Hey! Happy New Year! Thank you SO much for reading and commenting and sponsoring and just being part of this whole crazy ride. Running this site has been a complete blast and I’m so thankful that I get to do it. And special thanks to Mary Beth, who came to my rescue to cover the [...]
I am really loving this theme, aren’t you? This print really takes the cake. It’s a feedsack from Antique Fabric, $24.
And speaking of cool uses of digital printing, here is a super cute kit concept from Alice Melvin. This is the only textile offering amongst her Charley Harper-inspired range of designs, and unfortunately it’s sold out right now, but keep checking back for a shop update. (via Cafe Cartolina)
We covered the French pillow company Bonjour Mon Coussin many moons ago, and they’ve added tons of new designs since then. Here are some of the latest offerings — Paris maps, Coney Island photos, vintage type, and more. Hooray for digital printing! Look, they even have a color-your-own pillow.
Loomservice is an Etsy shop selling a variety of cute things, but of course I’m most interested in their custom knit fabrics. That’s right, these fabrics are their own design, so you won’t find them anywhere else — I don’t know if they’re overruns from an apparel business (like True Up favorite Bolt 44) or [...]
From the vintage feedsack collection of kimmymade on Flickr. Here’s our recent interview with Kimmy, and here is her blog and shop.
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. The designs featured this week are all faux cross stitch prints, which look newly awesome if you think of them as scenes from [...]
Loving these animal fabrics — they look like vintage cereal mascots. Available from a few Etsy shops: Karaku, This and That From Japan, and World of Kawaii.
I’m home! I hope your holidays were warm and happy. Thank you SO much for the compliments on the yo-yo wreath! As requested, I will post a little tutorial soon. And people are already thinking about 2010. Marimekko just revealed a bit of of their spring 2010 collection (Kotona by Pia Holm, above). Meanwhile, Josephine [...]
Aunt Bea’s Fabric: Year-end storewide clearance sale – 10% off all fabrics including the Bargain Basket. No coupon necessary. (through 1/02/2010) Sign up for the email sales flier and receive a coupon for an additional 5% off. (through 1/4/2010) Banberry Place: 10-15% off most collections. (while supplies last) Betz White: Free U.S. shipping on all [...]
EarthgirlFabrics (Australia): Huge end of year sale! The latest Alexander Henry prints just $15.90/metre; all Farbenmix patterns reduced to $14.50; Heather Ross Far Far Away reduced to $19.90/ metre. Further reductions on Sandi Henderson, Anna Maria Horner and more in the sale section. Free shipping within Australia on all orders; international customers welcome. (through 12/31/09) [...]
The internet has slowed down to a crawl this week, so I guess I’ll take the cue too and sign off till Sunday. I just finished the one and only thing I managed to make this Christmas season — this yo-yo wreath. What do you think? Too much? Not enough? Just right? I’d like to [...]
V&A Pattern Four-Volume Set V & A Publishing, 2009 (distributed in the U.S. by Abrams) This was a great year for pattern sourcebooks, and I don’t think it can get better than the new series from The Victoria & Albert Museum. The first series, available individually or as a box set, includes the Fifties, Indian [...]
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