I am so excited to finally get to share this! It has been a long time coming and now that it is here, I am just thrilled! I have a now 12 year old son. He likes to sew and I love to sew for him but the older he gets, the harder it is to find age apropriate prints that he likes and is excited about. I started thinking about the things he likes and the things we like to do together. Then I sat down with him and he sketched me some robots and we talked about colors and then I went to work.
This collection is all inspired by him. He has been on a Robotics team for a couple of years that I helped out with. He loves math and science so I included a stripe based on Fibonacci's number. We spend a good amount of time (a very good amount of time!) playing with legos around here so I did a print inspired by those. When it was all designed I asked him what it should be called and he suggested Mechanical Genius so that is how the name came about.
I consulted with him along the way and I think this is a great group of prints that will work well for lots of boys- toddlers, older boys and even Dads. I can't wait to make him a pair of pajamas out of the Fibonacci stripe and a fussy cut robot patch pocket.
I am designing a quilt pattern for these as well. My husband will likely get a laptop bag lined in the blue circuit boards. He works in tech- maybe I should make him a collared shirt out of that print too!
Working with Timeless Treasures has been a dream and they did such a great job with these. The colors are so beautiful and they got all the tiny details I wanted.
I love that group above. Can't wait to fussy cut those robots!
Thanks for scrolling all the way down! I hope you love this collection as much as I do. There will be samples of this in the booth at Market this fall and the collection should be in stores by early 2012 though some stores may have it in December. As soon as I know where you can find it I will put a list up on the side bar. The people at Timeless Treasures will have a good idea who will have this in December by early December so feel free to contact them if you have a boy on your holiday list who needs a quilt made out of this.
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My grandson just joined the Robotics Club at his middle school. This fabric will be great for his next quilt.
Very cool. Love the circuit board, my husband is in tech as well, he'd appreciate it a lot!
What a fun project to work with your son on and a perfect subject matter for boys! Congrats!
looks fab Mo!! can't wait to get my grubby hands on it! :)
X, H
Very cool - congratulations!
Great collection! There's definitely a hole in the market for these sorts of prints. Of course, I would actually love to see something like this in more girly colors - someday, the fabric companies will figure out not all girls like flowers and dolls, and would prefer something more geeky. ;)
Fantastic job, Mo! And as a mother of a little boy, thank you so much for creating a line that works for them. And how cool is it that you and your son collaborated on the project?!
This is really neat. Congratulations! Will you be at market? I will and would love to meet up. My son would love something from this line.
I love it! The engineer in me really loves the prints and can't wait to make some clothes for my little boy.
This is amazing! Can't wait to get some!
I read your entire post in robot voice, so I think it's only fair you read my comment in robot voice…
So freaking excited MG is FINALLY going to out! And to heck with boys/men… I WANT IT TOO! So happy for you dear friend of mine. And so happy for us the consumers! OH HAPPY DAY!
Hooray Mo! It's so fantastic and you know I can not wait to sew away with it! I'm thinking Fibonacci (oh I know I butchered that) stripe collared shirt with the bluecircuit board inside the collar and placket and cuffs. Oh yeah!
Yay! Robot voice says, can't. wait. to. carry. fabric. in. my. shop. zerk.
Mo - these are AWESOME!!!!! I know both of my kids (boy and girl) will LOVE these. And yes, my hubs is a kind of a techie geek too. Cannot WAIT to see these in person and start sewing!
These are amazing! The robots are great and I really love the patterns. I agree, it is difficult to find good fabric for boys! My son (5 yrs.) would love these.
So super fab, Mo!!! I can't wait to work with them :) I think that circuit board print is just genius, so awesome!!!
I love everything about this line!
So proud of your son and love the awesome fabric. Can't wait to make my grandsons something out of it! Congratulations
What a great line!! I was looking everywhere last year for fabric with robots. I'm going to make a quilt for my little nephew who loves them. He'll be soo happy! A great story how the line came together as well.
Very very cool. With Sewing For Boys and this line, my nephews will have the cutest (ahem, I mean coolest) clothes on the block! Love it, Mo!
Yeah Mo!!!! I am waiting to make Theo curtains until I can get the robots. Right now he has a piece of fabric clipped to a rod. Can't wait!!!!!
Hooray! So happy for you. Can't wait to see it in yards and yards and yards!
This line rocks !! I am ready to order it for my shop now. I love the circuit boards. Amazing. :)
This line rocks !! I am ready to order it for my shop now. I love the circuit boards. Amazing. :)
Cannot wait! Especially to hear "I am a ro ot I do not poo or pee" from everyone in my family!
Congratulations! This is so cool! I'll have to get some for my son. But I think I'll keep that circuit board print for myself :)
Fantastic I love it, my boy is only 2 but I really don't like prints that are young boyish especially when I want quilts to grow old with him!
I'm so happy for you and excited!! You know I can't wait to get my hands on some of this!! xoxo
Love the fabric! It's so hard to find fabric for older boys like ours. Thanks!
I have a 6 year old boy who loves robots. I would love to get some of this when it comes out!
Mo, I just checked into your blog and saw the pix of your new fabric. I LOVE it! Can't wait till it's available -- Dawn
new to your blog, but I completely agree that it's way too tough to find good boy fabrics, and I'm a beginner sewer! I can't wait to get some of this, my almost 3 yr old is all about the robots these days!
OMG!! Just the print I was looking for my son. :) Lots of fun things will come out from this print, I'm sure of it! Can't wait till its comes out next year.
My mum spent lots of time looking for robots dor quilt for my 5yo boy earlier this year and she will be disappointed she has just finished it now as it would have complemented the colours perfectly. Congrats on a great collaboration what a great design team you made.
I am SO in love with this, I can't even tell you how much. My son will LOVE this!!! I made him a messenger bag out of some "Space Invaders" fabric and this will totally top that. I'm thinking for sure he needs a quilt from these fabrics for his birthday next spring!!!!
Jess
So fun! I love the color ways that you went with. ESP. The "golden" yellow and oranges. Excellent job. Way to fill a need in the marketplace.
This is the best boy fabric I've seen - can't wait to buy a bundle!
How fun! ;0
OH MY GOSH! I totally love your lego/robot fabric!! P L E A S E let us know when it will be available for purchase!
I love this fabric line. For ME. No boys in my family. I have all girls. I want this.
I love your fabric collections. The colors and the details are perfect. BUT, I want it for me.
This is fantastic! Can't wait until it's in stores.
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