in the studio: dipping my toes in fabric

November and December are kind of crazy months… invitation design work slows down as people focus on the holidays rather than their weddings, and I’m busy writing up quotes and meeting with potential clients about Spring and Summer events. It’s a nice change of pace and gives me a few spare minutes to think about this year’s successes and failures and what 2012 might look like.

Now that Hello Tenfold has a line of everyday notecards, I thought I’d give the whole craft fair scene another go (I seem to have finally recovered from my first craft fair experience in 2009) and so Hello Tenfold will be making an appearance at Rock & Shop in Durham on December 17th. Because I have a secret burning desire to design textiles, I decided to dip my toes in those waters by having some fat quarters printed for tea towels, just in time for the market. Above is a peek of my very limited first run, which will be available at Rock & Shop and maybe, maybe, maybe available online at some point, too. I’ll admit this has my head spinning (mostly thinking of all the pillows I could make for our house)! It’s always exciting to work with a new medium. More photos to come once these are all sewn up!