{ Lizzy in camouflage against a backdrop of Outfoxed } Clearly people can’t get enough Lizzy House, since she had not-one-not-two-but-three collections showing at Quilt Market! I’m so excited for them all: Outfoxed, already in stores; her Halloween collection (those ghosts! The candy corn triangles!); and Hello Pilgrim, which might not be out till 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 [...]
Thanks to this interview on the Colette Patterns blog, I now know that Mena Trott (famously of Six Apart, Movable Type, et al.) is back in the sewing blog world (anyone remember Sew Wrong?) with The Sew Weekly, and of course she’s kicking ass and taking names. The Fat Quarterly is pitting 64 modern fabric [...]
Designers are sharing peeks at their upcoming collections, most of which will first show at Spring Quilt Market in May and be in stores soon after. Follow the links to see! 1001 Peeps by Lizzy House Happy Mochi Yum Yum by Happy Zombie Paris Apartment by Bari J. Silent Cinema by Jenean Morrison Storyboek by [...]
Today I’m thrilled to host the grand finale of Cherri House‘s blog tour to celebrate her new book City Quilts. OK, confession — I was just late in asking to be included, so Cherri was kind enough to tack me on to the end of the tour! Jessica is the rightful grand-finale host, but I [...]
It took forever, but that about does it for fabric previews from Spring Quilt Market 2010. Phew! But Quilt Market is all about hanging out with friends, putting names to faces, and making devious plans. Once again I suffered from fabric tunnel vision when it came to taking pictures, but here are some of my [...]
I started this Quilt Market out at Lizzy House’s rocking, standing-room-only schoolhouse presentation, and ended it at the Andover booth for some quickie shots of their upcoming collections from our favorite designers. Lizzie is an AMAZING public speaker, people! She shared the results of this survey and had people laughing and sometimes even gasping at [...]
A lot to catch up on this week! Here are the newest collections now available to buy from your favorite fabric shops. Heather Ross‘ Far Far Away II for Kokka Erin McMorris’ Weekends for Freespirit — the bikes are a huge hit — I love the mod florals! Mod Kitchen is a little more subdued [...]
Lizzy House, designer of adorable fabric lines Lizzy Dish, Red Letter Day, and the upcoming Castle Peeps (all for Andover Fabrics), recently spilled about a book she’s written (well, an e-book, but a book’s a book in my book) called How To Enter The World Of Textile Design: For The Quilting Industry. Since I started [...]
Daisy Janie’s Geo Grand (organic) — expected to deliver in March. Birch Fabrics‘ Circa 50 (also organic) — well, these aren’t strikeoffs, but one step beyond that which is sample bolts. The mill airmails these in advance of the main shipment. Castle Peeps by Lizzy House for Andover Fabrics. Slated for delivery sometime this spring. [...]
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 [...]
Lizzy House is giving a sneak preview of her next collection for Andover, Red Letter Day, on her blog. She’s showing the individual prints one at a time and explaining their significance to the overall theme. Isn’t that cool? Below, the first print, Ugly Duckling. I’m loving it already.
Lizzy Dish’s Sunny Side Up colorway Lizzy House is having a big month — she just received her B.A. in Printmaking and around the same time, her debut fabric collection with Andover, Lizzy Dish, was released. At 23 years old, she may very well be the youngest designer the quilting fabric world has seen! Judging [...]
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