Hee. There is a new line of quilt fabric coming out called Hipster. However, none of the prints have those thick-framed glasses, ironic mustaches, references to food trucks, or "fixie" bikes on them.
(Incidentally: Why hipsters like fixed-gear bikes. I knew that they stereotypically did and I kind of guessed why, but of course someone has written an internet essay on it.)
I was looking, because I thought, "If I really wanted to make that quilt a Hipster quilt, I should get a "fixie" bike print for the backing. There is a bicycle print in another collection, and it's cute, but I still think I will go with my "get it out of the stash and not spend any additional money" choice of the pink stripe.
I'm always surprised at what fabric designers come out with. Of course, the motherlode of idiosyncratic print fabrics is Spoonflower, which once sent me an e-mail with the subject line of
"See the world's largest selection of pop art chicken fabrics."
(As the deep-voiced guy in the insurance ads says: "Indeed.")
And once again: I love the whole world, in all its craziness. Of COURSE there would be more than one pop art chicken fabric in the world.
Spoonflower - and to a lesser extent, Fat Quarter Shop - can be dangerous for my credit cards. I can also spend inordinate amounts of time browsing the sites....
2 comments:
Thank you so much for the Spoonflower link! I see what you mean about their fun quirky lines. I just spent 20 minutes looking at their chicken fabrics. :) I haven't made a quilt in ages, but this made me think about it. Seriously.
Oh I love Spoonflower. I've never ordered from them because the fabrics are so expensive. Not TOO expensive considering it's custom fabric but still. For me that would be a major splurge.
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