Tuesday, 4 July 2017

Lots of New Fabrics!!!

Well, it never rains but it pours...!

In a fortnight, we've had Autumn fabrics come early and Asian fabrics come late.

Our first delivery was some Autumn fabrics, which are proving popular already.   Two colour ways, in a floral and stitched polyester knit, which is a great dress/skirt/jacket weight.  It's soft, but firm and in soft pink greys or bright colours.  95% polyester, 5% spandex, 155 cms wide and £14.00 per m.
The metallic fabrics are actually knits, made from 97% polyester, 3% spandex.  They are very soft and drapey, unlike their hard metallic appearence. Again 150 cms wide & £12.00 per m.



We then had a box arrive from Asia, containing our Japanese and Indonesian fabrics - double layer!


The Japanese fabrics are cotton prints, including ripple prints, which are a bit like firm seersucker (pineapples and hibiscus prints) and a linen mix.


The second layer was our Batiks from Bali which were delayed in production, due to weather in Indonesia.  When you see the hand production, in these beautiful fabrics, you can see why they are very weather reliant.


But it was definitely worth the wait!!!  The designs and colours are stunning! Here's a few of them...





Thursday, 11 May 2017

Floral heaven...!

A lot of my favourite printed fabrics have a botanical theme.  Flowers and/or leaves, I'm not fussy!
So you can guess I had fun choosing these new ones!  
Beautiful weight and drape, as usual from John Kaldor fabrics.




These two prints are on a polyester base, that has a lovely crepe feel to it.


This Cotton print has a lovely satin finish.


I see this polyester print made up in a drapy kimono!


Added spandex, in this cotton makes it ideal for fitted skirts and dresses.


This cotton lawn will be so light to wear.

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Latest Additions!!

Well, the deliveries just don't stop!  Some might have been forgotten about, it seems so long ago since we placed them!

So:

We've new colours in our £1.50 per m bag strapping


Some new Jalie patterns for you to try


Classic colours in our £8 per m Ponte Roma & it's 150cm wide


and a new Ripstop PVC print, which is perfect for washbags, outdoor coverings...!

Along with more trims & haberdashery, including 1000m Gutermann sew all thread!

Wednesday, 19 April 2017

Lots of new fabrics...!

Well, our show deliveries have been coming in thick & fast!  Here's a taste of what's new in store...


Fabulous ombre cotton print with little gold squares, from Cotton+Steel


More Cotton+Steel prints, all printed on unbleached cotton


Some fun Rose & Hubble cotton poplins


Colourful cotton prints & some gorgeous bold stripes


Stretch textured denims & a variety of knit weights

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Kaffe Fassett Fabrics


We've had our first delivery of fabrics from Kaffe Fassett Studios!
There are designs from Kaffe Fassett, the beautiful Fern print in green and Aboriginal Dots in pink & the wow factor, Can Can girls from Brandon Mably.
The designs are printed on a lovely soft cotton, 112 cms wide & £15.50 per m

After meeting them both at a trade show & listening to a talk on how their designs come about, we were inspired!  So we bought Kaffe's latest book, to take a bit of that inspiration home!!




Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Party Preparation Complete!

We hosted a Sewing Birthday Party, for a lovely Birthday girl & friends on Saturday. The only problem is, I don't want to take the decorations down now!

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Wow!


What an amazing use of our Amsterdam cotton print jersey!  
Angela has beautifully adapted Vogue 9108, by Marcy Tilton, to keep the images whole.