Moonfly Kids

My afternoon ritual includes driving halfway across town to fetch the Tiny Man from his preschool and bring him back to the nest.  My favorite part of this ritual (besides my sweet baby running into my arms as soon as he catches sight of me in his classroom) involves the arrival of PACKAGES! on my doorstep. The PACKAGES! magically appear whenever I am out of the house. When one shops as much as I do, this is a near daily occurrence. Much of my shopping is business related, but that fact does nothing to quell my enthusiasm for finding a PACKAGE! on my doorstep every afternoon.

What is it about brown paper PACKAGES! tied up with string that makes my heart thump?

 

 

oooh, there it is!

 

 

In addition to the sweet anticipation, there is also the challenge of bringing the PACKAGE! into the house. Now, this would seem a pretty straightforward task for a normal person, but my world is not normal. I am surrounded by maniacs, both human and canine, and thus accomplishing even the most mundane task requires a Sisyphean effort.

1. Sneak stealthy look at PACKAGE! resting innocently on doorstep.(if only you knew the havoc you wreak, PACKAGE!)

2. Divert toddler with toys on other side of room.

3. Open back door and let crazy canines into backyard.

4. Tiptoe over to front door, get another look at the PACKAGE! and slide deadbolt open.

 safely in my studio
 

Today, the coveted PACKAGE! brought me three fabric samples from a recent fabric show I attended.  Take a peek.

prints galore
 

Those of you who are familiar with Moonfly will be surprised to see such colorful, bright fabric on my cutting table. Moonfly is usually all garment dye, using solid color earth tones, right?  Yeah, well, it would be boring and predictable to do the same thing every season. So I’m doing some experimenting.
 

In all honesty, I don’t think I’ll be using the middle print since I have seen it somewhere else already.  And this is my issue with prints.  Especially children’s prints.  There are limited designs out there available to a small manufacturer like myself.  So, God forbid, this print might appear in another designer’s line, or worse, on the shelves at JoAnn Fabrics.  My line won’t look that special after all, n. Eeeck.  Say it isn’t so. This is where creativity reigns supreme.  There has to be someway to make this work. And I will find a way, bygod I will!!
 

I’m just beginning to plan my fall ‘09 line, so stay tuned as I document the painful, humbling creative process of producing a line.

 

 

 

 

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