The ladies at Stitch Lounge just posted about a great new fabric store in San Francisco stocking all kinds of amazing vintage fabrics, including deadstock Marimekko, Pucci, and Knoll prints. Wow! Urban Burp 170 Columbus Ave, Ste 110 (between Jackson St & Kearny St) San Francisco, CA 94133 (415) 399-8761
Oooh! Take a look at the new Markimekko Fall 2008 fabrics in the special sneak peek on their blog.
True Up has 36 tips on how to care for vintage fabric from storing the fabrics correctly to cleaning tips and more. [ via Whip Up ]
On the Marimekko blog you can take a glimpse into the production facility to find out how Marimekko fabrics are made. [ via Not Martha ]
The lucky denizens of super-crafty Portland, OR will be able to stop by Bolt Fabric Boutique on Friday night from 5-7pm for a casual meet-and-greet with fabric designers Denyse Schmidt and Heather Ross. Check out their new fabric lines and find out more about the great fabrics and classes Bolt has to offer.
Quilting superstar Denyse Schmidt has just released a beautiful new line of fabric called County Fair, featuring the prints you’ve come to love printed in fresh new colorways on upholstery-weight cotton canvas. There’s also a “cheater print” called Patchwork Promenade, which looks like one of Denyse’s signature quilt blocks–only it’s printed! County Fair will be […]
Jodie from RicRac has been collecting her selvedge scraps for a long time and the results are well worth it–she’s made a bag out of them in the past (which we featured here), and now she’s back with this beautiful scarf! I love the idea of not letting a single scrap of fabric go to […]
