New Textiles in the Studio

New textiles for my spring/summer collection are now in stock at the Pesky Cat Designs studio. Thick 100% linen basket weave, cotton/linen fabric and heavy upholstery weight basket weave cotton. See swatches below for a few examples. I also purchased some new cotton print textiles that I use for the interior of my bags. I could not resist the quirky owl print shown above. There are a few bags already available in my shop made from 100% linen and more are coming. I'm working on several messenger bags at the moment and hope to have them in my shop either this week or next.

I will also keep you posted on the FOX 5 news story!

Clockwise from top left:

Cotton basket weave in cornflower blue

100% linen basket weave in deep pink

100% linen basket weave in gray

Linen/cotton basket weave in sage

Comments

Anya said…

Lovely those owls :-)
Fresh colors !!!

March 30, 2010 at 11:03 AM

Loddelina said…

I love the owl print, it looks a bit ethnic-Slavic, don't you think?
I can't wait to see the bag you line it with!

March 30, 2010 at 12:32 PM

alissa said…

aww the owls are adorable! i love the idea of a basic purse with a bright touch like that inside!

March 30, 2010 at 9:55 PM

The Button Chick said…

What a neat owl print. And I am so excited for the new messengers! I can't stop thinking about linen lately. Great color choices!

March 31, 2010 at 10:46 AM

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