Natural Fabric Dyeing
Threadbanger has a collection of tips and instructions for making your own natural dyes for fabrics. More: Ask CRAFT: Tea-Staining Bed Linens
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Independent Fabric And Quilt Store Database in Beta Testing
Project 95, a “worldwide network of independent quilt and fabric shops, e-tailers and design studios who have joined forces to promote shopping independents” has just released the beta version of their searchable database of independent retailers. One of the things that we’ve heard over and over again from fabric shoppers is that you want to […]
How-To: Make Real Oilcloth
ModHomeEcTeacher on Curbly has a tutorial on how to make real oilcloth, the kind grandma has. ModHomeEcTeacher writes: Why do they call it “oil”cloth? Probably because the recently advertised “real oilcloth” that is all the rage is made from cotton fabric covered with a petroleum based coating.However, genuine oilcloth, the real thing grandma had on […]
Marimekko Fabric Sale
Marimekko is having a big sale starting today where you can get up to 50% off. Over 100 fabrics are on sale.
Ask CRAFT: Tea-Staining Bed Linens
Ramona from Pinckard, Ala., wants to give her bed linens a tea-stained look, but doesn’t know where to start. There are lots of techniques for getting an antiqued look on fabric, and tea is certainly high on the list. It’s natural, cheap, and easy. Your results will depend on your particular combination of circumstances, and […]
How-To Tuesdays: Fabric Scrap Necklace
At my shop, we save pretty much every bit of scrap fabric. We can always find a use for it, whether it’s for practice stitching by Sewing 101 students, as furoshiki-style wrapping, or to tie up half-yard cuts of fabric. I’ve seen a lot of fun fabric jewelry on craft blogs lately, and with so […]
Swanky Swell: Eco-Friendly Fabric
Swanky Swell produces eco-friendly textiles designed by Nina Jizhar. The coloful fabric prints are hand screen-printed on 100% cotton using non-toxic water based ink with production done in San Francisco. Purchase fabric by the yard or these beautiful pillow covers too. You can catch up with Swanky Swell’s news and design picks at her blog. […]
