Sorry it’s been a while but I was busy receiving gifts in between shoving delicious little cookies in my eager little face. Now I feel ill so I thought this might distract me from all of that mirth. Since I have been a little wrapped up in myself and my baby twin sisters (a.k.a. the “Twinkies”) I thought I might take this time to post some of the drawings that went into the making of Full Moon Forest. I have been assured that this will be interesting to others. I am not so sure. Anywhoo, here they are. From drawing to  cotton there isn’t a whole lot that changes. I take the drawings, scan them and drop them into Illustrator where I redraw them digitally so I can play with the line weights, change out colors and adjust the sizing. That’s about it. So, enjoy the drawings maybe next time I will make them more colorful or jazz them up a bit, decoupage on them or something.

I never thought that seeing my work in a bathroom would be so uniquely gratifying. When a person sets out to make something with which they intend to adorn the world as they see fit this is usually not the fantasy shot. Yet, as I sit here wishing that this was the place I parked my toosh at various intervals throughout the day I wonder… could this be it? Is this the ultimate statement of thinking beyond the cotton? Is this the perfect post childhood marriage between Bambi and Thumper reincarnated as bathroom art? My vote is an astounding yes. I approve and will now set out on the hunt for a ceramic dear head of my very own.

Ok I am not that worldly, I had to look up all of those languages on line. It does have a nice ring to it though. So, Hi! Welcome to the first post on tulapink.com. If you have made it here then you are either a friend, family or made a wrong turn somewhere. Hopefully you are here because you love my fabrics or at least want to see more of them which is what this is really all about.

Full Moon Forest, my first collection of fabrics for Moda is finally in stores, yay! I am super curious to see what people do with it. I have had my sample yardage for sometime now and couldn’t bring myself to cut into it until yesterday. I spent months waiting for it to come in, thinking up elaborate projects and imagining all kinds of possibilities. At one point I contemplated covering all of the walls in my living room with paisley owls, don’t fret, I reconsidered. Then it came in and I was paralyzed with fear. I kept thinking “What if someday I have children and then they have children and that aqua bunny is the perfect fabric to finish their little summer dresses and I don’t have any left because I made some table cloth for a party 30 years ago that was ruined because someone spilled something on it and now i don’t even know those people and my grandkids have no clothes and…

Well you see where I was going with that. So I gave myself a good mental slap in the face with a splash of cold water and forged ahead, scissors in hand. The pieces are cut and the sewing machine has been unearthed. Now all I need is a little bit of time which may not come until after the holiday rush. You win some you lose some I guess. Until next time…

So here it is, my very first fabric collection. I sent these drawings to Moda a little over a year ago and here they are in all of their cottony glory. I designed this collection when I was living in southern California. I suppose it emerged out of some primal desire to be outside in something other than the bumper to bumper traffic us south Cali’s call life. After much drawing and re-drawing this little piece of my very own paradise has bloomed out of an experiment and into a reality. I hope you all like it!