In case you still have some money lying around after the holidays or, even better, a gift certificate from a bookstore,
if you haven't seen it yet, you should take a look at Tricia Guild's latest book "Pattern". I would have asked for it as a Christmas gift, but I was far too impatient; as soon as I saw it at my local bookstore after getting wind of its publication in print & pattern, I quickly snatched it up. You see, I'm a big Tricia Guild fan since the early 90's when I first discovered her through one of her early books. A lot of what I've learnt about combining fabrics, colors, patterns, textures, styles has been by browsing through her books which I have to admit, I never tire of....
The fact that she's so creative and innovative in the world of interior design as well as a huge commercial success has been a real bonus for someone like me (no formal art training) because her work is totally accessible through her books and products. And this latest book, in my opinion, is her best...it is so visually rich and inspiring (the dust jacket is flocked for goodness sake!) that I think I'll be studying it for many years to come...I snapped a few photos of some of the pages for you to take a peek if you haven't seen it yet - 
(Suprisingly, the book is also reasonably priced: it has $40 US written on the dust jacket but is only selling for $39.99 Cdn at Chapters in Canada?!... )
Before I go back to drooling over this lovely book, I thought I would offer... 
...with thanks from me to Lilli for featuring me in her very beautiful blog make mine blissful yesterday - what an uplifting start to my new year!!
I'm a big Tricia Guild fan too!!! I too started getting her books back in the 90s: Design and Detail, Color, Soft Furnishings, and In Town. Back then, I was so relieved to find someone else who had the same colour sensibilities as me. Not that I'm going to paint my walls a deep green, but I do love looking at saturated colours. I'll have to check out this gorgeous-looking Pattern book.
Merci pour le billet-doux. You are very welcome for the link. It's very easy to sing your praises :)
Posted by: Lilli | January 03, 2007 at 06:33 AM
Me too, me too! Big fan of hers! Thank you for sharing Tricia's latest work ~ I must get a copy too.
Fun to see!
xo,
Kim
Posted by: Daisy Cottage | January 04, 2007 at 05:02 AM
Oh so YUMMY! =^..^=
I have not seen this book yet!
The colors are so saturated ... and deep ::yum::
The combinations ... I love mixing patterns for texture!
I really must go find this gem of a book and sit with
a cup of tea soaking up the goodness of the pages.
I especially like the picture you are sharing of
the orange & pink with the black stripe ribbon!
I don't know exactly why that stands out to me
... just does.
I am SOooo tickled pink that I finally found you again ...
My computer (Elsa) crashed and I lost my bookmarks.
I could not for the life of me remember you blog name
correctly. Kept thinking ... Rose hipS ... Rosehip Tea ...
Every combination was wrong! I was in a dither over it!
And then today .::SIGH::. BINGO! I noticed your blog name
show up on my tracker! .::YippEeeee!!::.
There you were! Just a ::CLICK:: of the mouse & ...
Here you are still ... just as I remembered
delightful and wonderful to visit!
I must go catch-up now with all I have missed!
I'm just SO excited!
What have you made I always wonder?
... Now I will know!
=^..^= love, zU
Posted by: zUzU | January 07, 2007 at 08:20 PM
Tricia is high on my Love list too! Wow, this looks like a fabulous book... I love how she mixes colors, craft and always flowers in her work!!!
Posted by: Ulla | January 13, 2007 at 11:04 AM
The style of this book, colors and ornateness (is that a word?) remind me of Kaffe Fasset. All his books and fabric have similar energy and color.
Posted by: Julie | January 13, 2007 at 07:33 PM