Fab(ric) Friday!

I've been ordering lots of fabric this week, but mostly just re-orders fabrics that I already have. I re-ordered Joel Dewberry's Bloom in Granite. The slippers and cases I made from it before were really popular, but I got sick of it and let it die. Now I'm ready for more of it again! Plus, I ordered the Lilac version of it! Really excited about that, since I don't have any purple in my shop right now. 

Joel Dewberry's Bloom in Lilac at MyHeartandSew

In other news, I got in my Flower Fields in Berry, and I love it so much that I immediately ordered more! I paired it with a Chartreuse (looks like lime to me . . .) solid and made mom and baby slippers. 

Mom 'n Baby Slipper set here

When I look up from my sewing table these days, covered in spring and summer fabrics, it's hard to believe there's still snow on the ground here!

High Five: Hodge Podge Farm

As part of my quest for a better blog, I'm going to start paying more attention to all the great blogs out there. I'm going to find my favourites and analyse what elements make them most attractive to me. Once a week (every Wednesday), I'm going to blog about one of them. High five! 

This week, my favourite is Hodge Podge Farm, where designer and crafter extraordinaire Cal Patch blogs about her life. 

5 Great Things:

1. Cal presents herself as an all-star crafter and an expert in her field(s) AND as a human-you-could-comfortably-make-eye-contact-with. I'm socially stunted in the extreme, so that's saying a lot!

2. Advanced Tutorial! Cal did a tutorial for Etsy's blog in which she teaches how to design and sew your own leggings. Heck ya! (this is how I found her blog in the first place). She also has a few more good tutorials on her blog, all collected under the 'tutorial' heading on the menu bar--handy!

3. Lots of photos.

Image from "2011 in Pictures: November"

4. A consistent 'vibe.' The photos and posts all sort of come together to create a comfy-crafty-farmer-girl image. Lots of photos of bright yarns, roosters and hens, WIP's, veggies in the garden, fabrics, and landscape.

Image from "Empty Nest"

 5. Banner. Of course, I like the banner.

Fab(ric) Friday

I just ordered this lovely quilters cotton from FabricLuv on Etsy. I've been using the same print in orange for awhile, but lately I've been drawn to a paler colour pallet. I'm so excited to get it! It's going to make super-cute slippers.

Modern Meadow Flower Fields in Berry - By Joel Dewberry

 

fab(ric) friday!

I bought this fabric in the fall, and I loved it immediately. It's home dec weight cotton, and it's got a satiny finish, so really, what's not to love? But I got distracted with other fabrics . . . until! I put a solid aqua cotton right next to it on the shelf and ta-da! A perfect spring colour combo (at least I think so)! 

Joel Dewberry's Modern Bud in Sand - Get it here!

Kona Cotton Solid in Aloe by Robert Kaufman - Get it here!

New Mary Jane Slippers - Here!

Fab(ric) Friday!

Just came across Rashida Coleman Hale's Washi line yesterday at Hawthorne Treads! I am so in love! I ordered the triangles in charcoal and beige, and I can't wait to make slippers out of them.

Washi Tape in Beige

Washi Tape in Charcaol

Washi Triangles in Beige

Washi Triangles in Charcoal

I might go back and order some of the "Washi Tape in Charcoal" for making kindle cases . . . ?

Tickle Me Freezing

Gah! It's wickedly cold out today! -37 C (-34.6 F), and the forecast says it's only going to get colder. What tickles me this week?

Screen print from theSIBLINGshop on Etsy

Quilt from Linen and Rasberry

Ceramic mug from AlicePotter on Etsy

Sock Pattern by Amanda Lilley on Ravelry

Linking up over at Yes, Teacher!