Moda Cross Weave
First we had Kaffe Fassett’s shot cottons, then Robert Kaufman’s Carolina Chambray line, and now Moda has joined the yarn dyed club with their new Cross Weaves. (Rejoined, come to think of it — remember Joelle Hoverson’s Net of Jewels from a couple years back?)
See the entire Cross Weave collection here. I found out about these fabrics from the Pink Chalk Fabrics Newsletter — you should know she is carrying 30 colors. Thanks Kathy!
Daily Swatch: Pattern Types – Two-Way
Cycling fabric from the 1950s collection of The Fabric of My Life (Donna Flower) on Flickr.
Japanese Fabric of the Week: Lecien Old New 1930s
Here’s a closer look at Lecien’s Old New Fabric Collection 1930s, which I covered at Quilt Market last October. The Fat Quarter Shop seems to have the best selection at the moment — I’m surprised it’s not in more shops. Aren’t we all suckers for strawberries?
See the complete collection archived on Flickr.
Daily Swatch: Pattern Types — Two-Way
The Daily Swatch features a piece of vintage fabric (almost) every day. Themes change periodically. Please add your own examples of the theme to the True Up and/or Vintage Fabric Flickr pools.
Is it raining down or up? So far in this series on pattern types we have been looking at directionality and have covered tossed and one-way. Now on to the two-way designs. These look the same whether they are turned right-side up or upside-down, but not if they are turned sideways. Extra credit if you can tell how that’s utilized in garment production.
The print above is from the collection of cluttershop on Flickr.
Sale Alert Sunday: International Edition
Aunty Cookie (Australia): Rare super sale on hand screenprinted fabrics by Shannon Lamden. (end date unknown)
EarthgirlFabrics (Australia): Modkid patterns just arrived and on sale at just $20AU each. Patty Young Flora and Fauna also reduced, and more reductions in the sale section. Free shipping within Australia on all orders and international customers welcome. (through 2/28/10)
Mad About Patchwork (Canada): Little House by Annette Tatum and Minkee fabrics 25% off. (through 2/14/10)
FabHub (Japan): Last 10 days of the Super Opening Sale – 30% off all items. (through 2/10/10)
Pink Panda Fabrics (Canada): Free fat quarter with every $35 spent in store — our choice, but we promise it will be a good one! (through 2/15/10) Free shipping in Canada, no minimum required; free shipping to USA on orders $99+.
Sale Alert Sunday: North American Edition
Above All Fabric: Sewing patterns are buy one, get one 50% off. (end date unknown, instant download patterns excluded)
Aunt Bea’s Fabric: Clothworks including Laurel Burch Fabrics $6.75/yard and 10% off Marcus fabrics. (through 2/14/10)
Bunte Fabrics: New $5 domestic flat rate shipping (international and Canadian customers receive a 10% discount via Paypal).
Contemporary Cloth: Winter storewide sale – 20-70% off storewide (few exceptions are 10% off; Fiber Artists 10-20% off). (end date unknown)
Denver Fabrics: 15% off orders $40+; simply mention “15% Off” in the comments section of the order form. (through 2/15/10)
Fabric Depot: Online: 35% off Michael Miller and Asian theme prints; $5.50/yard batiks, 50% off Clover notions. (through tomorrow only, 2/8/10)
Fabric Fairy: Use coupon code snowedin for 10% off of any purchase (through tonight only, 2/7/10). Free Valentine’s heart charm bracelet beading kit with orders $35+. (through 2/14/10)
Fabric Shoppe: Weekly customer appreciation sale – $1 fat quarters of Michael Miller’s Kelly Lamps in Lagoon. (end date unknown)
Fabricworm: Anna Maria Horner Folksy Flannels 5% off. (through 2/12/10)
Fabric.com: 40-60% off hundreds of fabrics, including summer fabrics, corduroy, knits, and quilting cottons like Lizzy Dish (no code needed). (through tomorrow only, 2/07/10). Free shipping on orders $35+.
Fabrichound: 30% off with coupon code Super 30 (not valid on gift certificates or flat rate packages). (through 2/11/10)
Fat Quarter Shop: 40% off Full Bloom by Bari J., and tons more in the clearance section. (while supplies last)
Gorgeous Fabrics: 20% off knit prints. (through tomorrow only, 2/8/10)
Hancock’s of Paducah: 10% off Verna by Kate Spain with orders 1yd+. (end date unknown)
Hawthorne Threads: Collections newly on sale this week include Sketchbook from P&B and Lily by Alice Kennedy. (while supplies last)
jcaroline creative!: Newly stocked sale and short cuts (remnants) sections. (while supplies last)
Marie Madeline Studio: Dolce by Tanya Whelan 25% off. (through 2/12/10)
Pink Chalk Fabrics: 40% off Hushabye by Tula Pink. (through 2/13/10)
Pink Panda Fabrics: Free fat quarter with every $35 spent in store — our choice, but we promise it will be a good one! (through 2/15/10) Free shipping in Canada, no minimum required; free shipping to USA on orders $99+.
Sew L.A.: free U.S. shipping on orders $50+ and half off Canadian shipping (through 2/14/10)
So Fun Fabrics: Buy 5 regularly priced yards, receive 1/2 yard free. Buy 10 regularly priced yards, receive 1 yard free. Limited to stock on hand. (through 2/10/10)
The Stitch Lab (Austin): All fabrics in-store 20% off. Preview the inventory here. (through 2/14/10)
The Sproutz Store: Essence by Sandy Gervais $7.25/yd – buy 8 yards or more at $7/yd (1 yard minimum cut). (through 2/12/10)
Vlisco: Tableau Vivant
Vlico’s newest collection is called Tableau Vivant. That’s French for “living picture” — referring to the practice of re-creating a painting or historical scene with posed live models. (You Californians might be familiar with the annual Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach). So what we have here is art imitating life imitating art, or something like that — whatever — just go ahead and put me down for some pipes and giant peanuts!
Daily Swatch: Pattern Types — One-Way
It’s a little trickier to find geometric one-way designs but I think I’ve done it. Although this print could be turned upside down or sideways and still work, it wouldn’t look exactly the same — the pink/orange/brown rainbows would be frowning and the yellow/black rainbows would be smiling. From Robotic Kid on Flickr.
Silk Polaroid Scarves by Philippe Roucou
Silk scarves by Philippe Roucou on Reborn. This is such a simple yet clever (and beautiful) use of digital printing. You could enlarge all kinds of images so that they are unrecognizable once draped or cut up, covertly adding personal meaning to your sewn objects. (via Poppytalk)
Daily Swatch: Pattern Types — One-Way
Just because it’s one-way doesn’t mean everything has to sit straight up-and-down. This Americana print feedsack on eBay (ends in five hours! hurry!) has the feel and flow of a tossed print, even though you can only turn it one way. I’m thinking the designer intended this to be transformed into an apron.
Lucienne Day 1917-2010
Just received the sad news that legendary textile designer Lucienne Day has died at age 93. Read her obituary in The Guardian. What an amazing woman. It’s an honor to have walked on this planet at the same time as her.
I’m waiting for permission to post some images, but in the meanwhile, you can see a range of her work on V&A Images.
Daily Swatch: Pattern Types – One-Way
Green and blue floral (clovers?) from the collection of cluttershop (blog | True Up interview) on Flickr. I was going to say this design could have easily been more versatile, directionality-wise, with a little tweaking. But it would lose a lot of charm without the stems, the drop shadows, the white accents to the top-left of each flower.
Daily Swatch: Pattern Types — One-Way
Here is a one-way novelty print, from the collection of growin’ Up on Flickr.
Preview: On a Whim II by Amy Schimler
Amy Schimler recently unveiled her sequel to On a Whim for Robert Kaufman, On a Whim II. The popular owls are back (this time perched on stripey branches), along with a sweet cast of backyard wildlife. Amy says it’ll be out in a month or so, but if you can’t wait, she’s holding a giveaway now through Friday on her blog for one yard of the winner’s choice of print.
E-Book: How to Enter The World of Textile Design, by Lizzy House
Lizzy House, designer of adorable fabric lines Lizzy Dish, Red Letter Day, and the upcoming Castle Peeps (all for Andover Fabrics), recently spilled about a book she’s written (well, an e-book, but a book’s a book in my book) called How To Enter The World Of Textile Design: For The Quilting Industry.
Since I started designing fabric, my inbox has been filled to the brim with questions from peeps who too want to design. It’s difficult to respond to every email, and difficult to respond in a way that is actually helpful, and not continually allusive. My thinking for the book was this: there are books that tell you how to get published, there are books that tell you how to get your work into galleries, there are books for everything under the sun; why shouldn’t there be a book for this tiny specific specialized market, that seems so hard to break into.
The book is available for purchase and download here for $25. There’s even a foreword by Amy Schimler of Redfishcircle. Should be a very interesting read for aspiring fabric designers.
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