Aaah, we’re starting to get glimpses of the fall-winter 2009 collections that are making their debut at Quilt Market next month. Sandi Henderson just posted a preview of her followup to Farmers Market, called Meadowsweet. Thirty prints in two colorways (pear and peach) make up the quilting weight cotton collection. In what is looking to [...]
Flair for Fabric (Canada): 20% off Heather Bailey fabric and sewing patterns (through 9/30/09); Mix n Match Fabrics of the Week, 2 bold florals and medallions print. (through 9/23/09) Fabric Deli (vintage fabric, Australia-based): 10% off everything. (through 10/16/09) Jezzeprints (South Africa): 20% off for residents of South Africa, free shipping for customers in the [...]
Fabric Fairy: Baby Lulu 15% off (including Woodblock cotton sateen knit print above). (through 9/20/09) Above All Fabric: Fall Market sale — all in-stock items marked down 10-45%, including fabric, patterns, trim, and kits. (end date unknown) Banberry Place: European fabric 10-25% off, quilting cottons 15-25% off, Japanese fabric 25% off. (through tonight only, 9/20/09) [...]
Sometimes I’m just so grateful for the invention of custom digital fabric printing, you know? Just like I’m grateful for the invention of television. It’s quite the age we live in. Today I found Liz Scott‘s wonderful Wonderfluff fabrics via Wise Craft, where Blair Peter writes: “Just when you think fabric can’t get any prettier, [...]
The theme: Ships and Sea (and stripes!) The fabric: 50s boats from the collection of thefabricofmylife (shop: Donna Flower) on Flickr.
Jayne Stewardson’s Butter Creative offers “quirky, vintage-inspired fabric prints” in her Etsy shop, featuring storybook-inspired ideas and motifs hand-screenprinted onto mid-weight cotton in her studio in Melbourne, Australia. Above is depicted a windy day in her Quirky Trees and Birds print, and below is a retro inspired flower print. That rake up there just kills [...]
The theme: Plaid. The fabric: Orange and purple bias plaid from the collection of {kimmymade} on Flickr.
We recently posted about Gwen (After the Dress)‘s “How Much Fabric?” series. If you missed it, here’s the idea: Gwen has been compiling data from thousands of sewing patterns to create reference charts so that garment sewists can buy the right amount of fabric when they don’t a particular pattern in mind. She’s covered dresses, [...]
The themes: Birds, and also border prints and even Pennsylvania Dutch. The fabric: Two rooster border prints, from the collection of twolilacs on Flickr.
The theme: Words and Letters. The fabric: Letters 1962 — the letters are from France, Spain, and Brazil. From the collection of fuzzylizzie on Flickr.
Stash time! Hold on to your hats: It’s the vintage edition. This photo is from Susie at Flower Press: This photo shows part of my fabric collection and all the different types of fabric I have in it, from hand printed pieces by myself and other indie designers through vintage pieces such as bark cloth [...]
Fashion and textile designer Josephine Kimberling shares her favorites from the Fall/Winter 09 runway on her blog. Digital textile printing was featured in many designers’ collections, including Basso & Brooke (two looks above) and Dolce and Gabbana.
There are several themes I’ve run here on the Daily Swatch that deserve a second run, but I’ve only come across one or two additional feature-worthy designs, not enough to fill an entire week. Since I’ll be on vacation this week and revisiting other posts from the archives, I thought this would be a good [...]
Retro Age Vintage Fabrics: Guest: Pip from Meet Me at Mike’s on her love affair with vintage fabric. Don’t miss Retro Age’s $20 store credit giveaway either! Awesome design printed with Spoonflower by My Paper Crane oliver + s provides an overview of the laminated fabrics out there that would make terrific school days jackets. [...]
This zoo fabric is awfully cute on its own, with its smartly dressed kids losing their balloons, the nice lines of the zoo building and tents, and sweet little elephants. But with the incongruous use of French it’s just irresistible. “Starry Sky. Seawater”! This might be one for Tula Pink’s collection, though I don’t know [...]
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