Italian. Digitally printed. Silk. Floral. Painterly. GIMME. Spotted at Harts Fabric. Harts has several other digitally printed silks from Italy in their High Fashion Fabrics section. Related posts: Thai Silks Sew Bettie’s Digitally Printed Fabric Flocking Birds Silk at Britex Lela Rose Silk at Britex Fabrics Geometric Silks at Mood
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 [...]
Silk scarves by Philippe Roucou on Reborn. This is such a simple yet clever (and beautiful) use of digital printing. You could enlarge all kinds of images so that they are unrecognizable once draped or cut up, covertly adding personal meaning to your sewn objects. (via Poppytalk) Related posts: Silk Series: della Q. on Silk [...]
Shadow Blossom Fabric by Suzanne Meyer Pistorius for Blugirlart On True Up we write mostly about quilting weight cotton prints, and that’s what a majority of our sponsors sell or make. It’s a given that we love it! But one of my primary goals is to branch out and explore other types of fabric, and [...]
You may remember della Q from our interview earlier this year and Silk Series post on working with silk taffeta. Unfortunately I didn’t get to meet Della in person, as she was in London, but I got to meet her lovely assistant, but failed to write down her name! So sorry! I got to visit [...]
Herringbone weaved vintage kimono fabric, c.1950s-60s per seller. 36″ x 44″, $23 from Etsy seller tessimal. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Leaves Daily Swatch: Leaves Daily Swatch: Butterflies Daily Swatch: Silk Week Daily Swatch: Leaves
Veer: Products: Merchandise: Candy-coated Cushions Ulf Moritz’s Nymfa Fabric, silk organza with hand-appliqued, laser-cut flowers. Featured on the Textile Source blog. Brita Sweden — Swedish textile company, offers a few prints as running yardage. Via print & pattern Kreier Swiss folk placemat set on eBay Related posts: Textile Stew: 6/25-6/26/09 Textile Stew: 7/3/09 Textile Stew: [...]
It’s been a while since I last posted an entry in the silk series — it had to be put on hold for Spring Quilt Market coverage, but now it’s back! Today, here’s a guide to some of the more common lightweight, sheer silks, just in time for summer. I still have a few more [...]
Now that Della has introduced us to silk taffeta, I wanted to write a little bit more about it, and my experience prepping the fabric and sewing with it — this is the only silk I’ve had a chance to work with, in fact! Silk taffeta is a light-to-medium weight plain weave that uses heavier [...]
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