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>> ONE OF THE COOL THINGS IS THAT THEY TOOK MY EXACT
HANDWRITING AND PRINTED THAT ON FABRIC.
MY NAME IS KATIE HENNAGIR AND
I'M A DESIGNER OF FABRIC FOR
ROBERT COFNER'S FABRICS.
I OPERATE OUT OF MY MOM'S HOME IN MINNESOTA.
I CALL THIS LINE CHIRP, A BABY PANEL THAT FEATURED A BIRTH
ANNOUNCEMENT SQUARE AND A LOT OF
BIRDS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE LINE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN I SEND THE COMPANY MY PROPOSAL, I
JUST DID VERY ROUGH SKETCHES TO START WITH, THEN GAVE THEM A
VERY DETAILED EXPLANATION OF WHAT I WAS ENVISIONING.
AFTER GETTING THE FIRST OKAY, YES, WE LIKE THIS IDEA, THIS
CONCEPT, THEY ALSO CAME BACK WITH MORE IDEAS OF WHAT THEY
THOUGHT THEY COULD TAKE FROM MY ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MAKE EVEN
BETTER, AND THEN IT WAS JUST KIND OF A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
OF THEM GIVING ME A SEED OF AN
IDEA AND SAYING COULD YOU WORK
ON SOMETHING THAT WOULD USE THE BIRDS IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND
THEN ME COMING BACK WITH A COUPLE OF OPTIONS AND PICKING
THEIR FAVORITE.
WHEN WE STARTED WITH THIS VERY BASIC HEART PRINT , I HAD THE
OPTION OF ALL OF THESE FOR DESIGN, SO I HAD TO DECIDE IF I
LIKED THE MORE DRAWN LOOK OR IF I WANTED A MORE
COMPUTER-GENERATED LOOK.
I CHOSE THE DRAWN LOOK.
THEN I'M GIVEN MANY OPTIONS FOR COLOR.
THESE ARE THE THREE THAT ENDED
UP BEING PRINTED, NOT THIS ONE.
THIS IS THE HARDEST PART OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS BECAUSE THIS IS
WHEN THEY ASK ME TO TAKE WHAT I HAVE SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND
ENERGY INTO AND WHAT I WOULD SAY
THAT, AS AN OBJECT, I LOVE, AND
THEN THEY WANT ME TO EDIT IT.
SO I HAVE TO EDIT IT DOWN TO JUST THE RIGHT NUMBER OF BOLTS
THAT THEY FEEL A SHOP COULD PURCHASE TO PUT IN THEIR STORE.
AFTER I APPROVE OF THE ARTWORK FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR
LOS ANGELES, THEY GET DOWN TO EVERY TINY THING.
IF I SAID, I DON'T WANT THESE
LEAVES TO BE YELLOW, I WANT THEM
TO BE GREEN, THEY WOULD CHANGE THAT.
THEY THEN SEND THE SCREENS TO KOREA FOR THE FIRST PRINTING,
AND THE FIRST PRINTING THEN COMES BACK WITH JUST A VERY TINY
STRIP OF FABRIC.
SO THIS IS WHAT I SENT THE NEXT TIME.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THE FABRIC.
SO THEN I CHECK THIS FOR THE COLOR.
DO I LIKE THE COLORS?
ARE THEY A LITTLE TOO GREEN?
A LITTLE TOO YELLOW?
ONCE I OKAY IT, THEY GO BACK AND
SEND IT TO KOREA AND SAY IT'S A
GO AND THAT IS USED FOR PRINTING THE ENTIRE LINE IN 15-YARD
BOLTS.
THAT'S THE MOST NERVE-RACKING THING IS WHEN THE FABRIC COMES
TO THE STORE.
IT'S THE MOST NERVOUS TIME FOR
ME BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS SO AFRAID
IT'S NOT GOING TO SELL AND THAT WOULD BE THE WORST FEELING.
ROBERT KAUFMAN HAS REALLY GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
WHATEVER I WANT TO WITH MY LINE,
TO OWN MY LINES AND, YOU KNOW,
STAND BEHIND THEM AND THEN THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB OF THEN
TAKING OVER AND MARKETING IT TO
THE STORES THAT, FOR ME, IT'S A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP.
I DO NOT NEED TO GO TO L.A.
I AM VERY, VERY HAPPY LIVING RIGHT HERE IN MINNESOTA.
A LONG TIME AGO, I ENVISIONED MYSELF LIVING IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK IS A GREAT PLACE TO VISIT BUT I WOULD NEVER WANT TO
LIVE THERE.
I LIVE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE STORE.
I CAN GO HOME WHENEVER I WANT
TO, A FABULOUS PLACE FOR MY KIDS TO GROW UP.
I'M RIGHT WITH MY FAMILY ALL THE TIME.
NO WAY.
I WOULD NEVER LEAVE.