Tag: Samarra Khaja

  • In Print: Threads Magazine

    I was interviewed a little while back by Threads Magazine and totally forgot about it until my friend Sarah told me the other day that she had seen me mentioned in her mom’s latest issue. I quickly got my hands on a copy, thanks to reader Rachel who popped one in the mail to me,…

  • We Gotcha Rip Right Heyah!

    Dear Disney/Pixar/Mattel Marketing People, You really do want to make things more difficult for me, don’t you? Yes, yes, you know your marketing. *golf clap* I know marketing too, having been on the other side of that curtain for years and knowing many of your crafty little tricks for releasing, packaging and jazzifying your products to…

  • Back to School Sneak Peek!

    Okay, okay, okay, OKAAAAAAAY already, I can’t wait any longer!!! One of the hardest parts of being a textile designer is keeping a good secret. I’m pretty good at keeping them anyway, but shoot, oh shoot, when I’ve gotten fresh strike-offs in my hot little paws and I’m smiling gleefully from ear to ear knowing what’s…

  • Serviettes for Supper! (aka Napkins for Noshing!)

    Just in time for the release of my Illumination collection, I wanted to share with you a little fast project (cuz I’m all about fast lately) I made recently as a gift for a friend. Some really pretty, festive and fun serviettes! Servi-whaaa? Well, that’s the general term I used growing up, although I’ve just…

  • LA Fabric Field Trip

    I recently traveled to Los Angeles and on my must-do list was to make a visit to Michael Levine. If you don’t know of it, it’s a huge fabric store in LA’s fashion district, and as I was to soon find out, it has E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G!! As I sat in the car gulping down my morning coffee,…

  • Love Fiesta Baby Tank = Adorable!

    Did you see this SUPER CUTE tutorial by Dana Willard over at MADE? I absolutely love Dana’s blog and clean aesthetic, so it was an absolute thrill to see my Love Fiesta fabric included and turned into this adorable baby tank top. And hello, look at those cute baby legs!!!  Love, love, love it. Thanks, Dana!

  • Be My Hero

    Hey, hey, hey!!!!!* Guess what?!?!? Something very exciting is going on. *Warning: there are a lot of exclamation points in this post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am t.h.r.i.l.l.e.d to announce my participation as a Special Guest Judge (!!!!!!) in a brand new fabric competition hosted by the wonderful folks at Spoonflower and Timeless Treasures!! WOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Do you have…

  • Timeless Treasures: Fresh New Designs | Part Three!

    To round out the week, here’s the final reveal in a three-part installment of my latest designs, now out with Timeless Treasures. Voila!  Representing some of Mother Nature’s best examples of, you guessed it, Black & White Wildlife!   And really, can you go wrong with a black and white print? I think not! So hop…

  • Timeless Treasures: Fresh New Designs | Part Two!

    Another fresh new design of mine is out exclusively with Timeless Treasures! Pssst, hey, can you see the creature it features? Over there, over there! See?!  It’s my Secret Ladybugs polka dot print in a juicy n’ jazzy red and black combo. You can’t go wrong with ladybugs and polka dots, can you? I d-i-d…

  • Timeless Treasures: Fresh New Designs | Part One!

    As we’ve officially hosted the closing ceremony of “Summer 2012 As We Know It”  this last Friday here in the Northern Hemisphere (by calendric standards at least) and are now passing on the torch of beach bliss and sun-kissed complexions to everyone on the other side of the planet, I wanted to share an exciting new design…