Annie Lang's Blog!

June has arrived and it's time to make summer happen!  New fabrics have just been added to my Fabric Shop so there's no better time to sew up some cool summer items for yourself, your home or as seasonal gifts.  For the past few weeks, I've turned some of my old pants into fun capris, made a summer wrap for poolside, created a pile of scrunchies (you can never have too many!) used up some scraps for potholders and mug mats and a few tropical breezy tops are in the works. So get out your supplies and get started with your own creative summer adventures because life can be Sew Much Fun!

Fabric Designing I've been a "fabriholic" for as long as I can remember even though I was not very skilled when it came to sewing machines or threading needles!   However, in 1998 I was offered a licensing contract to design fabric prints based on the line art pattern characters I had published through Easl Publications and a whole new world of design possibilities opened up.   My fabric prints were being nationally sold through quilting, crafts and fabric stores like Jo-Ann Stores, Hancock Fabrics, Hobby Lobby, etc. until the recession hit and markets took a step backwards.  I then sold my printable designs for scrapbooking paper prints online and it was then that I discovered it was the design process that I've missed the most! Unlike the past when commercial prints required screen printing and final approval which sometimes took months, today's digital printing process takes only days before printed fabrics are shipped to the doorstep.  My Spoonflower sample s