I love me some linen, maybe even more than cotton, at least for garments. And every year when the weather warms up, I feel a yen for more flowy, soft, linen…
Fabric Shopping Online
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This is only one of SIX (or maybe more) giant piles of fabric I’ve begun amassing for my next book. I have some really (REALLY) amazing apparel fabrics on order, and…
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There were a couple comments this week asking for suggestions for how to better match colors when shopping for fabric online, so today I’ve put together some suggestions for ways to…
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I’m delighted today to be guest posting for Rae over at Made By Rae as part of her Spring Top Sewalong. I have really, really been enjoying seeing all the entries…
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I love Twitter. Really, I do. It’s like microblogging–all those ideas that don’t have time or depth enough to develop into full blog posts, but that WANT to get out. Those…
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Yes, that Jay McCarroll. He’s done two fantastic collections of quilter’s weight cottons for Free Spirit since leaving Project Runway, and this is my favorite: Woodland Wonderland. I adore the color…
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This Heather Ross collection has been around for a while now, but each time I look at the prints, I am reminded how loverly I think it is. Mendocino, a collection…
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Over at craftgrrl, there’s a fantastic screen print tutorial. A step above the freezer paper stencil, a step below a full-scale screen printing shop in your basement, it’s a great technique…
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Cupcakes! Check out the print, then check out Cake Wrecks, one of the most popular foodie blogs on the web–and easily one of the funniest. Then come on back for a…
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Posts are zipping around the internet about the new pricing policy Westminster Fabrics is putting into effect beginning Feb 1 of this year–just a couple weeks from now. The company has…
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So, I was tempted to throw up more rock-n-roll fabric, but enough with the theme, already. Instead, here’s a new arrival in the shop, from Amy Butler’s Daisy Chain collection: Amy…
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I love a good theme. Like, when I completed my Master’s thesis on acorns (no lie) I gave all my professors a teensy oak sapling sprouted from acorns that had fallen…
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Featured today for Swatch of the Week: Groovy Guitars in Lime, by Michael Miller For those of you newer to quilting, crafting, and 21st century fabric sales, there are a few…
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Loads of sick babies at our house. Only thing keeping my spirits up is this: Not even in the shop yet–am too greedy to have it all to myself! Ah, well,…
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Y’all, can I just say how great the experience has been so far at Etsy? What an amazing group of people, all of them truly looking to promote handmade and produce…