Happy Trendy Tuesday everyone!Welcome to another edition of Trendy Tuesday where I'll be highlighting some of my favorite trends in the current fabric market. From colors to shapes and all other possibilities, we'll be looking at similarities among fabric collections hitting store shelves.
Traditionally a pattern consisting of diamonds arranged in a checkerboard layout with an overlapping of dotted or solid lines, argyle has been seen in many new collections in one form or another.
From what I can find here on the net, the pattern originated from the tartan of a clan in Scotland, caught on in the US and England during the first World War, and recently increased in popularity because of Stuart Stockdale; an English fashion designer who's worked for the likes of J. Crew and Pringle of Scotland.
Designer Ann Kelle, for example, has found great success in reproducing the pattern for her Remix line with Robert Kaufman. The bright hues she chose for the range makes it a perfect choice for children's clothing and quilts.
Several new and upcoming collections from Riley Blake Designs include argyle.
Argyle quilt patterns are also gaining popularity. See examples here and here.
Here are some of my favorite examples of fabric from today's featured trend:
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What are some of your favorite fabrics featuring an argyle pattern?
6 comments:
Love the argyles! I'll be making two baby blankies using argyle fabric backed with fleece or minky fabrics.
I love the argyle quilt patterns. Those have been on my "try to make this" list for a short time now.
I love argyle. I think there isn't enough prints out there using argyle and hounds tooth both.
I've always loved argyle - sweaters, socks, you name it. Strangely though, I find argyle fabric tricky to do patchwork with as the busy lines tend to break up the pattern shapes.
I do love it though for other purposes like bags or toys! bring on more argyle, I say.
Sweetwater's "Pure" line has an amazing argyle print that is waiting for just the right time to be made into vests for my 4 monsters for either Christmas or Easter.
Ditto to Sweetwater Pure! I made a cute button-up shirt for my little guy out of one of the argyle prints!
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