Kristopher K

Sunday, February 07, 2010

The Top Ten - for 2009

It's been raining cats and dogs here on the Gold Coast, (see news story - here)
with localised flooding and reports of up to 400+ mm of rain .... so today I decided to stay indoors and keep warm and dry.

As a result, I decided to add up my top 10 selling design for 2009 - according to volume of sales.

Thank-you so much, to everyone who has supported me, in so many different ways, on my new journey, encouraging me and inspiring me to continue on with designing pattern repeats for textiles - I am loving every minute of it, I can't wait to see what 2010 brings, and I can't thank-you all enough :)

OK .... starting at number 10, and counting down;
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#10 - Paper Daisy - Bronze

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# 9 (Was a tie between) - Disco Dots - Night

and - Dragonfly Dance - Olive Green

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#8 - Ink Bubbles - Silver Birch

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#7 - Dragonfly Dance - Tan

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#6 - 52"X Magnolia Little Gem - Sage

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#5 - Rose Blush

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#4 - Marbled Repeat

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#3 - Paper Daisy - Lovely Linen

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#2 - Jewel Mosaic

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and finally ..... (according to volume of sales for 2009) is ...

#1 - White Wild Rose

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Saturday, February 06, 2010

New Fabric Design, Blogged on the Colourplay Blog

I got a lovely surprise to find one of my new fabric designs, has been displayed on the Colourplay Blog: Under the title "Design Your Own Fabric"
What's even more lovely, were the words that followed the four featured available @Spoonflower fabrics .... "These are my top four favorites...so hard to choose!!!!"

- wow - and thank-you :)

- check out the Colourplay Blog (here)

Featured Kristopher K Design:
Magnolia Little Gem - Arctic - 2 Yard Panel

- White Magnolias in a bold contemporary pattern, increase in size as they fall down 2 yards of fabric. This design has been sized to suit all (varying widths) of Spoonflower's wide range of natural and organic fabrics.

Detail of Design:
Magnolia Little Gem - Arctic - 2 Yard Panel will be available to purchase @Spoonflower, in a variety of colours, once proofs have been checked :)

I'm thinking I should also design a "3 yard" version of this design, suitable for floor length curtains etc .... ?

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A bit of blogging fun :)

Detail of the Louvre, in Paris - home of the "Mona Lisa"

I was quietly catching up with some of the blogs I follow, when I came across a game (here)
If you would like to play along, here are the rules:
Bold the things you’ve done and post on your blog!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain – do small ones count?
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris - I love Paris <3
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch – quilting, knitting, crocheting
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning – only once, but once is enough!
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables – love home grown veg
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill – guilty on this one :)
24. Built a snow fort - umm does a snowman count?
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon - I wasn't designed to run - lol
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - England, France, Scotland - but still to visit ancestral towns in Sweden, Ireland, Wales, and Portugal.
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language - trying to learn French
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangeo’s David
41. Sung karaoke – only once, but once was probably enough - lol
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted – many times as a child, by the artists in the family.
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Been in a movie - well tv, does that count?
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia – someday.
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy – I still have my favourite book, the first one I could really read all on my own "Frog and Toad are Friends"
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle - yes saying slow down, slow down.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper - several times for my design work.
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Okay – who else wants to play?

French Inspired Fabrics

Marie's Garden

- Aqua and Pink combine in this textural floral fabric design, inspired by the beautiful pink dahlias, blooming in the summer gardens of the Chateau de Versailles, France :)

(Designs From Top)
"Marie's Garden"

"Lucky Four"

and

"Rustic Floral"

For regular readers, it probably comes as no surprise that, J'adore France - I often wonder what it is exactly, that pulls at my heart strings so, and beckons me to dream of all things French. Is it the architecture? The colours? The light? The History? The Art? The sound of the language? The smell of fresh bread and patisseries? The seemingly endless images of style extraordinaire? A mixture of all these things, or something else, more elusive? All I really know for sure, is that France constantly inspires and delights me.

Below are some holiday photo's, from a recent visit to the wonderful and inspiring Chateau de Versailles France :)

The Petit Trianon - the domain of Marie-Antoinette

Marie-Antoinette's Garden

Entrance - Chateau de Versailles

Apollo Fountain

Chateau de Versailles Facade

Orangerie

Steps from The Orangerie

Garden Walks

Sunset at the Chateau de Versailles - view towards the Pond of the Swiss

Bubbles in the Garden at Dusk

Nightfalls on The Grand Canal

Fabrics by Kristopher K - are available online

@ Spoonflower
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Friday, February 05, 2010

Now available at Spoonflower

Now available @Spoonflower on a wide variety of natural and organic fabrics, are the following fun Kristopher K fabric designs :)

(Designs from Top)

"Winter Floral"

"Barnaby Bear"

and

"Spring Floral"

(Designs from Top)

"Summer Floral"

"Dragonfly Dance - Red"

and

"Dragonfly Dance - Sun Yellow"

(Designs from Left)

"Paper Daisy - Fruity Small"

and

"Barnaby Bear"

Fabrics by Kristopher K - are available online @ Spoonflower
© All rights reserved.

Thursday, February 04, 2010

From Design to Fabric

Swatches featuring a variety of "Pear Harvest" Designs:

(clockwise from top) "Pear Harvest - Gingham Large," "Pear Harvest - Still Life," and "Pear Harvest - Square."

- from designs to actual printed fabric - I love it when designs appear to come to life, on wonderful natural fabrics :)

Fabrics by Kristopher K
- are available online @ Spoonflower

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

New Designs for 2010

New Kristopher K fabric designs now available in the Spoonflower Shop on a wide variety of natural and organic fabrics.

Pear Harvest - Still Life

- A simple still life featuring pears in all their golden glory.

Pear Harvest – Qtr Patch

- A simple still life featuring pears in all their golden glory designed as a quilting weight cotton Fat Qtr Patch.

Pear Harvest - Square
- Simple country checks in coloured squares inspired by yummy gold and green pears

Pear Harvest - Gingham Large
- Large Scale Gingham that echo's "country pear" coloured charm

Fabrics by Kristopher K - are available online @ Spoonflower

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Jean de Florette and Manon de Sources

I am a big fan of French Cinema ... and these two gems;
"Jean de Florette" and it's sequel "Manon de Sources" are two of my favourite all time films :)

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Fabulous Fun Florals

Four fun floral fabric designs, in colour palettes reflecting the seasons: Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.

Fabrics by Kristopher K - are available online @ Spoonflower
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Lovely Linens and Green - Mix

Krisotpher K original fabrics (clockwise from top right)
"Linen Lines"
"Ink Bubbles - Silver Birch" and
"Lofty Linen Leaves"

"Lofty Linen Leaves" was inspired by the leaves growing on the amazingly beautiful trees in the, Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris, France.
Discovering we could drive our hire car through the Parc de Saint-Cloud along lovely tree lined avenues, was a highlight of our drive (see map here) from Paris to the Chateau de Versailles.

Fabrics by Kristopher K - are available online @ Spoonflower
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Versailles - Saturn Fountain

I had some more of my photos printed as Greeting Cards by RedBubble.
Here is one of my favourites showing a detail of The Saturn Fountain.
“The Saturn Fountain”, by François Girardon is located in the beautiful gardens of The Chateau de Versailles, France – I absolutely fell in love with the gardens of Versailles from my very first glimpse :)
(Versailles - Fountains)

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Rose Mist

Here is my design "Rose Mist" on fabric.

It has been printed by Spoonflower, on their wonderful upholstery weight twill. I've displayed the fabric here, with some cute little letters, that I just couldn't resist buying :)

Friday, January 15, 2010

Shades of White - Fabric Designs by Kristopher K

I love to design and decorate with shades of white:

- from calm cool whites to warm creamy whites- White has always been at the top of my list of - 'oh so easy and calming to live with' - favourite colours :)

Here is a sample of fabric designs from the Kristopher K collection, staring: White

Designs from top:

1. "Disco Dots - Night"

2. "52"x Magnolia Little Gem - Sage"

3. "Jewel Mosaic"

4. "White Wild Rose"

Fabrics by Kristopher K - are available online @ Spoonflower

"Lucky Four" and "Floral Chintz"

New Fabric design "Lucky Four" shown with "Floral Chintz."
Fabrics designed by Kristoher K and printed by Spoonflower :)

Thursday, January 14, 2010

"Rose Blush - Antique" by Kristopher K

"Rose Blush - Antique" features a profusion of vintage inspired antique coloured roses with an updated modern twist of rough graphic lines adding to the overall design :)

"Rose Blush - Antique" by Kristopher K - Now available @ Spoonflower
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Marie's Garden

Detail of a small section of my latest design: "Marie's Garden"

Aqua and Pink combine in this textural floral fabric design, inspired by the beautiful pink flowers, blooming in the summer gardens of the Chateau de Versailles, France :)
I'm so looking forward to seeing "Marie's Garden" printed :)