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Fabrilicious

Allison Bozeman — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:36:55 +0000

I was surprised a couple of weeks ago to read on Formspring that Grace Bonney {design*sponge} is wondering where all the great new fabric designs are, comparing textiles to the recent boom of wallpaper. I guess she would be in the know as far as the design world goes, so maybe the fabric I have been discovering a lot of lately are actually old, but new to me? Anywhoo, I thought I would render a shortlist here of some textile designers I am a fan of:

And some great online shops to find get such fabric:

I personally love reading True Up – Kim can keep us all informed of all things fabric. There are also several services, including Spoonflower that will allow you to upload your own designs for print on fabric, which is quite exciting. There are many designs from experienced Spoonflowers for sale as well, I am amassing a list of favorites over there as well. At any rate, I think there are a lot of really great textiles out there to be had and wanted to share my sources. At the end of the day, my all time favorite fabric will always be vintage feedsacks!

Filed under: Craft Biz, Design, Feedsacks, Handmade Revolution Tagged: Design Sponge, Design*Sponge, fabric, Formspring, Grace Bonney, Kokka, Spoonflower, Textiles, True Up

sewing along

Allison Bozeman — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:08:36 +0000

a quilt by Amy Karol, from True Up blog

i wish i were a better seamstress. maybe if i were a more patient person. i mean, i get it done. just don’t inspect my stitches for beauty or craftsmanship. been sewing up a storm here lately though. feedsack bags for press kits, napkins for C’s school, mending a hem here & there. my granny is good behind the sewing machine. i’m going to make a lifetime goal to make a quilt someday. it would be silly for me to say it’s a new years resolution, but maybe someday when life slows down a bit again i would like to commit myself to that kind of a project.

toothpillow by letterM from Ohdeedoh blog

I’m also going through folders of blog images and such that I keep for inspiration. Here are a few related to sewing. Enjoy!

fabric creatures from Abigail Brown

from HopSkipJump, check them out on Flickr!

Posted in Craft Biz, Handmade Revolution Tagged: Abigail Brown, fabric, Hop Skip Jump, letterM, sewing, True Up

cute fabric craftopia

Allison Bozeman — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:34:28 +0000

Had a little fabric fun with a friend yesterday. It was refreshing to do a creative project not for profit. We had a fun mix of feedsacks, reproductions and new fabrics, experimenting with applique on these little onsies. This is just a teaser, more to come on this project!

Posted in Craft Biz, Feedsacks, Friends, Handmade Revolution Tagged: applique, baby, craft, fabric, onsies