Most people know Darlene Zimmerman from her enormously popular, feedsack-inspired collections for Robert Kaufman, but this tour de force (and very lovely lady) also happens to be a designer of patterns and quilting tools, a published textile historian, an in-demand leader of quilting workshops, and a very accomplished quilter. We are grateful that she found [...]
As a frequent contributor to True Up’s Vintage Fabric Flickr group, I’m regularly asked where I find my fabrics. The short answer is anywhere and everywhere, but the long answer is anywhere from Etsy and eBay to yard and estate sales to thrift stores and antique dealers (both online and off). Simply stated, there is [...]
Polly Danger Notions makes bias tape (and more) from vintage and new fabrics. (via the Fabric Bar blog) Two articles about digital printing trends in fashion — Wall Street Journal, Khaleej Times. Sewing tips for sheer fabrics, on the Fabric.com blog. Superbuzzy just went to Japan, and got to see lots of new stuff that [...]
The Daily Swatch features a piece of vintage fabric (almost) every day. Themes change periodically. Please add your own examples of the theme to the True Up and/or Vintage Fabric Flickr pools. This week we’ll look at the last type of pattern direction, four-way. These are going to mostly be your grid-based geometrics — squares, [...]
Six of Kim’s favorite fabrics from her collection Please tell the audience a little about yourself, where you live, your blog and shop if you have them, what you do when you’re not sewing … I’m Kim, a 37-year-old stay-at-home crafty mama to a preschool-going girl, and a 10-month-old boy. We live in Berkeley, California. [...]
Cafe Cartolina on Ouno Design WREN handmade: Stockholm shopping (ummm? drool.) a la mode fabric’s collection of Heather Ross Munki Munki fabrics Birds of Ohio: Japanese Wax Resist The Purl Bee has a color of the week thing going on on Facebook. This week, it’s Peacock (my favorite blue!) Feedsack Friday on the Rickrack Rag [...]
Butterfly feedsack print in two colorways on Etsy: from Nauvoo Quilt Co, 9″ x 18″ piece, $3.75 from zanarts — whole open feedsack, $12.50. (she says these guys are technically moths)
Bird cushion in yellow by roddyandginger on Etsy Katy Elliott admires Plaid and Floral Summer Dresses at APC STOLZL WALLS. «+Nothing is New Ooh, a mystery! Now what’s all this about? on LizzyHouse Can anyone identify this fabric? Bought by a reader at a higher-end shop — returned to buy more, but it was gone [...]
Block-Printed Hemp/Cotton Blends from Home Sweet, via Crafting a Green World Blempgorf shares her pick for the Best fabric ever — I don’t disagree! Hello, nice to meet you too, Daisy Janie’s Urbana collection! A La Mode is giving away MORE out of print Heather Ross fabrics — deadline to enter April 10. Enter to [...]
I couldn’t resist a Lena Corwin-style book review with this recent acquisition to my fabric, textile, and pattern book collection: Vintage Feed Sacks: Fabric from the Farm by Susan Miller, for Schiffer Books. The text, while offering lots of valuable and interesting history and information for collectors, needed some better editing, but it’s not a [...]
Discounts/Giveaways Exclusive sale for True Up readers on Fabricworm and Fabricworm Etsy: 10% off orders over $25+ through March 31, 2009 with coupon codetu10. Convo first through Etsy or just use the coupon code on the .com. Win a free surprise package of two pounds of our fabrics ($35 value!) by signing up for the [...]
Sew Serendipity gushes over her continuous steam iron. Bee Square Fabrics is holding a Dr. Seuss Doll Quilt Contest through March 31 — with a $75 gift certificate as top prize! All of Sew Mama Sew’s Fat Quarter Project links in one handy post. And more stash interviews: Lara from Thornberry, Alissa from Handmade by [...]
On the Bee Square Blog: Monday Giveaway – Japanese Charm Pack 2 On the Textile Blog: The 1970s and Textra Furnishing Fabrics On the Rickrack Rag: Feedsack Friday – Paisley Prints On the Revival Fabrics Blog: Vintage Feedsack History On the Sew, Mama, Sew! Blog: Stash Interview ~ Manda from Tree Fall On the Distintive [...]
More stash sharing: Jennifer Ladd’s interview on Sew Mama Sew, and Oh Fransson shares pictures of her amazing Fabric Closet. Bee Square Fabrics’ Monday Giveaway – Red White & Blue 70′s Daisies found by Niesz Vintage Fabric How to donate fabrics and craft supplies to help crafters effected by the Victorian bush fires, on Moopy [...]
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