Thanks so much to Kim for inviting me back to True Up, to guest blog about my new fabric collection, Glam Garden! Last time I was here Kim interviewed me about my debut fabric collection Hot Blossom, and today I’m going to share with you the inspiration and creative process behind Glam Garden. For Glam [...]
Nicey Jane is here! Nicey Jane is here! (That’s Heather Bailey‘s new collection for FreeSpirit, if you’re not as obsessed with all this as we are.) The Quilted Castle is giving away a fat quarter set of 20 of the prints in the blue/green colorway. To enter, just visit The Quilted Castle, then come back [...]
Two of the many tempting fat quarter bundles found at the Quilted Treasures Etsy shop: Cosmo Cricket’s Hey Sugar (left) and for-some-reason-hard-to-find-as-precut-packs Kona Cotton Solids (right) I would love to see more brick & mortar shops doing things the way Quilted Treasures does: catering to all tastes with a wide and well-thought-out inventory, and maintaining [...]
My Happy Garden fat quarter bundle. Get a closer look at these prints here. It’s a HUGE month for Michelle Engel Bencsko of Cicada Studio and Cloud9 Fabrics. (And with Quilt Market coming up next month, I don’t think she’ll get to slow down any time soon.) She has designed two fabric collections that are [...]
New True Up sponsor marie-madeline studio is a family affair: mom Kristie Long and four daughters Apphia, Achaia, Abigail, and Abiah all share their love of fabric and sewing and all run the business together. How cool is that? The Long ladies also design and sell their own extensive line of sewing patterns (bags, aprons, [...]
Amy Schimler (Red Fish Circle) is celebrating the re-release of her Owl print from her 2007 On A Whim collection. Robert Kaufman is reprinting the Earth (brown) colorway from the original collection, and adding two new colorways, pistachio (green) and aqua (blue). Amy has generously offered a half yard of each color to a True [...]
Robert Kaufman Fabrics has introduced 42 new colors of Kona Cotton Solids (including new organics and a premium jet black), bringing the total number of available colors up to 221. My friends at Robert Kaufman recently sent me a few of the newly updated sample cards. These cards are essential if you use Kona solids [...]
Mabel Messenger by Jenna Lou Designs Jenna Lou Designs has a popular line of original, downloadable .pdf sewing patterns, the newest of which is the Mabel Messenger. Jenna’s blog, Jenna Lou Loves You, is a new love of mine. The patterns are available through her website and Etsy alongside her collection of finished goods. Jenna [...]
Mary Beth met the wonderful Amanda Herring, aka The Quilted Fish, at the Spring Quilt Market. She gave us a pack of 10 patterns to give away — an $84 retail value! Pictured here are my three favorites — Year at-a-Glance, that shows a tree in its changing states throughout the year; Pincushion Flowers, which [...]
Fridah of the Singapore-based shop Mwendas is offering up $30 gift certificates to two lucky True Up readers. She’s also offering free shipping to the winners on top of the gift certificates! Mwendas offers Japanese fabric (mostly of the cute variety, but some more traditional-leaning prints too), Japanese sewing books, notions, and craft supplies. To [...]
We interrupt this Spring Quilt Market coverage to bring you Sew, Mama, Sew!’s May Giveaway Day! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, follow the link and get lost in hundreds of giveaways from crafty blogs worldwide. I recently realized most of my giveaways on this site have been books and gift certificates — [...]
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 [...]
This and That From Japan on Etsy offers a wonderful range of Japanese fabrics and craft supplies, straight from Japan! Owner Lisa, an expatriate originally from Hawaii, provides a one-stop shop for designer Japanese fabrics (like Shinzi Katoh, Decole, and Cozy Tomato), Sanrio character fabrics, and cotton and cotton-linen blend prints from Kokka and other [...]
Amy Butler has three great new patterns out and she’s generously contributed two of each for a giveaway here on True Up. The Sun Surf Halter is a followup to her v-neck Cabo Halter top. It’s a great beginner pattern and has sizing for both women’s and girls’ sizes. Materials list here. The Domestic Goddess [...]
One winner will receive a charm pack containing 5″x5″ (approx. 13x13cm) squares of Michael Miller‘s Fairy Frost fabrics in 50 different colors. Fairy Frost is a near-solid, tone-on-tone print with an iridescent floral overlay. To enter, leave a comment on this post about your favorite sparkly person (celebrity or otherwise). This drawing is open to [...]
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