14 January 2009

PRINT THEME - sausage dogs

have you noticed the number of sausage dogs around lately ? this super cute idea for a motif can be found on fabrics, cards, and accessories. known as dachshunds, weiner dogs or doxies their long shape makes them easy to draw and you can have fun dressing them up with colourful knitwear. here are some ive spotted. above and below by rock scissor paper, who have an entire range built around these little dogs.
below are helen dardik's festive dogs which were created on her blog as an embroidery project. helen has a craft book coming out very soon and if this project is anything to go by it will be brilliant.
below japanese fabric from the beesquare fabrics etsy shop.
above and below 'fashionable dog' japanese letter set from little apple craft.
sausage dog fabric in pink or blue from mwendas.
below another cute fabric print from kimono reincarnate.
above 9 sheets of japanese paper from crafting bug. below beautiful fabrics are used on all of alice apple's dogs.
above cushion from rabbits moon and below card from anemone letterpress.
above cotton and card flats from kangaroo pals and below earings from tilylula.
above flat notes from shop paper white, below post-it note illustration from tiny notions.
finally above chilly dogs gift wrap by fish lips and below card by loriming.

12 comments:

Karen Lewis Textiles said...

What a lovely collection! Who'd have thought ther'd be so many out there. I'm lucky enough to have Alice Apple's very cute dogs on my website :-)

Unknown said...

Woof ;)

Anonymous said...

Lovely! I think the Kimono Reincarnate is my favourite.

I always wanted a miniature sausage dog, but my husband says we're not allowed to get a dog that can't walk up stairs by itself...

LittleDoodles said...

I think this is my favourite blog post this year...I absolutely love sausage dogs :)

marlenedesigner said...

What a cute array of these doggies, adorable! I love alice apple's dogs.

Carolyn Gavin said...

all are adorable!

Jane said...

LOVE THISSS!!! i love me a hot dog-dog.

worldofemma said...

I have always loved sausage dogs and have a rather lovey ceramic one on my mantlepiece. I have taken time out to start a family and am now finding my feet again. Thankyou for this lovely post. I feel inspired. I have been reading your blog for a while now and I feel very excited by your wonderful posts. I am doodling at home and feel ready to release some designs into the world.
Thanks again.

Anonymous said...

fred the dog wishes you a wonderful year, Bowie, full of success and happiness (in fact ... full of all what you want !)

It was funny to see all these dogs and I do love the cushions.

Anonymous said...

Oups ... to see fred the dog (where there is no dog pattern ...) in English : http://www.fredthedog.fr/catalog.php?lang2=2

Carrie said...

Thank you so much for including us (Anemone Letterpress) in your sausage dog post! We're honored to be included with such great talent!

Simba said...

great items! You forgot one: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19123555

:o) I'm going to have some Gocco printed cards done soon too!

melissa