Umbrella fabric from Yuwa, spotted in two colorways at Contemporary Cloth (Sondra loves Yoshiko Jinjenzi too!) and in a great red at Bon Bon Atelier. Related posts: Japanese Fabric of the Week: Yuwa Alphabet Japanese Fabric of the Week: Yuwa Scandi Kitchen Yuwa Live Life: Rabbit and Moon Yuwa Circles and Strawberries Japanese Fabric of [...]
Petite Capuchon is a sweet little near-dot print, offered in four colorways by Matatabi on Etsy. Related posts: Japanese Fabric of the Week: Memoire a Paris Cotton Lawn Help Japan by Buying Japanese Fabric Japanese Fabric of the Week: BunnyBunnybyPinks Japanese Fabric of the Week: Floating Animals Japanese Fabric of the Week: Yuwa Umbrellas
There is a kind of dance in the design world over what the next “hip” animal will be. Seeing the Echino Fall 2011 collection, I imagine Etsuko Furuya popping and locking herself into the center ring and doing her classic moves. Birds. Deer. Owls. And everyone thinks, daaaaaamn, some say they’re played out now, but [...]
Yuwa’s Sweet Grid has become as ubiquitous in my sewing projects as Kei’s Honeycomb Dots. You can stock up at Charm Stitch (aka Mira and Westie on Etsy). Related posts: Yuwa Circles and Strawberries Yuwa Live Life: Rabbit and Moon Yuwa Live Life Tea Patchwork Japanese Fabric of the Week: Yuwa Umbrellas Misc. Retro/Reproductions from [...]
Open publication – Free publishing – More fabric Sarah Fielke and her husband Damian have put this little book preview together to introduce her second collection for Lecien, called St. Ives. (Click on the image to make it full screen, or else you won’t be able to read it!) It made me more than a [...]
Prints Charming has a new home with Kokka for their volume-produced fabric collections, and I think it suits them perfectly! I say volume-produced because their roots are in hand-screenprinted fabrics — making them as well as teaching others to make them. In fact, Cath and Kirsten are touring the U.S. as we speak, holding embroidery [...]
Nani Iro Autumn/Winter 2011 fabrics are out, and Miss Matatabi is the first shop I know of to have them! The collection marks the introduction of a new basecloth, cotton viyella, which Matatabi describes as a soft, lightweight cotton twill. Free patterns (in Japanese) for the collection here. Related posts: Fall Quilt Market 2011: Kokka [...]
Japanese cotton-linen blend, spotted at This and That From Japan. Related posts: Kokka Happy Animals Japanese Fabric of the Week: Floating Animals Farm Animals From Lecien Cosmo Alphabet Print Kei Cats
Luluca is a mini-collection from Kokka on their new 61″ wide, lightweight 85% cotton-15% linen blend. This fabric is suitable for apparel, quilts, crafts, and light home dec. Spotted at Purl Soho. Related posts: Kokka Cotton Linen Japanese Fabric of the Week: Jolis Copains from Kokka Prints Charming: Daisy Chain Ricco Ricco from Kokka Kokka [...]
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