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A few years ago, I didn’t have much of a fabric stash. It seemed when I was in Brooklyn, I was switching apartments every few months even though it was a few years in between. But still, it always felt like I had SO much stuff to move. Which was true since I had a small darkroom, wood shop, sewing room along with all my other stuff to move so during one move, I gave all my fabric away. That lasted for a few years until I moved here. And now it’s a lost cause. I need more shelves. So I decided to fix the problem by buying some holiday + Christmas prints since I has so little of them and saw so many I loved this year. Here goes…
Max & Nobie for Moda, Candyland Christmas, Ringing Wreaths in Ivory (left) purchased here. Arrin Turnmire for Moda, Wintry Text Blocks (right) purchased here. This one is flannel that if I read correctly would have noticed and not purchased since I wish it was cotton, oh well.
Alexander Henry, Christmas Adventures in Snowyville (left) purchased here and Angel Baby (right) purchased here.
Judie Rothermel for Marcus Fabrics, Aunt Grace Christmas, Cross Stitch Cottage (left) purchased here and Santa Faces (middle) purchased here and Criss-Crossed Candy Canes (right) purchased here.
Exclusively Quilters, Vintage Holidays, Merry Greetings (left) purchased here and O Christmas Tree (right) purchased here.
All of the above prints were bought from eQuilter.com. I usually find their site so extensive I have a hard time navigating it unless I know just what I want. But I’ve had success by doing searches like “vintage” “text” “word” to find specific types of things I might be into. And you’ll have to go with the large number of photos but I always find its super helpful to see photos of fabrics on blogs to see the sense of scale next to other prints. So I chock it up to trying to be helpful.
Japanese holiday prints from Fabric Tales which carries what I assume to be all the colorways in these prints. They are all marked with Cosmo Textiles. Christmas at Night, green (left) purchased here, red /brown (middle) purchased here and Christmas Tapestries, brown (right) purchased here.
These I bought from my local Hancock Fabrics store. The one on the left is marked “David Textiles” and the one on the right isn’t marked on the piece I have. Other holiday prints I picked up were a couple of the Lecien Minny Muu prints which are great and this Shinzi Katoh print is super cute but decided that’s enough for one season. I’m on full throttle for the Christmas making gifts which is why I got the Christmas print bug in October. Sorry for the holiday jolt but if gifts are to be made, I need to keep on it.
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4 Comments Add your own
1. sassypriscilla | October 20th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Aren’t these darling! What do you plan on making?
2. hillary | October 20th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
dang you. I’d just called it quits on holiday fabric and now…
3. Leah | October 20th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Thank you so much for posting this! The Joann’s around here have NOTHING that I like in holiday fabrics this year. Now I’m all set!
4. Loretta | October 21st, 2008 at 5:27 pm
I adore your blog! I found you somehow, in my blog surfing today, and I followed a link to how to make the fabric ghosts, which I’m going to try and put with my miniature house. If I succeed, I’ll post a photo on my blog. I love your clothespin people; they are adorable. I’ve bookmarked you and hope to be back. The only problem with your site is that the text is microscopic (???) and I can barely read it.
I'm curious about your two cents. You smart cookie!
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