A few weeks ago I shared a sneak peek at my new fabric line “I Love Puppies”.
At that point, I only had the cad drawings and have been anxiously awaiting the strike-offs (where the designs are printed on actual fabrics). The second set of strike-offs have arrived and I have gone through them and made some notes on a few more tweaks.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with this process, the plant does a few practice runs on fabric before they print the real goods. This way we have a chance to get the colors just right. I compare the strike-offs to my artwork or the cads and make notes on what I want changed. I email these changes to my design director at Henry Glass and Co, who then sends them to the plant overseas. This is where I imagine some interpreter trying to explain my notes – such as “The designer wants the pink to be a little less mauve in tone, and a little more coral.” I often wonder if those colors mean the same thing to me, as they do to the person running the ink mixing machine??? I need to ask my design director about this sometime. It sounds like a challenging process!
My list is usually long and detailed, as I am trying to get things just right, if possible. Then when the fabric comes, I often have to let a few of the details slide. I remind myself that I notice things that other people won’t and they won’t have the original to compare it to. It’s hard not to be critical of your own work, but usually within a few days, I am playing away with the new fabrics, minor differences forgotten.
I am getting off track – so back to the point of this blog post! Here is the sneak peek at those strike-offs:
The brown and orange prints –
The grey prints, including the panel –
The aquas and the cream background print-
The navy and green prints –
And one last shot of how nicely the grey and aquas play together.
It will be a few more months before I get the actual fabric. In the meantime, I already have a quilt pattern picked out that I want to make with the fabric. It’s always such a long wait!
So what are you playing with today?
Another fun line. I love the colors!
Heather, these are adorable and I love the colors you chose. These would be great for either a boy or girl.
I absolutely adore this line!!! I made a quilt for my MIL of dachshunds and wish I had this fabric to do it in. Needless to say I had a happy MIL. Can’t wait to see this in my (greedy) hands. LOL Beautiful job… as always.
Really, really cute Heather! Carter has a very creative Mom.
Looking forward to this being in stores!
I love this new line. We are expecting our first grandchild anytime now, a little boy. I will definitely find a pattern for this fabric. Thank you.
I love the strings of dots on the navy! Very eye catching. The whole line is very cute and will make some darling quilts! I can imagine how excited you must be! Have a happy day!
What a creative lady you are! These fabrics are adorable!
I love these!!!!
I am working on crib bedding for my first grandchild, a baby boy due June 2. I absolutely love your new fabric line and cannot wait for it to be sold in stores so I can make our grandbaby, Carter, a little puppy quilt. How will I know when this will be sold in stores?
It should be June, but I will have an update on the blog so you know just when it arrives.
Oh my, this is adorable!!
I’m playing with some Riley Blake prints, but I wish I had these already! Love the puppies! And I think my grandson would love them too. I’ll just have to make him another quilt when these come out! Beautiful work!
Oh too cute!! This is such a fun line. I love the colors too.
I love your new line.
Am collecting for a brown and turquoise quilt, your fabrics would suit beautifully.
Makes me wish I had a baby on the way!! Can’t decide which colorway I like best, they sure look fun! I missed a few posts, but went back to read – little Carter can’t get any cuter!!
I love the green, navy and orange… so cute…. I am finishing up a star quilt that I will be donating to a local fair for auction to raise money for them. Haven’t started another quilt just yet.
I love the colors! We are expecting our first grandchild, a boy, in April. I am in the process of making a quilt for his nursery but these are in the same colors so he will be getting another one after this comes out!! There’s nothing better than a boy and his dog 🙂 !