duvet cover + pillow cases!

over the weekend i printed duvet covers, and i love it! i think this is my favorite. since i use about 24inch × 19inch screen, it's really hard when i print big piece like this. you have to worry about registration and space between each image. and once i mess up whole sheet will be waste, so im really careful when i print duvet, but it turned out nice!

linzie hunter towels and other towels are available now at my etsy shop!
i listed this morning, but Linzie towels are almost gone, so hurry!

Linzie Hunter's ABC towels, new paper towels & more!

I finally got some white linen fabrics and last couple of weeks, I've been busy printing, sewing, and ironing!
Linzie and I decided to to another edition of ABC towels! It was such a hit last time we did, (sold out in a few hours.) and Linzie and I received many email asking for more. I picked 4 colors combo this time, some similar from last time, but they are all different colors. I hope you like them!

I also printed my new design "Paper towel Kitchen towel". Let's try not use paper towel as much as we ( I ) do, and save some trees. If you miss using paper towel, don't worry now you have this paper towel kitchen towels!! It's even Eco price of $12! because I really want you to use this towel instead of paper towel!

and few of my other favorite designs also will be available in my etsy shop next week!

how to card by gocco.

last night, i printed how to cards with gocco. it came out really nice.
a size 6 font even looks nice and sharp! gocco is so much fun!
i really like printing on paper as much as printing on fabrics.
so, im planning to launch PataPri Paper!
thinking about making posters and cards. i will let you know the details when im ready.
ok, im off to post office.
see you. :)

sewing zipper is hard!

yesterday, it was 80 degree, beautiful weather, and today was 50 and cold!
so I stayed in and making a little pencil case and pouches using my scrap fabrics. I was having hard time sewing zippers, i need upgrade my sewing machine and upgrade my sewing skill too! but i like my little pencil cases!

awawawawa-!

awawawaa is a japanese word (?)or sound word that you use(not really) when you are in panic or scare or surprised.
and i was awawawaa this week, when I did a tv interview!
I never thought or wanted to be on tv even though i LOVE watching tv, but for love of PataPri i did it! whew!
I couldn't say 5% of what i wanted say about PataPri but it's done, so move on!
They came to my studio/apartment and shot some of my stuff, and did little interview.
producer, and camera people were super nice, so that helped. thank you sam!
I spend all weekend clean up my place! so it's clean now if you want to visit me, now is the time!
anyway, so that's how my week going so far. I will let you know when the show air.

pic is a new color fabric kirin kitchen towel taken at my apartment garden, love this garden! i usually don't do pink but when i saw this fabric at store, i bought it because its sooo soft and medium weight but so light and i just liked it.

silkscreen poster.

I had a extra time at studio last week, ( no fabrics to print! ) and I had to make prints for the printstitute. so I printed silkscreen poster using one of my favorite design doors.
I used 19 × 25inch off white paper from french paper. I think it would be nice to hung it up at my entrance or somewhere in the apt.
printing on paper and fabrics are different. it's basically same, but to me printing on paper is harder. You have to get it right at one time. I started with 10 prints, but after 5 layers of colors, it ended up with only 3 edition with BAT. that's bad...

a gift and beads.

I am a big fan of Amy Lemaire's work who had a studio at lillstreet. so when she was having a beads sale last weekend, I went and got me some beautiful beads! They are so pretty. I'm very happy. I won't use them as beads but place on my desk as an art objects.
Friend of mine gave me this amazing book of Charley Harper .
I am big fan of his illustration, so I was sooo excited! It was a artist proof edition, so it came with a silkscreen poster called "mountain bluebird".
Isn't it beautiful? I can't wait to frame it. I can spend hours just looking at these beautiful illustration. very inspiring!

silkscreen cards.

Last week, I was taking break from printing on fabrics, and I made cards for PataPri. They are silkscreen process print which I've never done.
It was so fun, as I printing yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, pictures full color showing up. I also used varnish on towels part, so it shining little bit on towels and i love it. I printed text and logo with gocco.

PataPri Happy 1st Birthday!

PataPri's Happy 1st Birthday!
Thank you so much for your support and love!
Past year has been wonderful.
I wanted to do something to show my appreciation, and I made special edition towels ( not for sale ) for first 20 customer with any purchase from my shop. These towels are show casing designs I have done past year.

Collaboration towels with Linzie Hunter and fabrics will be available April 16th Wednesday!

Linzie Hunter

Last year I did collaboration work with wing aka inkdesigner, and I had such a fun experience, so when I was contacted by Linzie Hunter, I was like Yes!.
I am a big fun of her lovely illustration, so it was such a excitement to work with her ( through emails).
Here is her fun alphabet design. I picked the colors.
They will be available in my etsy shop next week!
They are limited of 50 towels ( available only 25 towels at my etsy shop for sale ). so, if you are her fan like i am, please take a look next week...

fabrics!

One of the projects I'm working on for PataPri 1 year anniversary is to sell my designs as fabrics. I wanted to make something that you requested most for this special occasion.
It will be a pack of 3 designs piece of fabrics, small size and big size. Since making yard age fabrics are very labor intensive and takes long time, it will be very limited and also only this time. I hope you will enjoy them.
They will be available on April 16th Wednesday at my etsy shop!
I'm super busy packing right now!
I made little cards to go with my fabrics.
and waiting for sunshine to take pictures.

Spring is here! at least in tokyo....

April is special month for PataPri, and also sakura season in japan.
it's a pretty amazing view of sakura! pics are taken by my brother in tokyo last week at meguro-river and near by japanese emperor's house.
anyway, last year of April, April 13th to be exact, patapri has started. i can't believe it has been a year already!!
I'm doing a few project towards the April 13th, i hope you all will enjoy what I'm working on.
one of the things I'm working on is that something i have requested most in past year. can you guess?
well, check back patapri news to see what they are.

Mr. Red & Mr. Brown

This is fun new designs towels called Mr. Red and Mr. Brown.
They want to go home! Can you help them find their home?
They are available at my etsy shop.

i'm addicted to silkscreen print.

my fabric guy didn't come through this time, and i didn't have fabrics to print, so i look around the apartment and grabbed my curtains to print.
also another duvet cover.
it made my room brighter!

Lillstreet on TV with Allison Rose.

lillstreet art center in ravenswood where i do print is having open house day next saturday ( march 15th ). anyone can stop by and visit variety of artists!
and, tomorrow on NBC sunday morning news starting 8 am on channel 5, my friend from lillstreet miss allison rose who create amazing dye work and silkscreen, also has shop at etsy call blue thimble, and she teaches at lillstreet too, will be on air to talk about what she teaches at lillstreet and share her super cute work!
please watch the show, and stop by next week at lillstreet! they will have free workshop, free food, and many more!

pics are lillstreet and allison's my favorite octopus design!

iroiro design.

I just printed custom order table cloth with iroiro design which is my early design.
When I was printing a table cloth, I thought this would be nice for duvet cover for spring, so I made myself a duvet cover and pillow with this design. I slept in it for first time last night, and I loved it! very calming color.

Pillow covers in my etsy shop.

New pillow covers are in my etsy shop!
Take a look.

happy valentine's day & new pillows!

HAppy Valentine's day!
I was printing and sewing crazy past week for these new pillows!
I chose some of my favorite designs for my new pillow covers.
They are 16 inchs by 16 inchs, and printed on 100% lines comes with feather/down insert.
I wanted to start making other than dish cloth this year, and pillows are my next new product from PataPri after table cloths!
They will be availble soon in my etsy shop.