Amy Butler and her booth was gorgeous as always. Her Fall 2010 fabric collection Soul Blossoms is still only on paper, but that didn’t stop her from whipping up quite a display. And there is some other news … Yarn! Organic yarn! It’s called Belle and it’s from Rowan. There are two weights, Aran and [...]
Amy Butler has released a preview of her Fall 2010 collection for Westminster, called Soul Blossoms. It includes a range of quilting cotton collection three colorways (Bliss, Joy, and Passion), home decor weight cottons, and cotton laminates. We’ll look at the decor weight and laminates later this week, because there are some prints unique to [...]
Hi, Love! Do you hear the chorus of sweet song, the soft light breaking though the Houston Convention Center florescents? You know you’ve rounded the corner to Amy Butler’s booth. Love was delivering to stores just as Quilt Market was happening. Have you got yours yet? If not, here is some inspiration that might make [...]
Amy Butler has just officially announced her new collection, Love, and posted preview images on her website. Various prints will be available on quilting weight cotton, home dec weight cotton, flannel, laminate, and double-faced quilted fabrics. The variety of basecloths is very exciting, as is the mixture of styles and motifs in this collection. I’m [...]
Kevin Kosbab of Feed Dog Designs, our senior PC-using correspondent, reviewed Electric Quilt’s Stash software for us last month. He’s back today with this very helpful and thorough review of Amy Butler Softwares, which was released in May 2009. Amy Butler Softwares is a collection from the Electric Quilt Company of 22 quilt, home dec, [...]
Amy Butler has teamed up with Electric Quilt to produce Amy Butler Softwares, a digital collection of 22 new home sewing projects plus nine bonus projects for sewers of all skill levels. See the project previews here (I love the solid triangles quilt!). The program allows users to customize each project and pattern by adjusting [...]
Amy Butler has three great new patterns out and she’s generously contributed two of each for a giveaway here on True Up. The Sun Surf Halter is a followup to her v-neck Cabo Halter top. It’s a great beginner pattern and has sizing for both women’s and girls’ sizes. Materials list here. The Domestic Goddess [...]
To help kick off the new year, I asked many fabric sellers, designers, and manufacturers the same question: Where is the fabric world (or your corner of it) going in 2009? Today, three designers share their plans for the upcoming year: Birdie Damask, from the Andalucia collection by Patty Young Patty Young, designer of the [...]
I don’t know why the Hancock’s of Paducah catalog always seems to have the scoop on upcoming fabric collections, but they do! The Fall 2008 catalog just arrived here and it contains a preview of Amy Butler‘s next line, Midwest Modern II. It is a mixture of new and reworked/recolored prints from earlier lines. I [...]
A random assortment of Daisy Chain designs … this represents about half of the total collection. Amy Butler has been releasing fabric lines at such a rapid clip, I’m having a hard time keeping up! The latest, Daisy Chain, a quilting weight collection for Westminster, is arriving in stores now. It’s an Art-Nouveau-inspired, floral-heavy line [...]
Karyn of the workroom, a a small sew-by-the-hour studio/sewing school/fabric shop in Toronto, Canada, just received her shipment of Heather Ross‘ Mendocino line and is holding a contest for a free fat quarter pack. Just click over and leave a comment naming your favorite mythical creature on this entry. Hooray for cryptozoology! The contest closes [...]
Sew Mama Sew interviews Amy Butler about the trend of home decor weight fabrics. And a sale alert, because it only lasts through Sunday (8/24/08): Sew Mama Sew is offering 10% off your purchase with coupon code SELVAGESALE. Spoonflower has a new video from their new space. Great block printing tutorial from LizzyHouse. I’ve been [...]
Modern Love in gray from August Fields It looks like Amy Butler’s new home decor weight line, August Fields, is arriving in shops now: Pink Chalk Fabrics, Fabric.com, Crafty Planet, Fabric Worm on Etsy, Quilthome, and many more to come very soon, I’m sure. She doesn’t have them on her own website yet, but she [...]
Constança of SaÃdos da Concha loves Mirabelle Tana Lawn from Liberty. Sarah of Ruby’s Daughter (shop) loves these mums from Heather Bailey‘s Freshcut line. Studio Tamar loves Amy Butler‘s Wall Flower from the Lotus line. What is your favorite?
“Bright Buds” “Coreopsis” Westminster Fabrics has previews of the upcoming Amy Butler lines up now. August Fields is a 55-65″ wide home decor weight heavy cotton sateen. There are 40 fabrics in all, with nine designs each in a varying variety of colorways. There are also two collections of solid colors, one quilting weight and [...]
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