Okay! I totally need this...


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For those of you who don't know, Spoonflower is a wonderful site where you can create your own fabric designs, and post them for sale (they do the textile printing for you). They are currently running a week-long sale--50% off all fat quarter (21" x 18") cuts of fabric--and a few days ago while browsing around for something to add to my order I ( Read more... )

Lately I've been trying to get out to the local secondhand shops to search for old textiles, and I had a very lucky day at Thrift for AIDS a few weeks ago. First I discovered this beautiful pair of cuffs, which I believe were hand-tatted. Each one was fixed closed by a thin strip of green silk with tiny glass buttons sewn on; unfortunately the ( Read more... )

...Which I will be using to trim this brocade. Is good?


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Damned cute Japanese cotton prints >_< Clearly Etsy needs to go on my proscribed list alongside eBay. Even if Dame Darcy has been putting 10-years-out-of-print 7" vinyl up in her shop....

And because I *know* one of you is going to ask ;p Kawaii zakka & Gifts


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Morning! So much to get done today, and I suppose I'd better get to it before the morning is too much farther advanced, but I had a few bits of news I wanted to share first ( Read more... )

Couldn't resist picking up a 1/4 yd. of each of these. Still not entirely sure what I plan to do with all this fabric, since I'm mostly working with yarn right now, but I'm sure something will come to me...

Click on the images to see the prints full-size on Etsy--


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Morning! So, my two crocheted bags are now completely finished (one after an emergency shortening of the shoulder strap), and I will have pix up after as soon as I locate my camera cord. Meanwhile, I'm thinking ahead to new projects. Browsing around on Etsy this morning I decided I'd have a go at incorporating artwork printed on fabric into the ( Read more... )

Via bondchick_nett. Alright, somebody gimme now! I'm having crazy ideas about embellishing the princess patterns with embroidery & beadwork. Though let's be realistic--I want to do that with everything ;p


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Evening, all! So, I've been working away on my little handbags, and being very near completion of the second I found that I was in need of a zipper for it, since this one doesn't have a flap closure like the first. Since I had a great many errands to run today there was no time to go down to Fabric Row, and since I know A.C. Moore is woefully ( Read more... )