tina givens

Fabrics from Tina Given's newest collection "Olivia's Holiday" have just been put on our virtual shelves. Tina's signature colorways, exotic birds and chandeliers make this collection of fabrics just what you would expect when you think of Tina Givens!

happy easter

The Easter photographs were quite a big thing when I was growing up, which as you can see on this photo was in the sixties!!!! We dressed up in our Easter finery, which by the way yes indeed, included gloves and a hat, and went outside to face the elements. Often an icy wind was blowing and our teeth were chattering while my Dad took our pictures one after another, with our baskets, without our baskets, alone, and then again all together! Small price to pay though for the wondrous Easter baskets with those amazing Fannie Farmer creme filled eggs....
Happy Easter all! Frohe Ostern!

SPRINGSALE2010/Frühlingsverkauf


To celebrate the fact that Spring has finally Sprung..... Volksfaden is having a Spring Sale...20% off on all fabrics, patterns, and notions from Saturday March 20th, 2010 until Wednesday 24, 2010!

Please enter this code at the the top of the order page:

SPRINGSALE2010

Hope to see you there!

Zur Feier des Umstands, dass der Frühling endlich sein blaues Band flattern lässt, veranstaltet VOLKSFADEN einen Frühlingsverkauf... 20% Ermässigung auf alle Stoffe, Schnittmuster und alles Andere - von Samstag, dem 20.März bis Mittwoch, den 24.März 2010!

Bitte tragen Sie bei Ihrer Bestellung oben auf der Seite diesen Code ein:

SPRINGSALE2010

Ich hoffe, Sie begrüßen zu dürfen!

Linda Gaylord
www.volksfaden.de


Please note that during the Spring Sale, the merchant discount will not be offered.

Bitte beachten Sie, dass unser Gewerberabatt während des Frühlingsverkaufs ausgesetzt wird.

jesse breytenbach

Pictured above are lovely new ribbons from Jesse Breytenbach that have been added to the VOLKSFADEN ribbon collection. The designs are hand printed by Jesse herself using water based textile inks on unbleached cotton ribbon.
Jesse lives in Cape Town, South Africa and designs and prints her own fabrics and ribbons.

organic cotton prints

Heather Moore
Jane Foster
Ellen Giggenbach
Hitomi Kimura
Sandra Monat

Well it has been a long time coming but new organic cotton designer prints are now online by VOLKSFADEN. Several designers agreed to license a design to Volksfaden and these designs were then printed in India by Aura Herbal Wear. The designers are some of my faves out there: Jane Foster, Ellen Giggenbach, Hitomi Kimura, Sandra Monat (aka herzensart)and last but definitely not least Heather Moore (aka skinnylaminx)! The designs are printed on an organic cotton poplin, the fabric is 140cm, 53" wide. The dyes used are non-toxic herbal based. The fabric is ideal for clothing and or quilting.

luli sanchez

Here are new fabrics with an aquatic theme. These fabrics are designed by Luli Sanchez for Timeless Treasures.
Here is a little info about Luli Sanchez that can be found on her website "Originally trained as a watercolorist, Cuban born Lourdes Sánchez is a New York based textile designer. Before striking out on her own, she worked for over a decade in the fashion industry, including several years at Emanuel/Emanuel Ungaro, as well as stints designing for private label and swimwear, where her hand-painted designs sold at Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdales. Her prints were also widely sold throughout the U.S. and Europe to such diverse clients as Calvin Klein, The Gap, Kangol Hats, Ralph Lauren, Armani Exchange, Target, Anne Klein, and many more.

Seeking a change from Seventh Avenue, in 2004 she set up her own studio in the East Village overlooking Tompkins Square Park where she now counts among her influences the neighborhood's community gardens, fireworks over the East river, trips to the rural Carribean, and the ateliers of painter friends."

The fabrics are now online at volksfaden.

mushrooms and more

Here are fabrics from the company Classic Cottons. Classic Cottons has been producing fabric for the quilting market for the past 25 years. They also have their own in house design studio, Exclusively Quilters, and here are fabrics from their "Froggies" collection recently added to the VOLKSFADEN collection.