Fabric Friday: Kristina Isola Prints Through The Years

Here is a gallery of Kristina Isola’s prints through the years. The links to the original sources can be found at the end. I’ve excluded the prints Kristina did together with her mother, Maija Isola. In the list can also be found the controversial “Gingko”-print which originality is highly debatable (although I have formed my firm opinion based on the fact it isn’t her usual style). Anyhoo, if you know other prints or have Kristina Isola-fabric, please let me know in the comments and I can add it/them here. Enjoy!

Mulperi 1989, (reader tip)

Gingko, 2008

Mittari, 1989

Omppu, 1996

Talvimatka, 2005

Piano, 1999

Poppeli, 1992

Cembalo, 1998

Pajunkissat, 2008

Kalliolla, 1992

Loitsu, 1992

Morelli, 1990

Malva, 2011

Colorraita, 1998

Tiheys, 2000

Tasan, 2000

Onnellinen, 2000

Sekä Että,1999

Linnea, 199?

Soliseva, 1996

Terassi, 1992

Aallokko, 1995

Kimalainen, 1986

Krassi, 1998

Puutarha, 1997

Kaustinen, 1992

Hedelmäpuu, 1996

Belvedere, 1997

Viola, 1999

Siideri, 1996

Voikukka, 1997

Kukkura, 2007

Original sources in random order:

Kukkura 2007, Voikukka 1997, Siideri 1996, Viola 1999, Belvedere 1997, Hedelmäpuu 1996, Kaustinen 1992, Puutarha 1997, Kimalainen 1986, Krassi 1998, Aallokko 1995, Morelli 1990, Terassi 1992, Soliseva 1996, Linnea 199?, Sekä Että 1999, Tasan 2000, Onnellinen 2000, Colorraita 1998, Tiheys 2000, Malva 2011, Loitsu 1992, Kalliolla 1992, Pajunkissat 2008, Cembalo 1998, Poppeli 1992, Piano 1999, Omppu 1996, Talvimatka 2005, Mittari 1989,     Gingko 2008, Mulperi 1989

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Currently On The Selling List…

I got home yesterday from a flea market where I took my items to, all mad because I hadn’t been selling as much as I thought I would. Not to dwell on the loss, today I photographed some things to sell online. (Sidenote: I might want to stop fingerprinting my camera lense. Might take better photos then.)

This one is my favourite:

Thrifty Finn- feeling a sense of calm after getting things done.

Selling Headache

As per usual, I’ve been on a spring cleaning/organizing kick lately. I always do when there’s more light and one can actually see the problems one has in one’s apartment. For me, my tiny place was overtaken by sellable items and I decided to book a table at a local flea market to get rid of my overstock. 35 euros for 7 days. Not too bad. So , on Saturday morning I dragged (ON THE BUS) two Ikea-sacks full of retro goodies (that I’d been pricing till early hours) to other side of town. Then on Sunday I carried two MORE sacks and today, one more. That’s 5 sacks, my people!

When I had done organizing my booth today, I wandered over to the till and began chatting with the owner. First, I wanted to know how much I’d sold so far. HARDLY ANYTHING!!! Already a painful vision of me carrying those five sacks home coming Friday occurred.  I asked if should put a discount sign on this early in the week and the answer came as bit of a shock.

Apparently my prices are too low as they are! Whaaat!?! I thought if I’d price them low enough, I’d actually sell the stuff but nooo, that’s not how they do things in Espoo. My solution? Tomorrow I’m going to go and raise the prices. Even if it takes me 2 hours to rip all the price tags off and replace them with new ones.

Thrifty Finn- The Queen of Re-selling. Not.

Pinteresting

Wow. This week I have found tons of new people to follow on Pinterest and subsequently, tons of pretty, inspiring things. Even with all the hullabaloo surrounding Sew Mama Sew’s Giveaway, I found some time to pin:

I don’t know what the story is about but she sure as heck does look cute. I need to pinch those  cheeks and ruffle that hair and maybe try on those glasses. I’m pretty sure I’d look equally cute.

Okay. If I can’t rock the cute maybe I could do the classy. I love the autumnal tones of the skirt against the lightweight summer tones in the blouse. I’m half tempted to pull down my curtains to make that skirt.

 I couldn’t find the original source But I love this quote.

Can you ever get enough of vintage florals? This wallpaper is something I’d be happy to have in  fabric as well. I could do an entire room with it, walls, drapes, sofa…You name it. And a dress. It would be like a crazy cat lady camouflage. Maybe I could trademark it or something?

The dog would say no.

And I would have to respectfully disagree.

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On The Selling List

Vintage tennis balls. By Tretorn. Apron from a promotional collection Paola Suhonen designed for a Finnish alcohol brand Koskenkorva. More info about the latter HERE.

Thrifty Finn. Getting ready for a date. Yes. Really.