Jennifer Sampou is back! You may not be familiar with her work if you’re newish to the fabric world. She was creative director at P&B in the 90s, then later became one of Robert Kaufman’s first licensed designers. In 2005 she moved with her family to Mexico and took a break from the design world [...]
Robert Kaufman is continuing to build their selection of greenSTYLE organic fabrics. One of the new collections is Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax … of course! The quilting cotton collection is accompanied by new coordinating solids.
The Dr. Seuss licensed collections have been very successful for Robert Kaufman, so they are continuing to expand the selection. Celebrate Seuss! Is an Seuss all-star collection. I’ve been anticipating the appearance of my favorite Seuss book, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, and here it is! Celebrate Seuss! and The Cat in [...]
Remember this fabric print by Amy Schimler that she printed with Spoonflower? A version of it is now the focus print in her new collection for Robert Kaufman, called Fly Away. See more prints here. Which puts the old time song “I’ll Fly Away” in my head, which makes it extra lovely. Amy is giving [...]
Critter Community is the newest collection by Suzy Ultman for Robert Kaufman. Like her previous collection Appleville, it features a panel print that would be great cut up or used as-is for quilts and other projects. (fabric stack via Fabricworm, who is a True Up sponsor) Suzy also has an Etsy shop where you can [...]
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 [...]
Robert Kaufman also had a large showing of organic fabrics at market, including a line of organic solids, Pure Organic, which they continue to expand. The Little One collection by Katie Hennagir is also 100% organic and coordinates with the Pure Organic Solids. Pick a Bunch by Nancy Mims (Mod Green Pod) is also 100% [...]
I will admit that I have been putting off these posts because there is just so much to write about! The folks at Robert Kaufman had tons of new stuff to show at market and were very excited to share it all. One corner of the booth featured Kaufman’s Kona solids and the quilts created [...]
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. The Needle Shop: Outside Oslo cotton canvas by Jessica [...]
Pick a Bunch is Mod Green Pod‘s second 100% organic collection for Robert Kaufman. The three colorways, sunflower (above), olive, and orchid are so gorgeous and jubilant. Pick a Bunch is out very soon, likely by the end of April. There will also be some new coordinating solids in RK’s Pure Organics line. More April/May [...]
New Release Tuesday is my periodic roundup of new fabric sightings. 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! In the Kitchen is Alexander Henry’s ongoing retro-themed line, and Griffith Park [...]
Good news for digital fabric designers — Spoonflower has released its official 3600-color standards map with RGB color codes. It’s much more extensive than their previous color guide, and it works in conjunction with an Adobe Swatch Exchange Library, which you can download from here. To make a long story short, working from a chart [...]
New Release Tuesday is my weekly roundup of new fabric sightings. 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. It’s been a long time since the last New Release Tuesday … it [...]
OK, wow, since I last checked, the iTunes store has exploded with apps related to the word “fabric.” I’ll just have to take a look at some of them (except for the virtual ironing app — no thanks!) and let you know if they’re worth their while, but in the meanwhile, I wholeheartedly recommend The [...]
Now we’ll look at Robert Kaufman‘s newly released and upcoming designer collections. First, Suzy Ultman‘s entry in the ongoing Metro Cafe line, which is just arriving in stores now. These coffee cups are just great! Also coming soon by Ms. Ultman, a mini collection called Kiss Me. Ann Kelle (aka Kelle Boyd) got lots of [...]
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