10% discount

EEK - I nearly forgot to post on here - we have a 10% discount running until Thursday.. Simply enter babyboygeorge10 at the checkout .. thank you - Gwen

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Beautiful new arrivals

Howdy all ...

The last couple of months have seen some beautiful new fabrics arrive with us at the shop. One of my favourites is definitely the Happy collection from Hilco textiles. The weight and feel of this cotton is fantastic - perfect for making a special dress for a little one. The fabric is wide at 150cm and the cotton is  Okotex standard 100 . Perfect if you are worried about harmful nasties. If you need any inspiration for these prints simply pop over to  Susanne's blog 'hamburger liebe - here





Another batch  pretty cool retro inspired prints is this fun-k-y bye - bye birdy collection from Windham fabrics ... swing out sister - this collection is so COOL.. vinyl, bakelite phones and jivers ...curtains, blinds or simple cushions for your camper would look fab in any of these prints.


  



We have put together some more moods for you to help you pick your prints.. we had a great response when we did them many moons ago ... we were told how helpful they were in trying to choose co-ordinating styles... so I hope that you find these useful also.... enjoy ... Gwen

Above we have 

Robert Kaufman posey by  Nancy Mins

Various Birch fabrics 

Laura Wish brun circle in green

Penguin and Fish organic elements

A beautiful handmade Button

Above we have 

Dear Stella metallic prints

Robert Kaufman 'objects' typewriters

Robert Kaufman cook cutlery ( i love this one!)

Jessica Swift sardinia

The fabulous Lotta Jansdotter Glimma Kulla Rosey cheeks

Birch Organic posies in schroom

Moda kodak girl in mustard

Mini cloth stack - goodness greycious

Above we have 

Hilco Happy fabrics 

Kaffee Fassett shot cottons in various

Carolyn Gavin's beautiful Village green 

Artist trading card swap

I recently got involved involved in the artist trading card swap organised by the fabulous Ali @ very berry handmade.  After seeing her beautiful examples of stitching I thought hey - I can do that.. and quickly signed up.

To be honest I have never being much of a beautiful stitcher or embroider .. I went to a catholic school run by nuns and hours were spent stitching and unstitching stitches .. that were too big .. too small ... too unstitch like and to be honest I was completely put off the decorative stitching .. but I wanted to get involved 

The rules were simple 

Your ATC must be 6.4cm by 8.9cm  (2.5″ by 3.5″), but you can use the card in either portrait or landscape orientation. Don’t make the card too thick though – no more than 3-4mm (1/8″) please.

The ATC must be predominantly textile, but you can use any techniques that you want to try, e.g. embroidery, patchwork, beading, cross-stitch, fusing fabrics, colouring fabrics, using fabric paints or ink stamps. There’s masses to choose from – I’m going to do some blog posts about different ideas in the next couple of weeks, but in the mean time, here’s an intro to fabric ATCS and here’s some Flickr inspiration.

The back of the ATC needs to include, at the very least, your name and the date. It is also preferable to include your email address, and, if you have given the ATC a title, you can include this too. 

The front of my card... I screen printed the spill of thread onto the linen.. then stitching along the edge and sitting it on a little pile of fabric .

It all went feel for me ... except I totally I forgot my email address and  the date ... but hey ho.

 I was dying to pop in some token fabric from my swapper person ... but we were to keep it plain and simple .

 I have to say I totally enjoyed it and having a deadline in which to send it was good for me .. as things tend to drag on and on ... and you never seem to finish anything 

The back of my Card .. 

The beautiful Card that I received ... thank you Alix Mc Loughlin 

10% off

To celebrate the arrival of the beautiful weather - we have 10% off until Tuesday the 11th .. simply enter code summeratlast10 at the checkout ...

 

Kaffee Fassett shot cottons

We don't' really stock plain fabrics here at celticfusionfabrics - but for a little while I had being humming and hawing over stocking Shot cottons by Kaffeee Fassett, they really are beautiful cottons in the most beautiful colours. For those of you who have not an idea what I am talking about - bear with me ...

Shot cottons are not true solids, they are woven using cotton thread which is dyed in small batches. Variations in color and small imperfections in the weaving are a natural part of the process and creates soft and subtle shifts in color.  Tonal solids are less harsh/vivid than true solids.  There are more than 50 colors in the range. We have about 10 in stock at the moment - but we will be slowly building up our stock... 

These delicicious soft cottons would be beautiful for dressmaking and scarves .. not to forget quilting ...



 Image courtesy of hot fudge

 
 shot cotton lichen                               Shot cotton eucalyptus



image courtesy of red pepper quilts



image courtesy of everything else we do

  
Shot cotton in lemon                            Shot cotton raspberry 

You can find more of these gorgeous cottons - in our shop - here

Giveaway .. time

We have just teamed up with  some lovely ladies for a great giveaway  and some lovely treats -

Fiona of patchwork delights  makes some gorgeous little child friendly softie balls for little ones and beautiful quilts.

 

Also Joining us is Suzanne @ Benny boos whose great little knitted  booties  are just yum .. yum ... yum ..

And then of course there is us ... 

The winner will get

• one personalised baby ball hand sewn by Fiona  that rattles, the ball that is not me although I will be hitting 40 next week so I might start rattling !  I will embroider the baby's name on the ball for the winner; plus
•  a bundle of 7 fat quarters of Patty Slongier's Les Amis  provided by us ; and last but not least
• one gorgeous pair of hand knitted "boos" which will be made for you by Suzanne from Benny Boos Baby Knits - winner may choose the colour, they are made using cashmere- merino wool and gift wrapped. Size 0-3 months.

Just pop over to Fiona's blog @ http://patchworkdelights.blogspot.ie/2013/04/a-big-prize-giveaway.html to enter 

Lots and lots of luck to everyone .. G

Being too long...

I can't believe that it has being just over 3 months since I have last posted on my blog .. the past couple of months has being bonkers - we have moved house  and we are  slowly doing our new home up and the shop - things have being slightly bonkers.. That however has not stopped us getting lots and lots of new gorgeous textile treats in for you... But when this gorgeous new collection from Art Gallery fabrics rocked up - I just could not .. not post about it - firstly the cotton is just so soft ... and yum - 

Indian Summer is Sarah Watson's second collection for Art Gallery. Sarah is  constantly drawn to the inspiration around her, Sarah Watson is one designer whose style is truly eclectic. Her illustrated collections evoke an organic, earthy style, yet exude a modern ambiance with its stunning color combinations and geometrics. The great thing about this Indian Summer Collection is that is seems to just go with everything 

We have done some little inspirational boards below for you to have a look at - - there may be something that you fancy 

Above we have 

- kaffeee fassett shot cotton - yellow

- birch fabrics - spoke and bird - grey

- Dear stella zig - zag - yellow

- Michael Miller stitch square

- Dear stella in clay

- Birch fabrics organic yellow spot

- Riley Blake zig - zag

Above we have 

- Ellen Luckett Baker Gingko - grey

- Stof extra wide Linens

- Kokka linen tape

Above we have 

- Michael Miller stitch square in mint

- Patty Slongier bark

- Sarah Watson - Indian Summer

- Birch Fabrics - Ellie Fam

-Patty Slongier Foxie Socks

- Robert Kaufman aloe spot