fab stuff from africa

great south african home seen in july issue 101woonideeen
webshop that sells african products: star-fish.nl

filminthefridge

"wonderland" MoMo fabrics
echino fabrics
"far far away" fabrics heather ross
"katie jump rope" fabrics denyse schmidt

I just stumbled upon a blog: filminthefridge with an amazing collection of contemporary quilts. This is one very talented lady! I love all of them! She also has used many of my favorite fabrics! So if you are need of a little inspiration today, stop by filminthefridge and check out her beautiful quilts!

dutch design

amazing calendar, cool ceramics, folksy wallpaper and sweet kid's clothing....

oliver & s

Some lovely sewing patterns for children, Oliver & S, have recently been added to the Volksfaden pattern category. Oliver & S is the brainchild of Liesl Gibson. Liesl trained at the reknowned Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC and worked for many years for various international fashion labels. She teaches sewing classes in NYC, authors the blog disdressed and now designs lovely and unique sewing patterns for children's clothing. The samples you see above are via the oliver & s blog.
The patterns can be found here.

make your green statement

On the Mod Green Pod blog I read about a "Make Your Own Green Statement" upholstery class
held by Spruce Austin. Students learned basic upholstery techniques and left the workshop with some beautiful chairs covered in Mod Green Pod fabrics. You can see some the results above!
On MGP blog you can also find a downloadable file on how to make these cute storage boxes from Urban Nest and these sturdy drawstring bags. go green.

MoMo "Wonderland"

As a child growing up in Japan, MoMo often found herself retreating into the caverns of her imagination where she wandered through landscapes filled with colorful, fantastical places. Now this young graphic artist has set out to redecorate the world with her patterns, colorful fantasies and childhood musings! MoMo’s designs are bold and colorful with a flare for the surreal. You can check out her first collection "Wonderland" here.

prints charming

Prints Charming is the combined talents of Cath Derksema and Kirsten Junor. They met and worked together in the 80's at John Kaldor Fabricmaker , they went their seperate ways, hooked up again by chance and founded their beautiful printmaking company "Prints Charming".
Their style is described as fresh and modern and they also think of it as being very Australian as well.
Here are two fabrics from the newest collection for Marcus Fabrics, "Rainbow Garden". I am crazy for their bold graphics and fearless use of color!