I’ve thought before that it would be a great (and different) concept for a fabric shop to hoard fabric until it is sold out everywhere else, and only then put that stock up for sale. It’d be extremely difficult to pull that off without a crystal ball, though. Somehow, Blije Olifanje (Happy Elephant) on Etsy [...]
Seven Islands, the wonderful folks who distribute Kokka, Nani Iro, Kiyohara, and Echino, is a perennial oasis at Quilt Market. I find that very few sewing and quilting enthusiasts can refute the quasi-magical properties of Japanese fabric companies. The major barrier is price but really, the golden ratio between quality, color and design makes it [...]
The pre-Quilt Market previews are starting to roll in! Heather Ross just announced her next collection for Kokka, Nursery Versery, and has lots more pictures on her blog. You don’t see “This Little Piggy” depicted visually very often, so I’m quite smitten! The collection is printed on the lightweight cotton-linen blend that Kokka has been [...]
Heather Ross illustrated a sweet kid’s book called Crafty Chloe, written by Kelly DiPuccio. It’s about a girl who decides to make a present for her best friend despite naysaying from her other friends. Heather made another shop on the Martha Stewart Show to promote the book and demonstrate a project, and just like last [...]
{ Ringo Pie Bee Block by Ayumi Mills } I’ve gotten such a great response to the Fabric Fives posts I’ve been doing with authors on blog tours, I thought I would expand it to include everyone whose sewing, quilting, or tastes in fabric I admire. Ayumi Mills of Pink Penguin was one of the [...]
New Release Tuesday is my periodic roundup of new fabric sightings (mostly quilting cottons). These fresh arrivals have started to arrive in fabric shops and are ready to buy. Retailers, as always, if you carry any of these collections, let us know in the comments. Wow, I’ve put this off so long that the new [...]
Seven Islands is the U.S. distributor of Kokka fabric and other Japanese fabrics and notions. They were showing the new colors and patterns of Echino, which includes some favorite patterns in new colors: Some of the patterns are available on a woven nylon substrate, which would be great for bags or raincoats. Melody Miller‘s new [...]
The books of Ed Emberley, children’s author/artist/drawing-teacher-to-millions, were a huge part of my childhood. Japanese companies have been licensing his work for a while now, putting it on all kinds of textiles, stationery, accessories, etc., including fabric yardage. I featured this fabric a while back, and now there’s a new mini-collection being sold by This [...]
Heather Ross just unveiled Far Far Away III for Kokka, which will be introduced to wholesalers at Spring Quilt Market next month and is expected to be in stores in June. Heather says there will be two weights of cotton/linen, one of them presumably is the lighter apparel-weight cotton/linen they’re using for Melody Miller’s Ruby [...]
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