Here are a few more collections coming from Moda. First off, we have Hello Luscious by Basic Grey. See the Moda site to take a look at the collection’s .pdf file — I love the main floral on the striped background, but you can’t see it very well in my shot. Hello Luscious will be [...]
Moda has an in-house mini-collection called Made With Love (in fact that was the theme of the Moda boothscape this Market). It includes this great vintage sewing-themed print, a few ruler prints, and a few different types of cut-and-sew labels for your projects. See it all here in this .pdf. The fabrics are out in [...]
Moda had a “boothlet” (thanks Katy) set up with several of their Metro collections. Oh wait — you don’t know about Metro? Along with Moda’s recent web design, they started divided their collections up into three broad categories: Metro (modern/more trendy), Style (collections with broad/crossover appeal), and Classic (more traditional). I often hear shop owners [...]
I got to meet and talk to Lu Summers for about half second, but at least I got longer to gaze lovingly at her fabrics and projects in the Moda booth. I’m just crazy about Summersville and I’m counting the days till April 2012! Needle cases!
Malka Dubrawsky is a freaking genius and I feel smarter and more creative just for living in the same town as her. If you follow her work, you know commercial fabrics are just a starting point for her. She dyes, bleaches, and stitches to come up with guaranteed unique creations. One of the first things [...]
Nautical collections were a distinct theme at this market — they were about halfway divided between classic boating-and-sea motifs and more wild, creative interpretations. Salt Air by Cosmo Cricket (their second collection for Moda) falls in the latter category for sure. Salt Air has scales-within-scales, whale’s tails, a graphic take on a seashell, bubbles, and [...]
Jenn Ski is now with Moda — her first collection is called Ten Little Things and will be out in March 2012. I say no more complaining about the lack of boy-friendly fabrics (and patterns), people! This is just one of several boy- and man-leaning collections you’ll see coming out of this Quilt Market. Lissa [...]
A Walk in the Woods is Aneela Hoey‘s new collection for Winter 2012 (due to stores in February, with pre-cuts available December-ish). It combines her sweet drawings (those foxes!) with where-have-you-been-all-my-life coordinates. It’s also a return to the great color palette of pink, red, grey, and light blue that she used in her first collection, [...]
Jen Eskridge of ReannaLily Designs is my new-Stash-book sister! Her book, Deploy That Fabric: 23 Sewing Projects That Use Military Uniforms in Everyday Life, is all about upcycling military uniforms to celebrate service members, and mixing these textiles with modern fabrics to create beautiful and awesome things for everyone. Of course, I have to zone [...]
Ellen Luckett Baker of The Long Thread recently had her first sewing book, 1-2-3 Sew, published, and now she’s got her first fabric collection on the horizon. It’s with Moda and it’s called Quilt Blocks, to be released in early 2012. She writes that “This collection was obviously inspired by quilt patterns, but I wanted [...]
The U.K. company Cabbages and Roses is a popular home decor and fashion brand throughout Europe. (This season’s dresses are gorgeous — they’re going on my Pinterest Fall Fashion Wishes!) They have been producing fabric collections for the home for more than a decade, and their delicate, timeless designs are being brought to quilting fabrics [...]
You all know I’m a big fan of Lu Summers‘ screenprinted fabrics … she just announced that Moda will be producing her designs as a quilting collection, with some laminates to sweeten the deal! Hooray! There will be 27 fabrics total in the quilting collection, and this is a peek at just some of them. [...]
I have a soft spot in my heart for Keiki since her Wee Woodland collection for Moda, which had the strangest creature I’ve ever seen on fabric. This new collection, Oops a Daisy, is just out. I like the combination of traditional damask and scrolly leaves with the folky yet modern garden theme. Throw in [...]
The British brand Horrockses is re-launching this month! See my previous posts on Horrockses. “Cotton that looks like silk” from Reese Scannell in Australia (via Red Pepper Quilts) Casey’s Elegant Musings on Sourcing Vintage Fabric (and new fabric for vintage styles) Previews Tanya Whelan’s new book (out in December) Tilly strike-offs from Daisy Janie Circa [...]
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 [...]
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