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Lori’s Notebook

My Favorite Animal Cards

June 23, 2015

partridge

I have been collecting notecards ever since I can remember. I have shoeboxes full. I was going through them the other day and realized that over half of them contained renderings of animals – hand calligraphy, paper cutouts, etchings, watercolors, and more. I love cards because they are concise sources of inspiration. Read more >

Categories: Inspiration, Pattern Inspiration

Designing a New Collection

April 21, 2015

sunflowers

The sun is out here in Portland, and Spring is in full swing. The designs for my next fabric collection are due into Andover Fabrics in the upcoming week, and I’m excited to see this group of ideas come to fruition. The concept for this line took root a year and a half ago when I traveled to rural North Carolina to visit an old friend on her farm. Read more >

Categories: My Fabrics, Pattern Inspiration

Herringbone Pattern Appreciation

March 3, 2015

Harris-tweed

The versatility of the classic herringbone motif is evident in the many different ways current designers and craftspeople have incorporated it in their work. Originally designed as a V-shaped weaving pattern, it has been reinterpreted across numerous forms.

Read more >

Categories: Pattern Inspiration Tagged: chevron pattern, herringbone motif, herringbone pattern

“Constructs” Exhibit

January 19, 2015

I just took in a great show at the Disjecta Gallery, here in Portland, Oregon. The show is called “Constructs” and features the work of talented artists, Laura Vandenburgh, Nathan Green, and Pablo Rasgado. I found their use and appreciation of pattern and texture quite inspiring. Vandenburgh creates large, net-like structures out of cut paper that reminded me of contours on maps.

LauraV-1 Read more >

Categories: Exhibitions, Inspiration, Pattern Inspiration Tagged: Disjecta Gallery, pattern inspiration

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From Lori’s Notebook

  • Olivia’s Library

    How can you not love a career librarian?

  • Clifton’s Ties and Shirts

    When it comes to making a memorial quilt from a man’s shirts and ties, I would say the majority of my clients opt to have them combined together within their quilt – not so with Clifton’s quilts.

  • Sam’s Pants

    Even though Sam’s mother Christine told me that Sam was a sharp dresser and loved to wear brightly colored pants, I was still surprised and thrilled when I lifted a whole collection of red pants out of the box she sent.

  • Remembering Jim and James
  • Steve’s Tommy Bahama Quilts

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