Tuesday 1 July 2014

Print Inspiration

I'll admit it, I am totally obsessed with prints. Everywhere I go I see things that would look amazing on a printed skirt or dress. I think it must be the textile designer within fighting to get out. Liberty has become my new favourite place to explore on a weekend, I love to look at their fabric prints and if I'm not in store or outside finding new inspiration I am trawling Instagram and Pinterest for new and bold prints. Here are some beauty's...

Probably from the early 70's.  This fabric is very like some curtains I had when I got married in 1972
Pre-Fall’s moody toss of hand-painted flowers is strewn across caftans, dresses, bikinis… and now, it’s available in an exclusive wallpaper, too.

African Fabric
By Oopsy Daisy, on Rosenberry Rooms.
Twirlsdyed cotton  OKAMOTO Yasuo is recognized for his development of a unique technique for surface designs on textiles which is simultaneously dyeing and painting. His use of blue pigment often endows his paintings with images that resemble the natural world, such as clouds in the night sky or the rippling surfaces of water.