heldenmarkt

Next weekend, Nov.13&14, volksfaden will be sharing a stand with revoluzzZa and siebenblau at the HELDENMARKT in the Postbahnhof. Heldnmarkt is a market for sustainable, organic and fair trade products. There will be over 100 sellers there with all kinds of products that you can feel really good about buying. Our stand will be selling, organic cotton fabrics from siebenblau and volksfaden, beautiful revoluzzZa softies, and lots of things for kiddies from all three of us. So if you should be in or around Berlin next weekend, please stop by and say hi!

melly & me

A couple of new patterns are in from Melly & Me... still in time to make a little person in your life a very special toy for Christmas. The sweet fish pictured above were made by Diana (lilienstern)(more news on Diana in the next blog post.....) using melly & me's "Under the Sea" pattern....I had planned on hanging these little guys up in my workroom but they have all found their way into loving little hands....the patterns are all online

liesl gibson "city weekend"

I love these new fabrics from Liesl Gibson's "City Weekend", delicate prints in vibrant colors! Many of you know Liesl through her children's clothing pattern company oliver & s, and City Weekend is her first fabric collection for Moda. Where did her inspiration come from...I'll let Liesl tell you herself:
"I based City Weekend on a very loose feeling: a relaxed weekend in the city.

I imagined waking up on Saturday morning in my make-believe downtown loft, rolling out of bed, and popping down to the corner bakery for a pastry and a coffee. After breakfast my fictional weekend would include a stroll through the neighborhood park before stopping into a bookstore to browse the titles, and then meeting a friend for lunch, taking a nap on the sofa with the newspaper, or biking along the river."

The fabrics are now online.....

obama

Just in time for the midterm elections in the States...Obama fabric from South African company ShineShine! My enthusiasm for Obama still holds....

Fab New Fabrics

Back after a two week hiatus spent in the Big Apple, I have been putting great new fabrics from Farbnemix, Michael Miller and Robert Kaufman online. A new designer that we have added to your roster is Laurie Wisburn with fabrics from her first two collections for Robert Kaufman, Tufted Tweets and Urban Circus. Can now be found online.

taking a break

woodland friends II

Fabrics from Ellen Crimi-Trents Woodland Friends II have just been put in the shop. Ellen's first collection , Woodland Friends, was quite a hit , so for all the woodland themed fans, here are fabrics from the newest collection of deers, moose and hedgehogs.....