some Happy Drawing Too treats from Be Homemade

Vintage Camper Ed Emberley style

"In an effort to get her whole family (husband Clay, sons Ever & Levi, 10 & 8) onboard with camping, Cindy got the birdbrained idea to buy an old, battered, 1978 fiberglass camper called a "Scamp," and restore it over the summer. Over the next few months, Clay and Cindy together learned how to repair fiberglass, polish aluminum, peel ridiculous amounts of old paint, sand, sand, and sand some more, paint with boat enamel, use a rivet gun, sand some more, and a bunch of other stuff one normally doesn't expect to spend the summer doing. But by August, the Morrows were still married, and the Scamp was ready for its first trip! The best part, by far, is the use of Cloud 9's Emberley fabrics for the camper's curtains and pillows. Clay and Cindy, both artists and writers in the animation industry, grew up learning how to draw from Ed Emberley and his amazing books. The moment Cindy saw the Emberley Forest Friends fabric, she knew she had found the "piéce de résistance." Thank you Cloud 9 and Emberley family!"

Wow! the second collection is on it's way and I still haven't posted all the projects form the first collection. It's been such a busy summer...I'll try to catch up in November.

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Awww Tucker's playmate is jealous

Tucker proudly stands guard in his new Ed Emberley jacket

I have to interrupt my scheduled post for this adorable photo sent in by Gwen Stantial of Beverly Farms, MA.  Hopefully we'll be seeing these soon on Etsy! Custom EE dog jackets...just goes to show that this fabric knows no bounds. Now back to our regularly scheduled posts...

A little Ed Emberley alligators in your kitchen? And here's a link to some terrific table napkins Pixie Spit on Etsy

next up this week - a post devoted to my favorite pattern, the Scribble. I grew up with scribbles. When we were young and my parents took us to restaurants, we played the scribble game where my father would draw a scribble and we had to make a picture out of it. Scribbles stretch your imagination and look fabulous on fabric as well! 

MeemsSeams on Etsy

A quick peek at what some creative folks are doing with Ed Emberley fabric on Etsy.

The first bits of EE fabric I received were small squares, proofs. What to do with small bits while my sewing machine was tucked away? A trip to my asian grocer inspired me. A little modpodge, and we have scribble sticks!

Buttons!

In April of 2012 we launched our first U.S. fabric line with Cloud9 Fabrics. Cloud9 is Gina Pantastico and Michelle Bencsko, two young women in NJ producing organic cotton fabrics. Very much in keeping with the Emberley sensibility, high quality products to support and accompany our books!

This blog is devoted to projects using Ed Emberley fabric. You may know that my mother Barbara Emberley was a fashion design student at Mass Art when she met my father Ed Emberley, who was studying illustration. So it is natural for us to combine the two. While I chose illustration for a living, I dabbled many times in design, from textiles to costumes, home decor, just about every thing and the bottom line is - I like making things. Our whole family does. My mother taught me to sew when I was very young, but we are and always will be, very different sewers. My mother can make a complex dress pattern from brown paper, she turns out perfect french seams, her wedding dress had over 100 covered buttons stitched on by hand (in baby blue gingham silk) I, on the other hand know every short-cut there is and tend to fly through projects that are easy and satisfying. Once I learned how to make a pillow cover with an envelope fold, I never went back...What you will see on this site will be, hopefully, a balance of styles. You will see non-sew projects, sewing projects, complex projects and simple projects, so anyone, ANYONE, can use a little Ed Emberley fabric in their life! I encourage everyone to share their photo's, if you want us to post it here just message me. Happy sewing, Happy Drawing everyone, make, draw, do! - Rebecca Emberley