San Francisco Textile Tour: Urban Burp
TrueUp has just posted a photo-heavy blog tour of San Francisco’s Urban Burp, a fabric shop specializing in vintage fabrics. Time to book a ticket to SF!
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Donate Unused Fabric
Burda Style writes about Stichting Toekomst Rwanda (Future Foundation Rwanda), “a charity set up by a Rwandan refugee in The Netherlands to help underage mothers and children still vulnerable in Rwanda.” The charity is setting up a sewing studio for the mothers and is collecting fabric and haberdashery donations to take with them. To donate […]
Free High-Res Photoshop Brushes
Spotted via TrueUp: Fudgegraphics is offering a free download of these fabric-inspired Photoshop brush textures you can use in your digital designs. I can’t wait to play with these!
Daisy Janie Fabric Giveaway
Jan of Daisy Janie, an independent textile designer (one of the 15 designers mentioned in this post), is running a fabric giveaway on her blog right now through Fri, August 22. A randomly drawn winner will receive a triple mix pack of 13″ x 9″ swatches of her original fabrics. Visit Daisy Janie’s blog to […]
HOW TO – Emboss Velvet with Rubber Stamps
Marc @ MAKE points us to Instructables user Inklings and Imprints, who posted up a neat how-to for embossing velvet with rubber stamps and a household iron.
Fabric Designers on Etsy
Decor8 has a fun feature on Domino Magazine’s web site showcasing 15 fabric designers on Etsy.
Amenity Fabric by the Yard
Both Grace at design*sponge and Anh-Minh posted about Amenity and I love the tip that they are selling their beautiful, rich fabrics by the yard online now. It’s pricy stuff but well worth it if you have the perfect project in mind.
