Our new Journey collection arrived last week, and we’ve been busy unpacking (so many boxes!), repacking, photo-shooting and shipping orders out to shops and designers all over the world. It seems like we wait and wait for the new collections to arrive, and then once they land there’s so much to be done! I still have a lot of samples to sew, mainly patchwork and some adult apparel projects, but we were able to get some great kidswear pieces finished in time for our little photoshoot last weekend. We got some of our favorite kids to show them off for us!
Stylistically, this collection is a continuation of our Wanderlust collection that we introduced 2 years ago. It is inspired by the Southwest (and specifically, a time I found myself in Arizona years ago – you can read the story here), and has lots of cacti and succulents, coyote, blackbirds and indigo painted steer skulls. The palette includes warm corals and pinks, and a range of blues, which for me evokes the play of light and shadows on sandstone cliffs.
Like all of our collections, this range is GOTS-certified organic, which ensures that every stage of production meets strict environmental and social standards. The cotton is farmed without the use of synthetic fertilizers or pesticides, and there are no harmful chemicals used in the processing or finishing. Also, it’s fair trade. 🙂 The certification covers a lot – you can read the full description here.
The collection includes 12 prints on our premium organic poplin, and we also have 7 prints (plus our warm white solid) on our lightweight organic cotton lawn. Both substrates are great for quilting, as well as all sorts of apparel and home projects. The lawn is especially nice for spring and summer-weight dresses, skirts and blouses, but I will say that one of my favorite quilts is made entirely from our wanderlust lawn and is so soft and cozy!
Because we only release a limited number of collections each year, I always try to make sure that there’s a good range of prints that will work for a variety of projects and wearers. This collection hits that mark pretty well, I think, with prints that work for kids as well as adults, and some good boy prints, too (I hear you!). I have a few projects picked out to sew for myself – I just need to fit in a little selfish sewing one of these weekends!
