Smooth Sailing / Floral Reef by Tula Pink
I grew up on the Pacific Coast in Southern California. Even though I now live, landlocked, in the Midwest I always find myself drawn back to salty water. Our world’s oceans are deep and confounding, hiding a million mysteries we have yet to discover. It’s this mystery that keeps me coming back to it again and again. Submerging yourself in the water you find a whole alien planet like ours but different. I wanted to play with that idea. I approached this like a floral collection but instead of the usual land flowers we are so used to I replaced the bouquets with sprigs of coral, anemones and seaweed. Mixed among these water florals are the shadows of sharks, colorful seahorses, tropical fish and kraits with the occasional octopus tentacle for good measure. Take a dip in the deep sea and let the magical underwater world wash over you. If you look close you might even find a pearl or two!
Manufacturer: FreeSpirit Fabrics
Collection: Floral Reef
Print: Smooth Sailing
Size: 44 - 45" wide
Material: 100% cotton
Machine wash cold with like colors. do not use chlorine bleach. tumble dry low setting. remove promptly. use warm iron if necessary.
Tula Pink is an illustrator, a fabric designer, a quilter, an author, a maker and a generally good person who enjoys talking about herself.
Tula graduated from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, CA. It was fun but she was tired of being broke so she decided to get a job. Tula worked briefly as an Exhibit designer for Museums in Southern California, where she grew up, and when that became too quiet she relocated to the music industry. After about 5 years of that her ears began to bleed so she left her job and California and went in search of a new home. The plan was to move as far east as she could get without renting a boat and work her way back west until she found a place she liked. Tula got about half way and then she ran out of gas money so she stayed put.
Tula now lives in a small mid-western town outside of Kansas City, MO in a house that used to be a barn and still sort of looks like one. Tula's main function in life is fabric design. She lives for it. Her signature designs have been adapted to fabrics, woven ribbons, paper products, needlepoint kits, embroidery patterns and sewing machines and can be found in independent fabric shops and retailers all over the world. Tula is most recognized in her industries for her dark sense of humor, a flair for hiding animals in the strangest of places (artistically, not literally) and her boldly unique use of color and pattern. Tula comes from the "more is more" school of design where there is never enough space and always room for that one last thing.
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