Carnaby Street Style

Hi everyone!

How was your weekend? Mine was great! I was working on an album with some juicy pics for Facebook in anticipation of the debut of my new line. And.... the moment has come! I'm so nervous and excited at the same time, like I'm about to show my first line ever. There is no remedy for me :) Every time I introduce a new collection I always have butterflies in my stomach, thinking if you are going to love it as much as I do :) Each collection of mine comes from a feeling that moves me very deeply inside and this time is not an exception!

It's my pleasure to introduce to you: CARNABY STREET!!

Remember I was traveling to London this past June? I came back with so many ideas! What's not to love about British culture! Everywhere I looked, I couldn't find anything I didn't immediately fall in love with! 

My Boho Dress pattern made in several prints of the collection

During my time there, I decided to visit the infamous Carnaby Street. I wanted to visit the place where the British fashion culture of the 60s changed the whole fashion world forever. 

Take a look at my collection video for Carnaby Street, where flower power, love, and peace reign free! A big thanks to the best team in the world that helped my dream become a reality with this video :):)
I recommend you watch this in full screen!

When you walk down Carnaby St., you get the sense.. the feel.. the importance of the influence of the British culture and how it revolutionized fashion, music and many more aspects of our society. 

Brit Boutique Radiant shown here on these palazzo pants

It was truly inspirational place and an opportunity to design that should not be missed. The minute I came back, I began gathering as much material and inspiration of the Swinging London movement as I could find. I found so much material, with such a brightness and boldness in color, that I just had to design!

Think flower power and fashion! Groovy blooms and strong geometrics are the signature of this colorful line!

Carnaby Street comes in two vibrant color ways: Rad Love and Cool Peace!

Rad Love is full of bright citrus greens and lush raspberry pinks. With subtle hints of tender green and deep tones of royal blue, what's not to love about Rad Love!

Cool Peace is all about minty greens and dusty rose. With its bright touches of citrus green and dark hints of navy blue, enjoy the freshness and boldness of this chill palette.

One of my favorite prints in this collection is Psychedelia Gold and Peridot! This fabric is a combination of an overall print and bands that you can cut and use in many different ways. Here are some creative ideas.

This collection inspired me so much, that I practically couldn't stop sewing! I made groovy coasters, gorgeous FLOWER POWER pillows, and even a reversible table runner! Do I sense a few FREE patterns coming along?! I'm sure you'll love what I have lined up for you in the coming months!

Carnaby Street is perfect for combining with all the Elements that AGF has to offer!

If you want to thrown in some solids to the mix, here is a list of Pure Elements that go great with Carnaby Street:
PE-437 London Red, 405 Cherry Lipgloss, 439 Raspberry Rose, 411 Quartz Pink, 409 Light Citron, 416 Lemonade, 417 Emerald, 406 Burnt Orange, 407 Empire Yellow, 408 White Linen, 412 Tender Green, 424 Mirage Blue, 415 Parisian Blue, and 428 Nocturnal.

And here is a list of Oval Elements that are just waiting to be combined with Carnaby:
OE-913 Cranberry, 910 Sweet Pea, 928 Tangerine Tango, 901 Papaya Orange, 911 Golden, 900 Peacock. 918 Blue Lagoon, 932 Sapphire, 914 Emerald Coast, and 909 Key Lime.

And what's even better is that I have matching threads to go along with this collection! I've had the pleasure of working with Aurifil and coming out with my own thread collection!

The Bold Beauty Box is perfect if you're head over heels with the Rad Love palette! Great for quilting and sewing, this little case is all you'll need to start sewing those groovy projects!

The Eye Candy Box is wondrous when working with the soft jeweled tones of the Cool Peace palette!

Now... for my favorite part of this post! Here is Carnaby's FREE quilt pattern, London's Calling!

You can download the instructions here! It's a super easy, super fun project that you can make over the weekend!

Hope you like my new line and you can get you stitching with all these inspirational images :)
Stay tuned for some more inspirational posts on fashion and home decor featuring Carnaby!

XO,
Pat

Liberty of London

 

You will say: "Pat, you just came back from Paris... why are you blogging about London?" It's so true!! Everything still is very messy on this blog, so I have to catch up, lol. So my problem now is that I want to post all I have at the same time!

After coming back from London in July, I had so much work ahead of me in preparation for Houston Quilt Market (new collection, design for the booth, plus a few shootings and making several new patterns) On top of that I didn't decide if I was going to make my own new blog... so with all these things going on I said maybe is not the right time to post on my old blog.

But sometimes the excitement is stronger that you might think... do you know that feeling? :) I had these beautiful pictures from London waiting and telling me: "when are you going to show us?" A few weeks ago I posted my first post from that visit, but I had many more pics -and specially a group that had me drooling since I took them! LIBERTY of LONDON!

I don't know where to start explaining the feelings that I had once I stepped into the store... I've heard many times of this company, but the only things I knew from them were fabrics. I didn't know that Liberty is an entire universe with many floors of pure beauty! From clothing to greeting cards, sewing notions to cosmetics, everything you see is made for the love of design. It is the Liberty look that we all love!

I said to Walter: "I may want to live here for the rest of my life"!! There is SO much inspiration here that I think you may agree with me :)

They have an entire floor dedicated to cards, cards and more cards!

Believe me when I tell you I wanted to buy... EVERYTHING!

The buttons were so many that you didn't know where to start looking...

A world of wallpapers in the most stunning designs

Over the department of sewing notions, I kept saying myself "1 of each, please!"

I asked one of the salespeople there if I could take pictures, since I was a textile designer from US and wanted to share all this yumminess with the sewists here. She gladly say yes!

Isn't this the cutest packaging for buttons?

Lovely quilt, fabric bundles and so many books that are to die for!

Hexies galore!

Look at these tiny beading bottles... don't you want to buy them all? I do!

Everything in this store is devoted to floral design

The most beautiful displays!

The cosmetics department is also an entire floor and you can smell all fragrances you can think of... 

After a few hours lost in that paradise I knew I have to leave the store before I could break the limit on my credit card, lol... but I would never forget the experience!

It was so very inspiring for me as a sewist and as a designer. I came back full of ideas for my next collections! What's not to love about Liberty of London, don't you think?