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 [...]
Marimekko’s new Fall 2009 collection. As usual, there are some brand new designs, and some classic prints in new colorways. See them all here. What do you think? Which are your favorites? I’m intrigued by the huge watercolor-y dots — they would look so cool as upholstery, or cut out for pillows.
Home textiles purveyor Henry Road has a new fabric collection for 2009. From the top: Circles Grande in Crimson, Fleur Grande in Purple and Putty, Garden in Putty and Ocean, Koi in Indigo, and Gloria Reverse in Passion. Currently these prints are only available as finished products online, but owner/designer Paula Smail told me that [...]
I am a huge fan of the U.K. company Sukie‘s textiles and paper goods (I just received their new Iron-On Craft Pad today). So I was excited to hear that in just a couple weeks they will have fabric available for purchase for the first time. The three designs were screenprinted in England on a [...]
Sina Pearson Textile Bundle – $9.50 Sample Scrap Shop sells high-quality interior fabric sample bundles. The fabrics are either discontinued or surplus — think of it as a patchwork version of True Up favorite Modern Fabrics! Their website also sells packs with other materials (tile, carpet, etc.), or try the Etsy shop, which also carries [...]
Portobello Marilyn Patsy in green Rubie Green is a small company in New York City producing organic upholstery-weight cotton, run by former domino magazine editor Michelle Adams. The fabrics are high-end ($90/yard), but unlike most high-end home dec fabrics which are to-the-trade only, you can buy directly from the website. Delavan Stripe Tillinghast Mary in [...]
Beth Rawlinson from Madison, Wisconsin designs fabric that is screenprinted in Belgium. She sells the fabric as well as finished products (pillows, lampshades, totes, and cosmetic bags) through her website. The fabrics are a cotton-linen blend upholstery weight fabric. Some of her designs are even on sale right now.
Via design*sponge: Alice Stevenson fabric at St. Jude’s, home of some drop-dead lovely artist-designed screenprinted fabrics. This “Treehouse” pattern reminds me a lot of Lucienne Day. See more pattern work by Ms. Stevenson in her online portfolio.
Through the April 2008 online edition of Readymade Magazine, I learned of Modern Fabrics, a North Carolina business run by couple James and Ewa Powell that rescues landfill-bound remnant fabric from furniture manufacturers and sells them at deep discounts. From their About page: We focus our selections around designer textile companies including Maharam, Pollack, Sina [...]
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