patterns that make my heart beat faster, pupils dilate, that sort of thing- hope you enjoy. Everything is linked. :-)