New JVT Dinnerware from Keller Charles

My new dinnerware collection from Keller Charles has made it's debut at the Atlanta Gift Market and I love how it turned out.

Each collection starts out as a group of art that I paint that is ready to be modified for lot's of different types of product from wall art, fabric, stationary, dinnerware, etc.

Once the collection is selected by a manufacturer for a particular product I go to work customizing the individual elements used in the original designs to fit the product.  Here are some of the finished designs I did for Keller Charles.  They did a great job! 

More new products coming soon!

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In The Studio Today ~ Christmas Decorations

 

It’s Christmas today in the studio with a whole box of decorations arriving  from my holiday collection with Sunset Vista. 

 

The collection is fancy but fun with detailed ornaments and larger door signs. 

 

 

Some fun embossing and a dose of gold flitter make them sparkle.

 

 

These are hung from bouncy springs so they move if you hang them outdoors.   I can’t wait to decorate my tree this year!

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I am a Quilt Fabric Designer * Northcott Fabrics

 

 

I am so excited to finally announce my first collection of quilting fabric is new available through Northcott Fabrics !!!  This has been a long time goal of mine and I am so happy to be able to achieve it with this wonderful company..

 

The collection is called “Enchanted” and it features whimsical fantasy florals and butterflies.  The extra large stripe  pictured above is  one of my favorites. 

It comes in two colorways;  Black Magic and Summer Sun. 

So far I have just recieved the sell sheets and I am still waiting for yardage.  I can’t wait to get my hands on it and start sewing.

 

I see some cute dresses in my twin 3 years old nieces futures. 

Northcott Fabrics tag line is “Cotton that feels like silk” and they are true to their word.  This fabric has a fabulous hand and superior drapeability compared to other quilt fabrics. 

To view the collection go to Northcott Silks here.

 

 

Have a Great Labor Day Weekend!! 

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My Princess is all Grown up

My beautiful daughter  Angelica graduated from design school in December and she has hit the ground running. 

 She's got  great job with a firm in San Francisco; Woodsen & Woodsen and is knee deep in interesting design projects and staging assignments.  I am so thrilled that she found such a great group of people to work with.  Here is a picture of one of their recent jobs. 

She is also making some great accessories of her own including this lovely dream catcher she just finished.

Geli is a chip off the old block if there ever was one.  I am so proud of her!!!!!!

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On My Table Today ~ Fun Floral

 

 

 

Spending the holiday weekend working.  Here's what's going on.

 

Cheery flowers for summer.   Have a great weekend everyone.

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A Tale of Two Rooms

 

I’ve been working from home for the past few years and I truly love it.  I am much more productive and less distracted so I can get more done from home.  I am the type of person who works all day, every day,  so having my “stuff”  around me here is a great benefit.  Up until the last year I had my office and my studio in the same room and it tended to get cramped and very messy at times.  The office is right off my master bedroom and you can see it from there so I like to have it neat and tidy if I can.  So, after my daughter was gone at college for three years I decided to bite the bullet and take over her bedroom as my new art studio. 

Now I have plenty of room for my sewing machines, fabric, art supplies and everything else.  It is still very much a work in progress.  I am looking forward to putting up some Jackie Von Tobel drapery hardware from Helser Brothers soon so keep tuned. 

 

I did this room on a serious budget of $100.  I used all existing furniture that I had.  ( Yes, I can be a pack rat and had a lot of stuff in my garage including some old furniture I had made for my husbands office that he outgrew)   The only thing I bought was a few gallons of white paint and a couple of unfinished doors to serve as tabletops.  I slapped a coat of white paint on everything, including the floor, and called it a day! 

 

My favorite piece in the studio is a rolling cart that my sister Trudi gave to me.  I can roll it out into the center of the room and walk around it 360’ or I can tuck it neatly under my larger table so it’s out of the way.  I am also filling the walls with my kids art that they did as little ones.  I would much rather look at that than anything else.

 

I have tons of storage plus a huge closet that is far to messy to show you.  I’m sure I will fill it up in no time.  My office helpers above are hard at work fighting with each other!   Just like the real thing…..

 

This is what they can usually be found doing.

 

I love working in the new room.  It is so bright and sun filled and most of all it’s a constant reminder of my beautiful girl.  I left her yellow paint just as it was, warts and all.  It makes me smile every time I walk in there. 

 

You would think with all this new studio space that my old office would be perfectly organized and never messy but here is my desk today.  It’s just as crazy as ever but that’s how I like it.

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Ready For Surtex!

The last collection is finished and all of the artwork is off to my agent!  I’ve been working like a mad woman for the last few months creating new art for Surtex, the Surface and Textile Licensing convention in New York.  I won’t be going this year because my brilliant son Geordie is graduating from Film School the same week, but my lovely agent Jan Drahiem will be there with her company, 

PAINTED PLANET LICENSING GROUP.  

Drop by and see my new work at booth # 717.  

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