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 sum-
mertime. 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