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Dias de los Muertos
We have now donated 61,000 masks. 1-1. We donate 1 for every 1 you buy. . Mexico is in Seattle, It is. This amazing, generous family makes the Best. Tamales. Ever! Go to Freelard Tamales near Greenlake, or get delivery! They donate food and our masks to folks in need. They also sell our #diasdelosmuertos masks at the window.
We design our own fabric.
It has been a long, exciting journey to come up with my own prints. I tried to get fabric made in this country but due the lack of eco-friendly coatings (yes, much of the coatings done in the US are toxic, believe it or not) and costs, I couldn’t. I thought long and hard about shipping my goods across the world, but was able to get a quality product made to Swiss Oeko-Tex & food-safe standards. I order 3,000 yds at a time of screen printed goods from Korea. That’s a lot of fabric!
I went to design school back in the day, but never learned photoshop or illustrator, and had no idea how to come up with my own “line”. So, I got help. I have found some fantastic artists to grow and develop the look and feel of my brand. Our first fabric was “VINTAGE”. The photo above shows us laying out the imagery
in Christine Joly de Lotbiniere’s wonderful studio. Our look is sophisticated, not stuffy, a little quirky and tends towards earthy / ethnic. Christine gets the imagery into layers in Photoshop and I play with colors to get them where I like them. Then we send the design off to the mill for Strike-offs. They send back a piece of fabric with their interpretation of my design. I have sent them back up to 4 times for adjustments to get the colors to “spark”. When it’s right, I feel it. I am always in search of the “spark”. It’s what drives me and drives my design and my life. Now that I have control of colors and mixes of prints, I can make color stories of my own!
Pumpkin Face Masks
Put this on and your costume is done! We have a few more of these. Adults and kids - get em before they’re gone.
Our New Pouches
Back to school? Back to work? Back to??
We designed a sweet new flat pouch with a hookie thing for your "Out & About life-in-the-time-of-Covid"
It carries 5 masks, hand sanitizer, your keys, phone, $, what else do you need?
We have been stuck in our bubble, making and donating a gazillion masks while time marches on and school has started.
Whatever your work/study style, our fabric's cuteness will make your day happier so check them out.