In case you’ve forgotten what a classic, woven houndstooth looks like after seeing all the printed variations this week, here it is. Of course *classic* classic houndstooth is black & white. The green & cream houndstooth above is a wool piece from ZinniaSnipSnap on Etsy. I’m starting to think of houndstooth as a diagonal space [...]
Some of my Granda’s tweed, from gumba on Flickr. Which I gather is a reference book from his grandfather’s tweed weaving mill in Donegal, Ireland. Lovely.
Vintage Welsh blanket from flymissy on Flickr.
Bunny, Kitty, and Bear by Hillary Lang from her Put-Together Book #1 Hillary Lang and her blog Wee Wonderfuls need no introduction — I’m sure she’s responsible for at least one of your needlework or crafting addictions. Her unique and original point of view is evident in everything she creates, from quilts to kids clothing [...]
1940s wool crepe dress fabric, from Donna Flower.
Kata Golda’s Hand-Stitched Felt: 25 Whimsical Sewing Projects, by Kata Golda, with photography by Frank White, published by STC Craft, October 2009, 128 pages. Some people have comfort food. Me, I have comfort reading. So Kata Goldman’s Hand-Stitched Felt is like mashed potatoes in craft book form, a book I’d like to crawl into on [...]
Vintage Japanese woven wool, from orime on Flickr. Orime sells (amazing) new and vintage Japanese fabrics on Etsy.
It’s wool felt week here on True Up! So the Daily Swatch is back from vacation with a wool theme (not sure photos of vintage wool felt would do anything for you, so I’m opening it up to wool in general). Pictured here: Welsh wool collection from H is for Home on Flickr. More of [...]
My first quilt guild sale two years ago was a bonanza. My second (last year), it was about three weeks after giving birth and the first significant time out of the house by myself. It was pouring rain, I was still delerious, so my memories of it are weird but good. No fabric, but I [...]
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