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Tenugui Patterns

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Hijiri

Good morning. I hope you all had a nice Labor day weekend here in US… I was unfortunately a bit under the weather so I couldn’t do much, but rest and work on our new apartment… we switched the rooms! When everything is settled, I’d love to share my new office space so stay tuned…

This morning, I am inspired by these beautiful tenugui patterns. Aren’t they just so cute? Fall is here (hello! I missed you all year!) and these are perfect fall patterns, I want them all :)

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*Images are from Tortoise General Store.

I wrote about tenugui patterns from Japan before, but I also found the pattern chart by month here if you are interested seeing more.

Inspiration: Vintage Flower Patterns

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Hijiri

Continuing my search for vintage pattern inspirations… (please see here for previous post)

When I was down in Cape Cod this past weekend, I found a couple of things at Randy’s family cottage (filled with vintage goodies!):

Flowers and polka dots pattern.

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and the lamp shade. I like the checkered background for the flowers.

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Floral Canister Set by olivepit on Etsy — Very simple and bold cute flower graphic.

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Inspiration: Vintage Patterns

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Hijiri

I am always drawn to vintage things (like letterpress press to begin with), its value, its nostalgia, and its beautiful pattern (if there is). They are priceless. I am getting inspirations for my next project and so I have been keeping my eye out for pretty vintage patterns, I thought I would share them here.

Awesome fabric pattern from reprodepot.com:

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