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Erin Dollar

New additions to the shop

mint brushstroke pillow from Cotton & FlaxAdded a few new items to the shop this week, like this mint brushstrokes pillow above.

confetti postcards from Cotton & FlaxI re-listed many of the patterned postcard sets that had sold out. These grey confetti cards were a big hit at the in-person holiday markets I did last year, so I am glad to have them back in the shop.

latte trianglesThe new latte coasters are back in stock as well! I love this color, it has such great subtle color variations when you see it in person. That’s the beauty of using natural materials – each one is a little bit different and unique.

 

 

Feeling inspired – Louise Bourgeois

Louise BourgeoisHave you seen the fabric works of Louise Bourgeois? I have seen a few of her sculptural works in museums, as well as some of her prints and drawings, but never her fabric works. I would love to see these pieces in person, especially the textile book (which you see disassembled and displayed along a gallery wall in the final photo).

Louise BourgeoisLouise BourgeoisLoise BourgeoisFeeling very inspired by these pieces lately, especially as I ponder how to use up small scraps from Cotton & Flax projects.

Free Patterned iPhone Wallpaper – Colorful Mountains

Cotton & Flax free iphone wallpaper grey mountains

I love giving away free iPhone wallpapers – these are always my most popular posts, so I know you love them too. It blows my mind that there are so many of you who’ve downloaded the wallpapers, and carry around a little bit of Cotton & Flax with you all the time! This month, I’m offering a whopping THREE free downloadable iPhone wallpaper backgrounds designed by yours truly.

Cotton & Flax iphone wallpapers

Click here to download wallpaper #1.  Click here to download wallpaper #2. Click here to download wallpaper #3.

What’s that? You have the iPhone 5? Well, aren’t you fancy! Click here and here or here for your downloads.

Cotton & Flax iphone wallpaper kraft mountains

These wallpaper backgrounds feature the popular mountain pattern that is featured on postcard sets that I used to sell in the Cotton & Flax shop.

Cotton & Flax free downloadable iphone wallpaper pink mountains 2

This wallpaper should work for most smartphones, not just the iPhone (although it may get cropped depending on the screen size). You can always download the free wallpapers from previous months, too!

To Download: Click the link and it will take you directly to the image. If you are on your phone, you can simply save the image to your phone, and set it as your wallpaper in the settings area of your phone. If you’re on a computer, save the image to your computer, then email the photo to yourself. Open the email on your phone, save the photo to your phone, and set the photo as the wallpaper!

Shades of Grey

Greys from Cotton & Flax

I’m currently marveling at all the shades of grey in the Cotton & Flax shop. Just restocked a bunch of items (not just grey things, I promise), so take a look!

In other news: I started a quilt from Cotton & Flax scraps this weekend, hope to share my progress with you soon. If it’s like my other quilt projects, I’ll be working on this one for a while.

Cotton & Flax profiled on Handful of Salt

handful of salt preview

I was delighted to be featured on Handful of Salt this week! The interview for this profile was a little intimidating – a 45 min phone interview talking all about my process and how I approach my business. Afterwards, I was surprised by how easy it had been to talk about my work, I could have gone on chatting with Meghan (an editor for Handful of Salt) for much longer.

Check out the profile on Cotton & Flax here.

Side Projects

Cotton & Flax patchwork pillow

Every so often, I find some time to experiment and make projects that I know won’t be for sale in the Cotton & Flax shop (at least, not for quite a while). A few weeks ago, I spent that experimental time making a pair of botanical ink drawings. Last weekend, I spent some time experimenting with indigo and learning about traditional Shibori techniques with Niki Livingston.

Cotton & Flax fabric bin

This week, I spent some time digging through scraps of unused Cotton & Flax fabric to look for pieces large enough to make a new pillow (first photo above). I’m not perfect – I sometimes create misprints or pieces that are too irregular to be made into pillows for the shop, but I save all the scraps – I hate throwing fabric away. After sorting through the scraps on Saturday, I found a few pieces that were large enough to create a patchwork lumbar pillow, which now lives on my sofa! I love the look of all the different patterns together, don’t you? I also created a small storage bin from a scrap of fabric left over from some printing experiments I did back in 2011. The bin is the perfect size to hold the printed tags I use for Cotton & Flax tea towels.