Tula Pink at Quilt Market

I mentioned before that the Tula Pink Booth at Quilt Market was phenomenal.  I decided to show you some more eye candy from her BLOG.   Her new line, Prince Charming, is definitely charming.  If you look closely on the fabric, there are all sorts of hidden pictures... frogs, snails.... but I never found any puppy dog tails. 

This fabric is super beautiful and pictures just don't do it justice.  Thanks for the inspiration, Jen!!

A Parisville Process

Tula Pink's Parisville is hitting the stores. I'm excited about the amazing detail in this line and you already know what a fan I am. (For example... HERE and HERE). What can I say? The girl has style.

Anyhow, I love how she shares her creative process. On her blog there is a whole post about how she goes from a fabric concept to a finished fabric design. It super interesting. You can see it HERE.

Here is the general idea: (PS. All of these images are via Tula Pink.) Keep up the amazing work, Jen!!!

Stop the Presses! Parisville Revealed...

After much teasing and taunting... ok, maybe not taunting... Tula Pink has just revealed her Parisville Collection. Three gorgeous colorways. Eeeny. Meeny. Miney. Mo. Which colorway is your cup o' joe? I couldn't help myself.

Sew In the Know Tuesday: Tula Pink's Parisville

New feature, folks. I'm calling it "Sew in the Know Tuesday." It's where I can share all the fabric gossip... errr.... news, featuring new releases, and generally talk about what's new with fabric.

Today, we have a picture of Tula Pink's new Parisville line. It's her first line with Free Spirit and it looks just gorgeous!


And now you are sew in the know.

Designer Spotlight: Tula Pink

I really wanted to introduce you to the designer Tula Pink. I always have to read this girls blog posts because she is pretty much hilarious. Her sense of humor is right up my alley!

And her talent is amazing. Seriously, check out these shoes she is selling.





AND... her fabric designs are even more up my alley. She is one talented cat. Funny thing... I looked and looked and I can't tell you her real name! She must value her anonymity. That, or I am really blind. Or... maybe her name is Tula Pink. I don't know. Anyone have an answer here?

Her latest collections is plume. Check this stuff out!



I love this stuff!! She has several other fabric lines as well.

My next favorite is Full Moon Forest. Lovely!



Here's some info from her Bio:

I graduated from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, with one degree in Graphic Design and one in Illustration. It was fun but I was tired of being broke so I decided to get a job. I worked briefly as an Exhibit designer for Museums in L.A. and when that became too quiet I relocated to the music industry. After about 6 years of that my ears began to bleed so I left California and went in search of a new home. The plan was to move as far east as I could get without renting a boat and work my way back west until I found a place I liked.

I now live in a small mid-western town where my closest neighbor is roughly four miles away. I have a cat that I never see and a lawn that requires more attention than the cat.

My main function in life is fabric design. I live for it. Through all of the moving and mind changing one thing was constant; fabric and sewing. I designed my first collection in my living room, after work and on weekends. The day I left my job in L.A. I sent it into Moda Fabrics and by the time I got to Albuquerque it was in production. A few years and several collections have passed since then.

Today I work with Free Spirit Fabrics designing not just for quilting but for a whole lifestyle of DIY-ers with a passion for saying things like “Hey. look what I made” or “don’t sit on that, it’s still wet”.

Seeing my name on that selvage was the only thing that had been missing from my professional life. So here I sit, an exiled rock princess on a throne of bolts and bobbins. This space is where I tell my story and share whatever there is to share about my world.

See what I mean about hilarious!? So, now you know a bit about this fantastic designer.

Head's Up: Tula Pink With a Parisville Tease

Oh! That girl is such a tease. I am really looking forward to the reveal on this line. Tula Pink has a new tease up on the blog.

Here is a peek at her color palette for her new line called, Parisville. Seriously, with a name like that, what's not to love?

via Tula Pink

How about it? Which color palette is more you?

How Tula Pink Designs Fabric

I found this post at the Tula Pink blog and thought it was amazing. I always wondered how these designers take the concepts in their heads and turn it into reality. Here is a sample of a fabric designed by Tula Pink that belongs to the Plume Collection:

1. Sketch the idea.
2. Scan it into Adobe Illustrator and redraw the "skeleton."


3. Fill in the skeleton.
4. Begin adding in colors and tweak what needs tweaking.


5.Continue adding colors.



6. The final adjustments!

Anyhow, it's amazing to learn how people do what they do. Love the insiders view on things!

So, if you want to see the rest of this collection, you can view it right HERE.