My third collection of William Morris reproduction prints will be in quilt shops next month. It's called A Morris Tapestry. Check out Moda's web page and the Fabric: What's New pages by clicking here: http://www.unitednotions.com/un_main.nsf/mf_new You can download a PDF of the fabrics and an overview of the project sheet. http://www.unitednotions.com/fcc_a_morris_tapestry.pdf We're using William Morris's popular design called the Strawberry Thief as the signature print. Above is a photo of Morris's cotton print (1883) which used reds and yellows with his favorite indigos to obtain a multicolored print. Here are the rest of the five colorways for Strawberry Thief in A Morris Tapestry The Strawberry Thief refers to the thrushes in Morris's garden who stole from his fruit crop. Those pretty little vandals have a distinctive spotted breast inspiring many crafters to adapt Morris's design to various techniques and formats. Read more about the appliqued pattern I did that's available from Kansas City Star patterns. http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2009/06/strawberry-thief.html Beth Russell has designed needlepoint kits Click here for more information on Russell's kits http://needlepointus.com/search.asp?nobox=&scat=&stext=William+Morris&stype=&sprice=&pg=1 Michelle Hill has appliqued patterns too Click here to read more: http://www.michelehill.com.au/index.php?act=viewDoc&docId=3 A digital search for Strawberry Thief finds a variety of gift items for the William Morris fan. Because his patterns are in the public domain and because they are so classic you can find them everywhere. Buy a pair of shoes http://www.zazzle.com/william_morris_strawberry_thief_pattern_shoes-167198920505420937 Apparently J.Crew did a shirt a while ago. 1982 British Postage Stamp The Beautiful Necessity blog has a post on "Thieving Strawberry Thief" with some other examples http://thebeautifulnecessity.blogspot.com/2009/02/thieving-strawberry-thief.html Let's just hope that William Morris never hears about this marketing trend. Tennis shoes with the Strawberry Thief might have upset him. I do hope he'd be pleased with the quilt fabric reproductions and all the throw pillows though.
