Posts tagged ‘european’
I hope you don’t mind me paying all this attention to knits lately … since I started sewing with them for baby #2 they’ve been an obsession. These are from Znok Design of Sweden, and can be purchased directly from Znok, the U.S.-based Nature’s Fabrics, Vermiljoenshop in Belgium, and Crafty Mamas in Australia. (That should [...]
UK designer Jane Foster, who makes amazing screenprints, cushions, and sewn toys, is offering remnant packs of vintage fabrics on Etsy. These include rare European juvenile prints from the 60s-70s from manufacturers like Dekoplus, Graziela, and Heals — fabrics you never ever come across in the U.S. So grab them while you can! Related posts: [...]
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 [...]
Three new prints from German pattern, ribbon, and now fabric company Farbenmix are available now from Volksfaden. Above: Florafox by luziapimpinella; below: Owl Love by Hamburger Liebe and Raccoon Woods by paulapü. Owl Love is on 59″ wide corduroy, and the other two prints are 55″ poplin. Related posts: Digital Fabric of the Week: Hamburger [...]
I previously featured the new prints produced by German pattern/ribbon/embellishments company Farbenmix in this post. The Farbenmix folks were kind enough to send me a big package of fabric and coordinating ribbons! And I’m here today to share the wealth. Tell me your favorite print in the comments, and I’ll draw four names to receive [...]
Yvonne poses with some of her great European fabrics In the past few years, Japanese fabrics have taken worldwide crafting scene by storm, but all the while — just more quietly — European fabrics have become more widely available too. Yvonne is the proprietress of Bunte Fabrics, which focuses on European fabrics, patterns, and notions [...]