{ Photo by Deanna Roy | used with permission } The last two days here in Austin have been surreal. The heat finally let up, and we are enjoying our first sub-100-degree days in months, but the winds that brought in the cool front also fueled several huge wildfires in the region. The county of [...]
Spruce Upholstery in Austin, Texas do stunning work with an amazing array of home dec fabrics, including True Up faves Mod Green Pod and Skinny LaMinx. They’ve self-produced this TV pilot in hopes that it will get picked up by a network. It’s a little bit home-makeover show, a little Ace of Cakes, a little [...]
Central Texans! Here’s something to look forward to after being soaked by Hermine. The Austin Area Quilt Guild Show is September 17-19. It has moved to the Palmer Events Center so you know it’s going to be the biggest and best one ever. And Malka is one of the vendors! If you’d like a pair [...]
I discovered Leah Duncan at the Renegade Craft Fair this year in Austin. Her amazing range of products includes prints, cards, calendars, scarves, tea towels, pillow covers, and digitally printed fabrics. I love her very modern spin on southwestern and Mexican themes that pops up in her work here and there — I’ve never seen [...]
I first published the Austin Fabric Store Guide on my (now sadly neglected) personal craft blog Dioramarama ages ago, and it was sorely due for an update. So here it is! My ambition is for this to be the first in a series — eventually I hope to have every medium-to-large city in the world [...]
{ Tufted Tweets: sorbet colorway } Stay tuned for Tufted Tweets giveaway news at the end of this post! Austinite Laurie Wisbrun is a surface designer who — after 20 years in marketing and a brief stint in cheese — began designing and selling her own fabric designs through Etsy with the aid of digital [...]
This weekend, I got to go to an opening reception for Austin’s newest independent fabric shop, The Common Thread. It’s primarily an apparel fabric shop, with lots of natural fibers and organic offerings. She has at least one Liberty print, a couple Echino linen blends, oilcloth, baby-leaning fabrics like Minkee and flannel (because Austin Baby [...]
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