I’m sure all you garment sewists’ thoughts (at least you Northern Hemisphereian garment sewists’ thoughts) are turning toward warm-weather sewing. I went looking for cotton lawn prints and spotted these at Fabric.com. They’re very cute and a bargain to boot. The black and white stripes below are the perfect size to get in on the [...]
When the weather starts to warm up, a gal’s mind turns to spring sewing (especially when a gal was superpregnant at this time last year and the torching of that wardrobe has left her closet skirtless this year). London Calling 2, a collection of high-count combed cotton lawn prints from Robert Kaufman fit the bill [...]
Thai Silks is perhaps the mother lode of printed silks on the internet. They import silks from Thailand, China, Korea, and India, offering high-quality fabrics at reasonable prices. (Not bargain basement, but this is quality silk we’re talking about. And if you’re a professional or a school, they have discounts for you.) One thing I [...]
The made-famous-by-Project-Runway, bi-coastal fashion fabric mecca Mood has a huge online selection. These two geometric prints on silk (chiffon, above, and crepe de chine, below) caught my eye. (Sorry, but my Fashion Fabric of the Week feature may be a little geometrically biased, since that’s what I like to wear!) I think they’d work great [...]
Italian. Digitally printed. Silk. Floral. Painterly. GIMME. Spotted at Harts Fabric. Harts has several other digitally printed silks from Italy in their High Fashion Fabrics section. Related posts: Thai Silks Sew Bettie’s Digitally Printed Fabric Flocking Birds Silk at Britex Lela Rose Silk at Britex Fabrics Geometric Silks at Mood
Vlisco‘s newest collection is Silent Empire. Vlisco always does the most beautiful job in introducing their new fabrics so I’ll just quote their description! “The fabric designs of the Silent Empire collection feature daring graphic patterns, toned down by a colour palette of muted earth tones. The careful use of bright blue and lime green [...]
This season, Liberty of London introduces their Spring Summer 2012 Tana Lawn collection on video! Head Designer Emma Mawston explains the influences behind the groups. Glencot House, Whitworth, and The National Gallery were inspired by archives, antiques, and costume. Though the influences are very historical and classic, the prints are very fashion-forward and innovative. The [...]
Planning those spring dresses yet? Memoire a Paris is a group of florals on cotton lawn from Lecien. These are some of the prints in the Fall 2011 collection. Spotted at Matatabi. Related posts: Cosmo Cotton Lawn Japanese Fabric of the Week: Petit Capuchon Budget Cotton Lawns at Fabric.com Spring Quilt Market 2011 – Paris [...]
Ottobre is a very highly regarded magazine of children’s clothing patterns. The Finnish company also publishes women’s clothing issues a couple times a year. If you’ve ever sewn with them or just flipped through, you’ve probably wondered about the great fabrics they use and figured that the apparel fabric stores in Finland must be amazing. [...]
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