Collection: Boat Race by Heather Ross

"Boat Race is a fabric collection about the kind of summer childhood that feels almost impossible now — long afternoons outside with nowhere to be, making tiny boats from sticks and patchwork sails and racing them down the stream be-hind the house. Some floated beautifully. Many sank immediately. None of that mattered.

The prints in this collection are little snapshots of those days: camping trips and sleeping bags, sun-warmed rocks and cold lakes, bright green grass under bare feet, blue skies, yellow sunshine, and the particular magic of being small in summertime. I added ginghams throughout because I wanted the whole collection to feel like a picnic blanket spread out in the grass — cheerful, nostalgic, and made for gathering together.

Boat Race is an ode to handmade childhoods, muddy knees, imagination and the kind of summers you carry with you forever." ~ Heather Ross