Heather Ross’ latest line for Kokka is called “Nursery
Versery,” and Tulsa’s new one-stop shop for fabrics and crafts is happy to
stock their “Three Little Pigs” and “Country Mice” fabrics.
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| "Three Little Pigs" |
The whimsical, colorful and beautifully-drawn fabrics –
featuring a mice couple and their baby, and pigs at work and play – are a
top-quality blend of linen and cotton that are perfect for quilting, children’s
clothes or decorating a kid’s nursery.
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| "Country Mice" |
"They have been among the most asked for fabrics since we opened the store on Sept. 25, and now we have them!" said Bianca Howell," the co-owner of Owl & Drum.
"Heather Ross has a very loyal following and people really love the fabrics she designs."
Ross has also depicted frog princes, Volkswagen buses and
big bad wolves on the popular and collectible fabrics she designs.
Since 2007, Ross’ collections of home-sewing fabrics are
have been manufactured solely by Kokka of Japan and distributed in the U.S. by
Seven Islands, according to her website.
The pairing have created other fabric lines, including “Far
Far Away Chapter 2,” and Ross has also made some of her long out-of-print
designs available through the print-on-demand services of Spoonflower.com.
Ross has also had published a number of craft books,
including the recent Heather Ross Prints, which contains a step-by-step tutorial
on how to create your own fabric prints.
Now in stock at Owl & Drum, the book-and-DVD package, Ross shares reproducible
artwork for more than 50 of her most popular prints and also provides
step-by-step instructions for 20 craft projects using the prints on the
DVD – from sea turtle stationery to a shower curtain covered with
swirling mermaids.
Crafters can use the artwork on the DVD to print on fabric,
paper, or any other surface they choose. Plus, Ross teaches her process for
designing fabric using the computer program Photoshop, which is very helpful to crafters who want to try to emulate her.
“Obviously, there is more than one way to accomplish this,
so we opted to focus on my process in particular,” she said on her online blog
at heatherross.squarespace.com.
“I use Photoshop Channels, which allows me draw as I would
on paper and to add colors in a way that mimics the screen-printing process.
The finished files also work beautifully as digital uploads to Spoonflower . .
. I have been teaching this method for a few years in a special design
workshop.”
“This project is truly close to my heart. Inspired largely
by the community of crafters that exists online and the infectious spirit of
generosity among them, I set out to create a usable digital library of my own
(favorite) fabric designs.
“I spent the better part of a year exploring new digital
printing technologies and trying out new craft techniques – lamp making,
bookbinding, wallpapering – searching for new ways to use my artwork.”
The book – which was published Sept. 1 by STC Craft – also contains more than five files to create digitally-printed wallpaper, including Underwater Sisters, Horses, Frog Prince, and The Owl and The Pussycat.
Ross also illustrated a children’s book called “Crafty
Chloe,” which was published last February.
She is keen to share her expertise with people and has
hosted workshops across the country. Her next “Weekend Sewing Workshop” will be
held Oct. 19-21 in New York City, plus a workshop in Monterey Bay/Asilomar, Calif., next February.
For more information about Heather Ross and Kokka, visit www.heatherross.squarespace.com
and www.kokka.co.jp.
For more details about Owl & Drum, which carries more
than 100 fabrics made by seven designers, crafts supplies and tools, plus
numerous unique gifts, visit www.owlanddrum.com.
The 2810 E. 15th St. store also sells many other items made
by Tulsans, Oklahomans and artisans from Portland, Oregon, plus a variety of
craft books.
Owl & Drum is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday to
Saturday, and from 12-4 p.m. Sundays. The store is closed on Mondays, but it's
open every day online at www.owlanddrum.com.
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