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Wearable Carle Art
April 16, 2008

Once again Repro Depot is featuring some great fabrics for use by all you kid lit lovers. The samples below are all from the Very Hungry Caterpillar Collection featuring the work of (obviously) Eric Carle!

For the traditionalist, here are some familiar images, presented as panels:

 

Here's a slightly more "mod," a bit less colorful motif:

My personal favorite is the fabric below. The only thing that would make this design cooler (for clothing use, at least) is if it were eyelet fabric so those foods sported actual holes. But I suppose that would make it less versatile. And a lot less suited to pillowcases, which is how I picture putting it to use, if I ever find time to fire up the old sewing machine.

This is delightfully dotty:

Available in three colors of bright:

Crazy counting fun (also available in three colors):

It's like wearing painted tissue paper... only comfortable. And a lot less risky!


Posted by Alison Morris on April 16, 2008 | Comments (7)


April 16, 2008
In response to: Wearable Carle Art
Carol commented:

Fabulous. How do we access Retro Depot?




April 16, 2008
In response to: Wearable Carle Art
ShelfTalker commented:

Carol, Click on the words "Very Hungry Caterpillar Collection" in my first paragraph above. They link directly to the Eric Carle fabric on the Repro Depot website.




April 16, 2008
In response to: Wearable Carle Art
Kellie Olsen commented:

Awesome! Did you ever see the Eric Carle bedding Target was selling? It was around this time last year, I think.




April 16, 2008
In response to: Wearable Carle Art
Kellie Olsen commented:

Looks like the Carle bedding is still available. I just went to Target.com and put "Carle" into the search box. I love it!




April 16, 2008
In response to: Wearable Carle Art
ShelfTalker commented:

It looks like Repro Depot may have sold out of a few Caterpillar designs since I put them in the post, but hey! Guess who else has them? The Eric Carle Museum, of course! (Should have thought of that first...) Visit their site at www.picturebookart.org and click on "Go Shopping."




April 16, 2008
In response to: Wearable Carle Art
ShelfTalker commented:

Kellie, Thanks for the bedding tip! How fabulous! They're also selling the bedding on the Eric Carle Museum website (see my previous comment) plus lots of other fun stuff.




April 16, 2008
In response to: Wearable Carle Art
Carle Museum commented:

We hope you do not mind our posting, but we at The Carle Museum are so excited about this fabric we are offering 10% off to readers who order via the Museum Web site by April 30, 2008, www[dot]picturebookart[dot]org/Shop/NEW_Fabric, and mention the blog or Web site they heard about the fabric on. (Note: We are a non-profit organization, so all proceeds support the Museum's mission.) We have also created a Flickr group for readers to share their crafty creations at www[dot]flickr[dot]com/groups/ericcarlefabric/ - we would love to see all the wonderful things your talented readers will create with this fabric! Thank you, Corey[at]picturebookart[dot]org





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