At Spring Market, we only got to see strikeoffs of Birch Fabrics’ December 2010 collections. This time, the sample yardage was in so we got to see Circa 60: Beach Mod by Monaluna and Marine by Dan Stiles in action. Best projects ever, IMO! I love seeing clean-lined kids’ clothes, the bags are just to [...]
The mood at P&B Textiles was somber because their owner/founder Irwin Bear passed away just a week before market. I never met him except through a few of his very informative blog posts, but he is legendary and hugely respected in the textile industry and everyone knew him. The folks at Alexander Henry remarked on [...]
Patty Young has been one of the industry leaders in educating the market about sewing with less familiar substrates. Here she is with her husband Jon, modeling samples of her new sewing patterns for polyester double knit and velour. Heh. Wouldn’t that be something? Really, their booth was to introduce Sanctuary, Patty’s first collection on [...]
Another big cool new thing Michael Miller is launching is the Michael Miller Clubhouse. They teamed up with Swirly Girls Design to create a modern version of the hugely popular block of the month-type clubs (that I always hear about but have to admit I didn’t really understand, till now!) This version is one that [...]
If you’ve read True Up or my old craft blog Dioramarama for any amount of time, you probably know that midcentury textile designer Tammis Keefe holds a very special place in my heart (here’s a link to all my posts tagged with her name). Handkerchiefs were Keefe’s speciality but she was a surface designer in [...]
Kyla May is an Australian artist with several popular character brands, some of which have their own animated TV series in Australia. Her first brand, Smirk, “is a quirky, sassy collection of characters that combine the simplicity of child drawn stick figures with adult tongue in cheek with and intelligence,” according to her website. It [...]
As we saw in the Alice Kennedy post, Timeless Treasures is getting in on the trend of new substrates. In addition to laminates and home dec weight cotton, they’re also introducing their first cotton lawn collection, Darling Clementine. It is arriving in stores now — Pink Chalk Fabrics was the first to get it. Though [...]
Most people know Darlene Zimmerman from her enormously popular, feedsack-inspired collections for Robert Kaufman, but this tour de force (and very lovely lady) also happens to be a designer of patterns and quilting tools, a published textile historian, an in-demand leader of quilting workshops, and a very accomplished quilter. We are grateful that she found [...]
When I reviewed the Horrockses Fashions book recently, I didn’t realize that the Victoria & Albert Museum Shop would be selling yardage of a couple Horrockses prints (well, metreage!). Be still my beating heart. I might have to brave the terrible exchange rate and international shipping for these, and for the Liberty + V&A fabrics [...]
{ Zoo Menagerie – Green Colorway } I love love love Eleanor Grosch. The Philadelphia-based illustrator is best known for her retro-modern, graphic animal illustrations. I loved her collection for Keds, and in fact I still have these shoes which I wore to death and are really decrepit now but I can’t bear to get [...]
Three new prints from German pattern, ribbon, and now fabric company Farbenmix are available now from Volksfaden. Above: Florafox by luziapimpinella; below: Owl Love by Hamburger Liebe and Raccoon Woods by paulapü. Owl Love is on 59″ wide corduroy, and the other two prints are 55″ poplin.
Here is a closer look at Petit Village from Timeless Treasures, which was featured in yesterday’s New Release Tuesday post. I just think it’s so delightful — a little bit folksy cute, a little bit hippy, a little bit mod.
Dreaming in French is the newest collection from Patricia Bravo for Art Gallery Fabrics. I love the palettes and the mixture of graphic and organic. Thanks to Laura at Spool Sewing in Philadelphia for sharing the photos! Dreaming in French is shipping to stores now. For a comprehensive list of shops worldwide that carry Art [...]
Dream On by Urban Chiks for Moda yardage is in stores now! Word on the street is that despite the fierce internet love, this collection didn’t do as well with traditional brick & mortar shops, so not a whole lot of it was printed. If you like it, snatch it up quickly! City Weekend [...]
Erin McMorris‘ followup to her wonderful Weekends is Irving Street Flannel, a bright, cheery kid’s collection in three colorways inspired by her hometown of Portland, OR. Makes me want to move to there … but then again, what doesn’t? Irving Street is available in stores now.
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