Tammis Keefe
Tammis KeefeIn a somewhat self-destructive impulse, I had a rather tone-lowering post planned for my return to blogging today. But on Friday I discovered the gorgeous handkerchief illustrations by 1940’s designer, Tammis Keefe, and when I spotted a weekend post about her on True-up this morning, I thought the co-incidence was too great not to record with a pick of my favourite designs from the Tammis Keefe Flickr pool. 
Check in again tomorrow to see standards drop waaay low on Skinny laMinx…
kat
Hi Heather
Love the grey/pink/yellow/black colour combo in the sea scene. I’m intrigued as to what tomorrows post will bring…
flowerpress
Wow Heather, another great find. I love the trophy heads, the lion looks so sad.
stevi
i love all the textile “coincidences” lately. first pat albeck and now this…can’t wait for the next! i am learning so much!
stevi
i love all the textile “coincidences” lately. first pat albeck and now this…can’t wait for the next! i am learning so much!
Xander
Wow, those are fantastic! I love the grinning taxidermy heads, and the man reclining in the whale’s belly. -X
orange you lucky!
These are all absolutely gorgeous! And, the best part, I’ve never seen these before! So thanks for the intro:)
Standards shmendarts…. I’ll still check it out everyday!:)
La Donna Welter - Vintage Photo-Oil Artist
Thank you for sharing all of these wonderful textiles! Love them!
Also, can’t wait to see what you come up with tomorrow…
katiecrackernuts
Fantastic. I have been thinking about hankie designs for a little while now. I keep spotting cheap cotton hankies in thrift shops and mean to snap them up to practice on. You’ve reminded me to get going on it. I think I’ll have to start off a good deal simpler than these. Aren’t they wonderful. And to think they’re for snot. Tee hee.
Chakra Pennywhistle
OH WOW! I have never heard of her. Simply amazing. Now that I have been checking out her designs, I am thinking that I might have a hair tie designed by her. Wonder if she did those….. I thought the tie was an early Vera but no signature. I need to get that reference book!
As always, thanks for the finds:)
nina
Gosh, I love those patterns. I had heard of the name ‘Tammis Keefe’ before, but I had never figured out it belonged to a real person… 😉 Thought it was a brandname or something.
Been away for a few weeks, but your blog is full of great eye-candy once again. It was also very nice to read the interview on Stephanie Levy’s blog and see you in person. Somehow I had visualised a completely different person… Well, I guess that’s what you always do!
Lo
love these. thanks for the inspiration.
Ellie
these are just amazing. what a find!
christie
I have never seen or heard of Tammis Keefe before – I’m now on an ebay hunt. So lovely! Glad that I came across your blog!
christie
I have never seen or heard of Tammis Keefe before – I’m now on an ebay hunt. So lovely! Glad that I came across your blog!