Seen any good mustaches lately? If you haven’t, just wait until the end of the month. November is MOVEMBER, the month where facial hair sprouts in support of awareness of men’s health, specifically prostate and testicular cancers. The gentlemen grow their mustaches for thirty days, and the ladies gamely smile though itchy smooches. One can [...]
Hi, Everyone! Tina Guthmann, aka BostonSewer and CrimsonBruin here! I am so excited to be reporting on Fall Quilt Market 2012 for True Up! With this first post, I’ll tell you a bit about myself and my experience at Market. If you’ve read my latest blog post, you know I am a mild-mannered software developer by [...]
{ Orange Slices Quilt by Natalia Bonner at the C&T booth } Happy Halloween! I am back from Fall Quilt Market in Houston, have had my day of rest and recovery, and am ready to start the show over here. I had a whole crew helping me this time, so I was really able to [...]
I’ve always been fond of David Walker’s charming kids’ collections for FreeSpirit. His newest, Get Together, features bears, pigs, squirrels, birds, and hearts. So sweet! I’m also interested in how this collection is all novelty prints (with a lot of floral action mixed in) — in this case he is playing with density and scale [...]
In advance of their upcoming trade show in New York City from January 10-12, 2011, Printsource has released a Top Ten list of print ideas for Spring/Summer 2012. The list was compiled by surface design studio Pattern People to highlight trends in the fashion and home textiles markets. (By the way, Pattern People is an [...]
Discounts/Giveaways Exclusive sale for True Up readers on Fabricworm and Fabricworm Etsy: 10% off orders over $25+ through March 31, 2009 with coupon codetu10. Convo first through Etsy or just use the coupon code on the .com. Win a free surprise package of two pounds of our fabrics ($35 value!) by signing up for the [...]
To help kick off the new year, I asked many fabric sellers, designers, and manufacturers one question: Where is the fabric world (or your corner of it) going in 2009? Here’s Linda Gaylord, owner of online fabric shop Volksfaden, sharing her wishes for her own corner of the world (Germany) and the fabric industry as [...]
To help kick off the new year here on True Up, I asked many fabric sellers, designers, and manufacturers one question: Where is the fabric world (or your corner of it) going in 2009? Over the next week I’ll be posting the responses. Many told me shared news of their upcoming projects, and others talked [...]
Birds have been a huge trend in contemporary fabrics. Here are some under-the-radar prints that have caught my eye. 57″ wide polyester chiffon from Robert Kaufman, at Reprodepot Safari Birdland in aqua, at Superbuzzy Stencil birds from the Mercer Street collection from Hoffman, at eQuilter Bloom Where You Are Planted by Kokka, at Purl Birds [...]
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