{ Storyboek – Girl Palette } Today’s interview is with Cynthia Mann, mother of two, and the woman behind the online fabric shop Fabricworm. Not long after launching the shop three years ago, she started her own fabric company, Birch Fabrics, and helped expand the selection of modern, organic fabrics on the market. She also [...]
This is Totem, a hand-screenprinted fabric collection by Harvest Textiles in Melbourne, Australia. Harvest Textiles is run by three women — Jess Wright, Emma Byrnes and Lara Davies — who design and print these fabrics for clothing, home decor, accessories, sewing kits, and for their own sake. They also run screenprinting and textile workshops. Totem [...]
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 [...]
Recently Amy Butler and her assistant Mallory got in touch to see if I’d be willing to kick off a blog tour for Amy’s new fabrics. Of course I immediately said yes! I know everyone is thrilled to see Amy’s designs on the new apparel-friendly substrates of rayon, corduroy, and voile for the first time, and [...]
Cloth Fabric is probably the first Australian hand-screenprinting fabric company to appear on my radar. I realized I hadn’t checked in for a while and it turns out they have several new prints and other product lines going on. If you’re not familiar, Cloth is a small independent fabric company that has been operating out [...]
{ Partridge } There is a new designer of hand-screenprinted fabrics on the Australian scene — Tara Davy Textiles. This collection is a collaboration between Ms. Davy and Kelani Fabric Obsession, so it’ll be sold through Kelani exclusively. Tara Davy is designer/illustrator in the magazine industry by trade. The two designs are printed in different [...]
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. This week, there was so much to cover, I broke [...]
Jennifer Moore of Monaluna had a booth at Quilt Market for the first time to show her self-produced, organic collections Anika and Marin (which are arriving in stores right now) as well as her first collection Monaco. You can get a wee glimpse of her next collection, Taali, over on the Monaluna website! Also look [...]
Cynthia and Jason, the partners behind Birch Fabrics, put together a super sweet double booth to introduce their two new lines, Avalon and Storyboek. Both lines are 100% GOTS certified organic. Avalon features bikes and birds in 8 prints, that boast deep color saturation and crisp lines, and is currently shipping. You can read the [...]
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