Hi! I am new to the fabric world and I was looking for some good tips on what is the best sheer or gauze fabric. I keep seeing the term voile used and organza. I want something that is really sheer and with a great color print. Any ideas where I can get this or [...]
Did I not just wonder aloud about the possibilities of major manufacturers incorporating digitally printed fabrics into their regular offerings? Liberty of London recently unveiled their extensive and awesome Liberty Rocks collection for Autumn/Winter 2011. It has groups of prints Inspired by Musicians, Inspired by Artists, Classic Liberty Prints, Music Decades in Design, Rock & [...]
{ Mer Shell Tana Lawn by Liberty of London } Hyggeligt stands out not only for its unusual name — which you’ll learn about below — but for its colorful, sophisticated, focused inventory. Chantal Lynch is the proprietress of this Canadian brick-and-mortar shop, which is located in the Richmond Row District in London, Ontario. The [...]
Anna Maria Horner, together with Anchor and Westminster, has launched Anna Maria Needleworks, packages of pearl cotton and stranded embroidery floss that coordinate with her fabric collections. And if you’re going to Spring Market, or just live near SLC, join her at Piper’s Quilts & Comforts, 1944 South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, on Friday, [...]
Liberty of London‘s Spring 2011 collection of Tana Lawn prints is out. The prints were collaborations between Liberty’s Design Studio and British children’s book illustrators. One of the illustrators in Lauren Child, creator of the Charlie and Lola animated TV series. I love C&L not only for the writing, but because the charming collage-style animation [...]
Country Lane by Bari J. for Windham (Meadow Monarchs print shown above, courtesy Ms. Bari herself) — we’ll definitely be seeing and hearing more about this collection ’round these parts. The very pretty Sonoma by Frachelle Contreras for Henry Glass. She’s got a giveaway going on her blog right now. A trio of new collections [...]
I couldn’t let this feathers theme go by without a nod to perhaps the most iconic feather print of all time, Liberty of London’s Hera. According to eBay U.K. seller The Airing Cupboard (who has two vintage versions of the print currently, including the c.1970s linen above), this peacock feather design was originally created for [...]
Last week I posted about Liberty of London’s Fall-Winter 2010 collection. I’ve since found out that the two prints above, Winter Stem and Winter Thistle, were designed by one of my favorites, Angie Lewin. AND, Sleeping Rose and some other prints were designed by Akira Minagawa of Mina-Perhonen. I’m still trying to guess and confirm [...]
1. Umm, WOW. 2. 40 prints, in three-four colorways each. How much money could you theoretically spend? 3. There is an Asian theme, though doesn’t smack you over the head with it. Liberty’s own unique interpretation of traditional Japanese motifs. 4. The colors: muted, lots of gray, greens and teals, warm pink, with some pops [...]
The Liberty of London Fabric Source Guide has moved here.
Liberty of London and the Victoria & Albert Museum have teamed up to release a collection of 18 quilting prints to coincide with the V&A exhibition Quilts 1700-2010, which will be on display March 20-July 4 of this year. The fabrics will be released in March but are now available for pre-order through the V&A [...]
Ummm, LOVE. I’m not one for New Year’s Resolutions but I just made “make a dress out of Liberty Tana Lawn” my one and only. (Last year it was “pratice better penmanship” but I forgot all about it after a couple weeks. So hold me to this one, OK?) This last one would make any [...]
I featured the Liberty Art Collection on Friday, now here are some of my favorites of Liberty of London’s most recent season of Tana Lawn prints. I’m just about finished up sewing my first-ever dress so I’m paying a lot more attention to garment fabrics. I tend to wear darker colors so the predominance of [...]
Cranford by Grayson Perry This year Liberty of London introduced its new Art Collection, “fusing the compelling work of six established British artists with the innovative creations from the Liberty Design Studio.” The current artists are Grayson Perry, Paul Morrison, Mike McInnerney, Michael Angove, Anj Smith, and Simon Hart. The designs are printed on their [...]
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