Portrait Quilts

While reading FiberArts magazine last week, I found out that the magazine is sadly closing (I knew I should have started my subscription sooner). It was always a great read to find new artists and interesting new works in fiber. FiberArts, you will be missed.In that issue, I also discovered the work of Luke Haynes, a quilt artist who uses traditional quilting techniques to make realistic and modern portrait work. I loved the quilts that were featured...

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New Stores List is Up!

The last of the first round of orders from the National Stationery Show finally went out on Friday, and now I am getting started on round two. There are still plenty more orders to go out, but for now I have updated the "In Stores" page on www.katharinewatson.com. So head over and see where you can shop in your ci...

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Handwoven Scarves by PidgePidge

One of my favorite vendors at Handmade Mart last month was PidgePidge, which offers an amazing line of colorful scarves that are all woven by hand. I loved the way she used all the different textures and patterns in one scarf, and I have spent plenty of time since the show looking at the huge range of color combinations they come in. She makes scarves in two weights: one for winter and one for summer, so you can keep wearing them all year round (especially...

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Around the Studio

Lots going on around here: Stationery Show orders shipping out, working on some big upcoming projects, getting ready for summer craft shows, and hopefully some time for a few new designs soon. Busy bu...

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More Ralli Quilts

I stumbled across another updated version of Ralli quilts this weekend, from LA-based designer Heidi Merrick. Her combination of modern prints with traditional embroidery is so beautiful I almost emptied my bank account and bought them all immediately when I clicked on her website. The green one is definitely going on my future wish-list.According to her website, all her pieces are made in the US. That means she isn't outsourcing the production of...

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Fair Trade Tea Towels

A few weeks ago, a very interesting looking package arrived at my doorstep (actually at the front desk of our apartment building, but same thing). It was wrapped in cotton, stitched together with twine, and weighed about thirty pounds. It could only be one thing: a shipment of organic fair-trade tea towels from Chennai.Last year, I was buying my tea towels from a company that mass-produced cotton products in China. Very cheap, but not exactly environmentally...

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A Rainy Renegade

Under normal circumstances, a torrential downpour and forecasts of thunderstorms would have craft vendors running for their U-Hauls and fleeing the scene. Not so at Renegade, where Day 1 began with a drizzle and only got worse from there. It's lucky I started packaging all my cards in plastic a few months ago, or I would have lost a whole lot of inventory.When we arrived in New York on Friday night, we were surprised at how clear the sky was, since...

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Renegade Brooklyn this Weekend!

This weekend I will be at the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, so if you're in the New York area, come stop by! I will be at Booth #119 in McCarren Park, and as well as cards and accessories I'll be selling some limited edition prints that aren't available online! Once they're gone, they're gone, but if there are any leftover at the end of the weekend, I'll be posting them online next week for all you non-New Yorkers.Photo courtesy of Renegade CraftWith...

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Around the Studio

It's been a busy week of finishing up Stationery Show orders and getting ready for Renegade Brooklyn this weekend. Of course, my body always knows the best time to get sick, so I spent the last two days lying on the couch wrapped in heavy blankets even though it was approximately 100 degrees in our apartment. But I am sitting upright again, and back to work.There are cards to package, prints to frame, orders to ship and coin purses to sew, so I thought...

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