Archive for March 2010

Daily Swatch: Pattern Types – Hexagons

An awesomely loud hexagon cheater print from the enviable collection of kimmymade (shop | blog) on Flickr.

FLUF

FLUF is a little two-person operation out of Toronto, Canada that produces its own sustainable fabrics. They started out in 2005 making pillows and eventually expanded to include other products. The fabrics are only sold wholesale (you can buy them online from lovely True Up sponsor Plum Project Studio) but they do offer their pillows, [...]

Daily Swatch: Pattern Types – Hexagons

Little star-shaped flowers form the hexagon grid in this feedsack from the collection of cluttershop on Flickr. Here is Ms. Cluttershop’s interview, in case you missed it. Hmmm … about time to do another vintage fabric collector series, what do you say?

Goodbye, Endless Rubber Stamping.

If you’ve ever tried to fix seams in a repeating pattern in Photoshop, you know what a HUGE deal this Content-Aware Fill feature will be. The release date of Adobe Creative Suite CS5 has not been announced, but the official unveiling of all its new features will be April 12.

Japanese Fabric of the Week

Fruit and stars print spotted at Reprodepot … further research indicates the collection is called Tip-Top Junko Matsuda D’s Selection. Don’t know the manufacturer, though.

Benartex: Let’s Play

I spotted this playground print on someone’s blog today (please let me know in the comments if it’s you! Usually I can locate these things through the magic of Google Reader’s search function, but not today). This reproduction-looking print is so cute, but a closer look reveals several things make me cringe as a modern [...]

Daily Swatch: Pattern Types – Hexagons

The Daily Swatch features a piece of vintage fabric (almost) every day. Themes change periodically — right now we’re in the midst of a series on pattern types. So far we’ve covered block and half-drop, diamonds, and bricks, and ogees. We’d love to see your own fabrics relating to the theme in the True Up [...]

Sale Alert Sunday: International Edition

EarthgirlFabrics (Australia): All Melly & Me patterns $16 AU each. Select Alexander Henry prints $18 AU/metre. (through 4/30/10) Free shipping within Australia, international orders welcome. Mad About Patchwork (Canada): Birthday sale! 10% off all regularly priced merchandise in the store – fabric, kits, patterns & books. Refund sent after order is placed. (through 4/5/10) Make [...]

Sale Alert Sunday: North American Edition

Aunt Bea’s Fabric: All RJR & Thimbleberries prints $4-6/yard. (through 4/11/10) Contemporary Cloth: 20% off fat quarter packs, specialty fabric packs, and 30s retro reproduction prints. (through 4/2/10) Denver Fabrics: 15% off your order of 40+ OR free shipping. Mention “15% off” or “free shipping” in the comments section on checkout. (through tomorrow only, 3/29/10) [...]

Project Runway Digital Fabric Printing Episode Wrapup

Warning: Spoilers ahoy! So, what did you think of digital printing’s debut on Project Runway? For me it was new and exciting to see the designers create fabric prints to support their points of view, but otherwise digital printing was seriously underutilized. The biggest disappointment was that the episode made textile printing sound out of [...]

Digital Fabric of the Week: Patricia Zapata

Though Patricia Zapata, author of the blog blog and the book Home, Paper, Scissors: Decorative Paper Accessories for the Home is more known for her paper craft work, has a really lovely, modern, restrained sense of design that translates perfectly to textiles. The mini-collection above is not her first go at fabric design, but it [...]

Daily Swatch: Pattern Types – Ogee

A beautiful little ogee print, pre-1950s, from the collection of RubyLemons on Flickr.

Reminder: Digital Fabric Printing on PR Tonight!

Really, really looking forward to tonight’s episode, and anticipating what will happen when millions of people are introduced to digital textile printing for the first time. (If you’re a feed subscriber and not seeing the video, come see it here or watch it on the Lifetime website.)

Guest Post/Giveaway: Josephine Kimberling on Glam Garden

Thanks so much to Kim for inviting me back to True Up, to guest blog about my new fabric collection, Glam Garden! Last time I was here Kim interviewed me about my debut fabric collection Hot Blossom, and today I’m going to share with you the inspiration and creative process behind Glam Garden. For Glam [...]