Classic and Modern Fabrics by Janet Wilson Thames and Hudson, 2009 My fabric nerd bookshelf contains all sorts of textile dictionaries and textbooks, pattern sourcebooks, and sewing books that show-and-tell about a few different kinds of fabrics, but it’s never held anything as comprehensive as this new book, Classic and Modern Fabrics: The Complete Illustrated [...]
Crafting a Meaningful Home by Meg Mateo Ilasco STC Craft, 2010 Now, this is a bit of a departure for this all-fabric, all-the-time blog, but I am such a fan of Meg Mateo Ilasco‘s work, including her paper and textile goods and her previous books Craft, Inc. and Creative, Inc. that I couldn’t pass up [...]
Little Girls, Big Style by Mary Abreu Stash Books/ C&T, 2010 Today we welcome the awesome Mary Abreu, who writes the blog Confessions of a Craft Addict and just had her first book, Little Girls, Big Style come out with Stash Books (an imprint of C&T). Mary and I have hung out a number of [...]
The illustrious Bari J. had her first booth at market to show off her latest fabric collection Country Lane and her scores of sewing patterns (including four new ones), and to preview her beautiful-looking book that comes out in early 2011. I knew Bari was a handbag-maker before she began in fabric design, but I [...]
I know we’ve barely gotten started with the Quilt Market blitz, but let’s take a moment, shall we, to sit down to take a breather with the lovely miss Elizabeth Hartman of Oh Fransson!. I have always loved her approach to quiltmaking. I think of it as a very modern, clean, graphic approach to the [...]
Here are 15 fabric-related books that I’ve loved or have put on my wish list. If you enter Amazon through these links and make a purchase (any purchase!) I get a small commission, which will go towards more books to review here on the site … hooray!
This is part II of Hillary Lang’s blog tour. See here for part I, the giveaway! — Kim K. Wee Wonderfuls: 24 Dolls to Sew and Love by Hillary Lang STC Craft, 2010 If, like me, you’re one of the legions of longtime fans of crafting blogger/goddess Hillary Lang and her influential work at Wee [...]
I always knew Deborah Moebes was a powerhouse, but lately her empire has grown exponentially! Her shop Whipstitch Fabrics was one of the first major fabric shops on Etsy. She recently went from teaching sewing classes at Atlanta’s Beehive Co-op to opening her own brick-and-mortar shop and sewing lounge (also called Whipstitch). For the locals [...]
Sewing Bits and Pieces: 35 Projects Using Fabric Scraps by Sandi Henderson, Wiley Books, 2010 If you sew, then you have them. You have loads of them, and maybe you know what to do with them, and maybe you don’t. Either way, Sewing Bits & Pieces: 35 Projects Using Fabric Scraps, the first book from [...]
Mummysam (aka Samantha Cotterill) is a textile artist best known for her embroidered and mixed media pieces, and stuffed dolls and sculptures. She’s not only got a book with C&T’s Stash Books and a fabric collection with Robert Kaufman on the horizon, she’s also just released the wonderful collection of digitally printed fabrics you see [...]
Craft Challenge: Dozens of Ways to Repurpose a Tea Towel by Nathalie Mornu, Lark Books, 2010 With so many sewing books currently on the market, and even more free tutorials available online, it is getting increasingly difficult for authors to distinguish themselves and earn some coveted space on your (or my) bookshelf. But Nathalie Mornu [...]
Horrockses Fashion: Off-the-Peg Fashion in the ’40s and ’50s by Christine Boydell V&A Publishing, 2010 The Horrockses Fashions label grew from the fabric company Horrockses, Crewdson & Co. in early-to-mid-20th century Britain. They helped pioneer ready-to-wear, mass-produced fashion, and helped establish the popularity of cotton as a fashion fabric. V&A Publishing (distributed by Abrams in [...]
Today I’m thrilled to host the grand finale of Cherri House‘s blog tour to celebrate her new book City Quilts. OK, confession — I was just late in asking to be included, so Cherri was kind enough to tack me on to the end of the tour! Jessica is the rightful grand-finale host, but I [...]
A textile designer makes the front page of Google! Josef Frank, architect and father of modern Scandinavian design, would have been 125 years old today. New Vintage Lady is showing the fashion and textiles pages from vintage department store catalogs every Sunday. (via Retro Age Vintage Fabrics) Deborah of Whipstitch has an amazing post on [...]
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 [...]
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