Hard to know where to look at Anna Maria Horner‘s booth – there was so much to see and it’s all so pretty. Field Study, previously released in quilting cotton and now with rayon challis, voile, and velveteens joining the range, was made up in clothing, quilt, and bag patterns. Anna’s Needleworks embroidery and tapestry collection patterns and kits [...]
{ Lydia } There were lots of fashion fabrics at Quilt Market that I intend to snatch up as soon as they are out — Alexander Henry‘s new round of their Lake Hollywood Cotton Lawns are chief among them. { Caetana } { Logan } { Dimitrios } { Lydia } { Mariella } [...]
Robert Kaufman has been a major producer of fashion fabrics for designer/manufacturers all along. But they also supply them to retail stores — here’s what to look forward to this season. All these will be available starting in January 2013. First up, the fine-wale Cool Cords, featuring some great retro prints and coordinating solids. The [...]
Quilt Market is perceptibly shifting to cater to sewists-at-large. We not only have an ever-expanding range of fashion and home decor fabrics, but a growing presence of jobbers. Jobbers purchase fabric directly from mills and supply fabric stores, designers, and small manufacturers. The thoroughly delightful Rimmon Brothers are jobbers who are also U.S. distributors for a [...]
Birch Fabrics is introducing their first organic knits collection! Elk Grove Knits is expected in stores May 2013 and I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of it at Quilt Market (along with the companion quilting cotton and home dec collections). I already have a chevron T-shirt and some elk baby rompers formed in my mind. [...]
Certainly one of the widest, if not THE widest selection of fashion fabrics online can be found at Denver Fabrics (and their alias Fashion Fabrics Club). Most are a great value, and even better if you pay attention to the Sale Alerts. I found these prints just from looking at the first couple THOUSAND selections [...]
Anna Ka Bazaar in France has a new collection of fabrics in purples and navy. These are easy, trendy/classic prints on lightweight cotton that would work for kids or adults’ garments, bedding, accessories, and crafts. Worldwide shipping is available, and be sure to sign up for their newsletter for info on their frequent sales. They [...]
I hadn’t been to Joann Fabrics for a long, long time, but I stopped by this weekend to see what DS Quilts fabrics they might still have. Not much, it turns out, but I did discover the April Johnston fashion fabric collection, which has been out since last fall so I’ve really been under a [...]
San Francisco fabric mecca Britex Fabrics has a small, well curated selection of their fashion fabrics for sale online, including wools, silks, cottons, and linens. This print by fashion designer Lela Rose is printed on lightweight China silk. Related posts: Flocking Birds Silk at Britex San Francisco Textile Tour: Britex Italian Digitally Printed Silks Silk [...]
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