NEW from FreeSpirit! Each
month we will be highlighting one of our amazing FreeSpirit designers using video,
photography, infographs and a profile that includes our “Did You Know… 10
Facts about our FreeSpirit Designer”. This month we are celebrating Anna Maria Horner! Anna's newest collection, Folk Song, is hitting stores this month!
To many the Anna Maria
brand means color & inspiration in the form of craft, sewing,
needlework,
books, and friendly how-to. Since 2006 her ever-growing library of fabrics has
delighted and adorned creative souls around the globe. She has been the face
(or rather the hands as she likes to think) of Janome
Sewing Machines since 2011. As
of 2014 Anna Maria is also the founder and proprietor of Nashville's Craft South. Craft South will open the doors to its permanent
location in the Spring of 2015.
There have been varied
stops on her path to here, but a common element in all of her work, whether
fashion, quilting or fine art, is a passion for the language of color. She
continued to realize her point of view in many disciplines and they began to
form a dialogue, one bettering the other- promoting growth in her design range.
Somewhere around 2001, her fascination with taking an idea through all the
necessary steps from her sketchbook to a store shelf sparked the momentum to
create a brand. Anna Maria's fresh perspectives within traditional markets and
her vision of being surrounded by the work of her own hands has led her to
partnering with dozens of manufacturers to design homewares, gift items,
textiles, authoring three sewing books, and publishing a continuing collection
of sewing and needlework patterns. In recent years her focus has intensified in
the craft and creative industry where her heart has always been.
Anna Maria and her
husband, Jeff, make their home on a rambling and not overly maintained two
acres of happiness in Nashville. Their seven children range in age from 19mos
to 23. Together they embrace both the charming wonders and the imperfect
moments of raising a large family. She is inspired daily by the spontaneity and
tempo of it all.
Share with us what you love about Anna Maria Horner!
Anna Maria is my favorite! Favorite colors & fabrics. I also very much enjoy her written reflections.
ReplyDeleteAnna Maria is my new favorite! I so look forward the release of her newest fabric collections, projects, and written reflections. Color is her thing!
ReplyDeleteLove her fabrics!
ReplyDeleteOf course I love the unexpected color combinations she uses, but there is something just JOYFUL about her designs. They are big, loud and unapologetic about taking up so much space on the fabric! Larger than life and laughter is how I would sum up her fabric lines. Thanks for sharing your joyful life through your fabric designs!
ReplyDeleteI am a huge fan of Anna Maria Horner. Her fabrics clearly reflect her talent as an artist. She also has mastered the art of life through her enjoyment of family, creativity and home life. These are passions I share with her as well. She is a "Free Spirit" and a guiding light in the growing craft movement.
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