This post is part of a series reporting on the Spring 2009 International Quilt Market by True Up East Coast Stringer Mary Beth of Supafine. OH. EM. GEE. You guys. I’ve never been up close and personal with any of Kokka’s fabric before. So if I get a little drool on this post, I beg [...]
Yesterday I covered silkworms and silk production, now let’s learn about different types of silk. Silk jersey is a stretchy knit fabric, and maybe it’s not the most common type, but it’s been on my mind since seeing the Saturday Night Silk Jersey Set (pictured above) in Heather Ross‘ book Weekend Sewing. It is very [...]
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 [...]
Today I am thrilled to welcome artist/designer/writer extraordinare Heather Ross (blog). She’s here as part of her Blog March to promote her brand new book Weekend Sewing. The publisher, STC Craft, is giving away a copy of Weekend Sewing to one lucky reader. Just comment on this post by this Saturday, March 21, 2009, at [...]
Heather Ross will be going on a blog tour to promote her awesome new book Weekend Sewing, and I’m very excited that True Up will be hosting a stop! Here’s the full schedule, so you can follow her around, learn lots, and maybe even win a book … 2/26/09 The Purl Bee (Technically not part [...]
First the good news … Heather Ross‘ book, Weekend Sewing: More Than 40 Projects and Ideas for Inspired Stitching, is available through Amazon now. I got to see a proof at the fall Quilt Market and it’s a keeper. I can’t wait to get my copy. Image courtesy Heather Ross And, Heather has received the [...]
Best Juvenile Collections My two favorite juvenile collections last year both did “gender neutral” in unique ways. Jackie Shapiro’s Sweetpea line for Windham used bold graphics in yellow (the traditional go-to gender neutral color) with orange, green, and red, and touches of pink and gray. There is enough variety in the collection to go completely [...]
Heather Ross has posted a sneak peek at her Spring 2009 collection for Kokka, Far Far Away. In a word: UNICORNS! Like her pre-Mendocino collections Rabbits and Race Cars, West Hill, and Lightning Bugs and Other Mysteries, there is a perfectly motley assortment of motifs — here it’s the Princess and the Pea, the Frog [...]
Karyn of the workroom, a a small sew-by-the-hour studio/sewing school/fabric shop in Toronto, Canada, just received her shipment of Heather Ross‘ Mendocino line and is holding a contest for a free fat quarter pack. Just click over and leave a comment naming your favorite mythical creature on this entry. Hooray for cryptozoology! The contest closes [...]
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