Linky Tuesday

Got the sad news this morning that Bee Square Fabrics will be closing its doors on July 15. It’s a big loss to the sewing community but thankfully it’s due to relatively happy circumstances. All her fabrics are 50% off with coupon code goodbye50off. Read the fine print here. Thanks for everything, Diane, and happy trails! We all hope you’ll come back!

Rosa pointed me to this gorgeous vintage Portuguese fabric (available through Retrosaria). It would make such a gorgeous dress.

The Fabric Maverick (Fabric.com blog) gives tips on sewing with sheer fabrics like organza, lawn, batiste, and gauze.

Windham Fabrics has a new blog, Windham Snip-Its.

Oh my goodness, this vintage tree fabric, posted on the I Heart Fabric blog, just kills me!

This is made of awesome — Michelle of Cicada Studio‘s son designed a flower motif, which she made into fabric for sale in her shop. All proceeds go to Mr. Karl.

Oliver + S launched a new discussion forum.

I’m excited about Sew, Mama, Sew!’s Sewing Machine Month. A Husqvarna sewing machine is up for grabs!

Spool Sewing is holding Amy Butler sewing pattern contents this month.

Cynthia of FabricWorm is opening a new brick & mortar shop, Birch Fabrics & Gifts, in Paso Robles, CA. Congratulations Cynthia!

Hey, in case you use WordPress and hold a contest that gets hundreds of entries, and you are choosing a winner or winners via random numbers, here is a really easy hack that will display the comment number next to each comment. Saved my life!