Duralee Designer: John Robshaw
 Introducing four new designer fabric books which include fabrics for your home designed by John Robshaw. Fabulous prints and woven fabrics feature designs and patterns based on his world travels. Most of the patterns are made here in the USA. Take a look at this beautiful line of designer fabrics from Duralee - Click Here>>
About the Designer
After he earned a fine arts degree at Pratt and studied traditional block printing in China, John "I-Caught-the-Asia-Bug" Robshaw journeyed to India to find natural indigo dye for his paintings. Instead, he fell in love with the local artisans fabric-making traditions. The hands-on immediacy and vitality of textiles dyed, printed, woven, stitched, and worn piqued what was to become a lifelong fascination.
"It's so simple and natural. You touch a woodblock to wet clay and then to the fabric. After the clay dries, you dip the cloth into the indigo vat and the clay stays on.  One dip gives the fabric a sky-blue color, two dips and it deepens to cobalt, three dips and it's a saturated midnight blue. Then the fabric is laid out to dry in the sun and later the clay is washed off. The dyer says the indigo vats are like a mistress because they need constant attention. I was completely fascinated by the dyeing and printing processes, as well as how the finished product is used. Textiles become intimate companions in daily life, whether as a pillow, bedcover or sarong."
Now John works with various workshops in India, where he travels several months out of the year to oversee production, experiment with new dyeing and printing techniques, and to work alongside the artisans creating the fabrics. He takes care to cultivate and preserve their traditional techniques. As a consultant for Aid to Artisans, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating economic opportunities for craftspeople in developing nations, John has traveled to Vietnam, Cambodia, Zimbabwe, and most recently, Bolivia, in support of the textile artisans there.
Check out John's Blog - Click Here>>
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Kids World Wallpaper and Borders
You're only young once! Kids World brings imagination and adventure to life! From funky robots and sassy animal prints to whimsical butteflies and farm friends, this collection is darling! Kids World mixes a fresh charm into once upon a time classics and adds a spoonful of sugar to today's most stylish designs for the cutest kids decor.
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