October 03, 2012

The Red Thread

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Introducing! all 24 patterns of Creative Thursday’s newest fabric collection 'The Red Thread'. And a few of my favorite designs in larger sizes so you can see more detail.

All 24 the red thread ct
There is a story behind the design and naming of this group and here it is: Growing up, my aunt in Germany often talked to me about 'the red thread' that runs through your life. It’s a known story so maybe you’ve heard it?

The idea is that there is always a red thread connecting all the moments of your life and when looking back you can see it with complete clarity. How everything happens just as it should, in the exact timing that is meant to be. 

In my own life I find this to be true and since I was little the idea of the red thread has always brought me comfort. What if? our life is unfolding just as it should, always guiding us to best possible outcome for what we are wanting, and all we have to is trust, enjoy and relax into it. 

It’s all to easy on the days when we don’t feel like ourselves,  like everything is scary and closing in on us ~ to lose sight of the greater picture. 

As a child, I spent almost every summer in Germany visiting my family. I always left feeling more inspired than when I arrived and I let that influence also carry into the designs. Included are the lucky symbols of the mushroom {with tiny bunnies of course} the ladybugs and the flowerboxes spilling over with geraniums {there seems to be some confusion on what flower I designed in the pattern with the small green leaves, they are not pansies ;)}

You can purchase bundles, and select yardage by request at the shop as well as find it at a store near you by using Andover’s store finder. There is also a free quilt pattern available for download, that Andover designed. Super cute with the little houses going around the border.

The red thread favorite1 ct

The red thread favorite3 ct

My intent with this fabric collection {when you are creating and sewing away} is a reminder, that all is well.

Comments (12)

love each and every one of these fabric patterns and so love the story behind them....
This is wonderful stuff, Marissa!
This collection is beautiful! I can't wait to sew with it!
This is most definitely my favourite collection of yours. It might be the inspiration, it might be the colours, it might just feel comfortable (like you being comfortable in your skin as a fabric designer).
thanks Cheryl! definitely a combination of all of the above for me
What a wonderful collection.
I have had a love of toadstools for a long while, yet only just heard of their association as a good luck charm.
The idea of "the red thread" is a beautiful one. And at times it is clear to me that this is what life is actually all about.
I found you via Soule Mama, this fabric collection is gorgeous, bunnies and toadstools, oh my!
Oh beautiful! The story and the fabric! I haven't been to your site in awhile and it's so perfect that I stopped by because I just needed to hear the story of the "red thread" tonight. Glad I came... and must get some of that fabric!
Sweet design, especially the little houses.

EWian
I love all the designs. It's interesting that your mother focused on red so much. Maybe because red is cherry and romantic color?
I LOVE these wonderful fabrics!! I will have to buy myself a bundle soon.
Thank you - I've been having exactly one of those days where it's closing in on me and I can't see the big picture.

Your 'red thread' story reminded me of this moment, from L M Alcott's "Jo's Boys" (fourth in the Little Women series). It's the adult Jo speaking to her nephew as he leaves home.

"I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a bit of it is found it is known. That is the text of my little sermon to you. Virtue, which means honour, honesty, courage, and all that makes character, is the red thread that marks a good man wherever he is. Keep that always and everywhere, so that even if wrecked by misfortune, that sign shall still be found and recognized." - <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3499/3499-h/3499-h.htm">http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3499/3499-h/3499-h.htm</a>