New Arrivals

Posted by kristen on February 28, 2012. One comment.

We’ve gotten a ton of fabulous new Spring fabric in the last few weeks, and I’ve been so busy packing your lovely orders I’ve forgotten to share it with you!

First we received a huge shipment from Birch Fabrics and Jay-Cyn designs containing their latest 100% GOTS certified organic fabric collections, Commute and Mod Basics. Commute is 10 different transportation and architecture themed fabrics that coordinates perfectly with their new Basics line containing 5 different prints and a set of solids in 7 colorways.

Commute:

Bike It

By Bike

To Work

Mod Basics:

Ellie Fam - Aqua

Birdie Spokes - Teal

Dottie - Yellow

Abacus - Green

Hello Pilgrim is Lizzy House’s newest collection from Andover Fabrics, and my favorite of her designs to date. Maybe it’s just cause I’m excited for spring, but her bright colors and prints are inspiring me to make my entire house and wardrobe burst with color.

Butterfly - Blue

Leaves & Berries - Cocoa

Lots of Leaves - Green

Pearl Bracelet - Turquoise

Meadow - Turquoise

I can’t wait to cut into these fabrics!

Swoonalong

Posted by kristen on January 25, 2012. 4 comments.

It’s been a pretty crazy few months here in the Packard-Raine abode what with our car dying, my phone getting eaten by the dogs, our house in Portland flooding, and my husband needing a crown. None of these things are particularly bad (well, the car is pretty bad though still okay) but together they’ve sapped a lot of my motivation for extracurricular activities. It’s really difficult to not just spend my time worrying about how much the home repair stuff is going to cost, or watch the money I’ve saved for a new car disappear. Suffice to say, sewing has been the one thing I’ve let slip in my schedule (though maybe not the only thing…).

Finally things have settled down enough that I feel I can spend hours devoted to one project (or start many projects all at once). And one of these projects is to join I’m a Ginger Monkey’s Swoonalong and make Camille Roskelly’s Swoon quilt (it’s even a download!). I absolutely love making these blocks, and there’s something satisfying about a block this big. Every time you finish one you feel like you’ve accomplished a real task. My swoon quilt is made with Cloud 9′s Miscellany and Kona Black, and I can’t wait to finish it and put it on my bed. You should join me in the swoonalong and check out everybody’s blocks on flickr!

In shop news, Lizzy House’s 1001 Peeps is now on sale for 50% off through 1/31. We need to make room for her new collection coming soon!

Tilly and a Sale

Posted by kristen on January 5, 2012. One comment.

Daisy Janie’s new 100% GOTS certified organic fabric line Tilly has arrived in our store and looks amazing! The line includes 8 fabrics in 2 colorways, dawn and dusk. These fabrics have such a unique hand and beautiful color palette that I’m already dreaming up projects for them. Pick up some yardage in our shop (Fat quarter bundles coming soon!)

Tilly: Mumsy - Dawn

Tilly: Trellis - Dusk

Tilly: Vinery - Dawn

In addition to new arrivals, we have also added Valori Wells’ Wrenly to our sale section. It is 35% off and the sale will last through 1/14. Cloud 9′s Cut Out and Keep is also on sale for 50% off (ends 1/7).

Wren - Gypsy

Home Dec & Imports on Sale!

Posted by kristen on December 10, 2011. No comments.

No. 1 by Fabricnation

Our entire selection of Home Dec weight and Imported fabrics are both on sale for 35% off through 12/15. This includes Jessica Jones’ Outside Oslo, Ink & Spindle, Fabricnation, Heather Ross’ Far Far Away III, Naomi Ito’s Nani Iro, and Melody Miller’s Ruby Star Spring. This is our last big sale before the holidays, so be sure to stock up for all your projects. Check out our sale section for these and other great deals!

Black Friday Specials!

Posted by kristen on November 25, 2011. No comments.

Ink & Spindle Seacreatures in Inky Black

Ink & Spindle Seacreatures Jersey Knit in Inky Blue

Starting today (Friday Nov. 25) through Monday 28th at midnight, a large selection of our inventory is on sale for 25 – 30% off. All Freespirit fabrics are 50% off including Anna Maria Horner’s LouLOUthi, Tula Pink’s Prince Charming, and Valori Wells’ Wrenly. Also, all imported fabrics are 25% off including Melody Miller’s Ruby Star Spring, Heather Ross’ Far Far Away III, all Nani Iro fabrics, and all Ink & Spindle and Fabricnation prints. In addition to all of those amazing savings, Lizzy House’s 1001 Peeps, Jessica Jones’ Outside Oslo, and all of our patterns are on sale as well. Check out our sale section to pick up yardage and bundles of these popular fabrics and more at incredible prices. But remember, the sale ends Monday at midnight PST!

Laminated Cotton & Prince Charming

Posted by kristen on November 16, 2011. No comments.

To celebrate Tula Pink’s Prince Charming being 25% off this week, I thought I’d whip up a couple of totes in her laminated cotton. I also made them because our cheap-o store bought grocery totes are on their last legs and I wanted some pretty ones so I no longer have to be ashamed of my gross ones in the check out line.

Laminated cotton is the modern iteration of traditional oilcloth, with a polyurethane coating on one side instead of the traditional linseed oil treated fabric. It can be ironed face down using a pressing cloth, and really only needs a walking foot to machine sew (no teflon foot or masking tape required!). I used this pattern from the Purl Bee to make these totes, and two different Prince Charming laminates, Frog Prince in Indigo and Dew Drops in Indigo. This pattern was so simple to put together that I’ll probably make a couple more using Anna Maria Horner’s LouLOUthi laminates.

Our entire collection of laminates is on sale for 25% off through 11/27, so be sure to pick some up to make some fabulous (and practical!) gifts like reusable grocery totes, lunch bags, sandwich bags, and even water-proof bike panniers (those bags you hang off a bike rack).

Figure 8 Scarf

Posted by kristen on November 6, 2011. 2 comments.

To help usher in the holidays, I thought I would start posting some simple (and slightly more complicated…) gift ideas and patterns. This week I’m starting things off with Anna Maria Horner’s lovely Figure 8 Scarf.

The Figure 8 Scarf is a free pattern on Anna Maria’s website, and is so simple it barely needs instructions. You can sew it up in less than an hour (provided you don’t twist the fabric when sewing), and the result is a snuggly, beautiful scarf without the hassle of all those dangling bits. I’ve gone ahead and packaged some kits of fabric up for this scarf using Anna Maria’s LouLOUthi collection and Tula Pink’s Prince Charming (kit includes a piece of voile & a piece of quilting cotton both measuring 18″ x 72″). Though Anna Maria’s tutorial uses Velveteen and voile, I’ve used quilting cotton and voile, and found the resulting scarf to be a perfect season transitional piece. Once we receive some velveteen in store, I’ll be sure to kit that up as well so you can stay cozy during the colder winter months.

To peruse Anna Maria’s tutorial, click here…and click here to purchase a kit!

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