Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘fabric’

 
Today I took on four new corset orders, to be completed during August. In order that people could choose the fabric that they wanted, I decided to organise a gallery.
All of the fabrics shown below are part of my very own fabric stash, which I’ve been collecting since approximately 2004. This is only a small [...]

Read Full Post »

Kaffe Fassett Fat Quarters

Look what I’ve got!
Paul’s Mum very kindly gave me a set of ten fat quarters. Aren’t they beautiful?

They’re Rowan fabrics which were designed by Kaffe Fassett, and hand woven in India with the support of Oxfam.
They go absolutely perfectly with the Bishopston fabrics, so at the moment I’m thinking of some lightweight cotton coats, with [...]

Read Full Post »

Ananse Village fabrics

This morning I received an email from Ananse Village. They’re a company based in California, who have a Fair Trade agreement with craftspeople in Africa. They sell clothing, musical instruments, jewellery, masks, baskets… all sorts of things.
They contacted me specifically to draw my attention to the fabrics, which I have to say are absolutely amazing.

The [...]

Read Full Post »

The Bishopston fabrics are here!

The fabrics that I ordered from Bishopston Trading back in October have now arrived!
The enormous parcel was delivered on Friday, but I needed a bit of help to lift and unwrap it, so I had to wait a full twenty-four hours before I could look inside…

Aren’t they beautiful?
You can see all of the fabrics in [...]

Read Full Post »