Pins and boards

While ..umm .. spending far too much time over here I came across this very sweet image of our fabric by Lisa Spangler, very fittingly pinned to a real life pin board.... (Lisa entered our trimmings comp with some cute collages and a cloud mobile) ... Consider yourself warned.. if you have not been over to Pinterest yet.. I dare you .. double dare you... enter at your own risk in fear of becoming hopelessly addicted (as I am and Amy is too!!).

You know I had no idea people had been pinning our fabric!? sounds odd but it honestly hadn't crossed my mind until I spied this and thought I should do a pinterest search for Umbrella Prints... how cool! and humbling that there are so many lovely people out there who think our fabric pin worthy. xxxx

Siobhan's quilt

Speaking of lovely quilts Siobhan Roger's has made a beautiful piece for the Victorian Cancer Council Art Awards - ceremony and opening is the 10th July. Her quilt which is mounted in a simple white frame features Umbrella Prints trimmings, Amy Butler, Japanese shibori amongst others and some sweet hand stitching.  A lot of thought has gone into this work and we are so glad it has been accepted into the awards to raise money for such an important cause.

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Hop Skip Jump is a favourite amongst so many people and it's no surprise...Fiona's meticulous attention to detail-check; lovely eye for gorgeous fabric combinations-check; amazing unique quality children's toys- check; and a sweet down to earth lovely lady and friend-check.

Here is what Fiona has been up to with Umbrella Prints fabric lately. If you have extra beady eyes you may have noticed the odd piece of our fabric in the ears and outfits of her amazing toys over the years-  I haven't been fast enough to snaffle one up for myself yet before someone else but one day...

Continuing on with the quilty theme here is a cute piece by One Flew Over in a fresh mix of lemon and green fabrics with a dash of Umbrella Prints's Olive Elephants, Love List in Royal Beige and Clouds in Starfruit. Yum here!

And Carly has been busy too making the below beautiful quilt for her couch in blacks and blues, mustards, greys, denim with tiny grabs of pink and rich yellow. 
Featuring Umbrella Prints's organic fabrics, Liberty, vintage, Denise Schmidt and Amy Butler!

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I finally had more than a moment this week to write from a personal perspective about Carly's just published gorgeous book Little Artists Handmade!

If you are a fan of Australian fabric you will love to find scattered in amongst the pages of Little Artists Handmade many inspiring photographs of Umbrella Prints in use along with Carly's daughter Lily's patterns.  Penguin also used our FanFlower design on page details, to separate chapters and as collage details throughout the publication which was a lovely surprise.

I could go on and on about it but nothing beats actually having a real look.  Little Artists Handmade is available here, at Nest Studio of course and at all good bookstores.

like new!!!

Our shiny 'new' blog home here just made our old website look well....old...so now we have a shiny new website; oh what have we started?!
  www.umbrellaprints.com.au