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Japanese Fabric Love

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I have a bit of an obsession with Japanese things.  Like everyone, we’ve been trying to save money around here but I couldn’t resist this fabric from Superbuzzy.  It’s for sundresses that I think the girls will wear all summer, so I wanted similar but not matching fabrics that I could stand to look at often.  These are from one of my all-time favorite fabric collections, Lecien’s My Folklore.  More and more shops are carrying Japanese fabrics, including the popular Kokka and Echino by Etsuko Furuya.

Here are some shops that specialize in Japanese fabric and craft supplies:

Fabricworm: lots of Japanese fabric, plus other designer fabrics.

From Japan with Love: Etsy shop with a huge selection of stickers, stamps, fabric and notions.  They also have a yahoo shop here with even more stuff.

good-ness: Etsy shop featuring books, fabric, stamps, gocco supplies, etc.

Karaku: Etsy shop with fabric, stamps and paper goods.

Kitty-Craft: books, fabric, supplies.

Matatabi: Etsy shop with fabric and twill tape.

nuno plus: fabric, bags, craft supplies.

Pomadour’s Craft Cafe: fabric, books, other Japanese stuff.

Superbuzzy: fabric, notions, supplies, etc.

Plus Reprodepot Fabrics, J. Caroline Creative, Purl and Bee Square Fabrics have a large selection of Japanese fabric, among others.


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Fabric Mat

I had a small piece of this great fabric from Cicada Studio, so decided to make a fabric mat.  I read these instructions, but used the mat that came with the frame, then just used spray adhesive and tape to affix the fabric to the mat.  Once I made the mat, I wasn’t sure what to put in the frame that wouldn’t look too busy because the fabric is really beautiful all on its own.  Then I saw these bird silhouettes (via how about orange).  I used a robin for this silhouette that I made by drawing an image onto card stock and cutting it out with a craft knife.

And our five-year-old has become very interested in the different species of birds after reading this book.  So she’s planning a watercolor project.  We’re definitely on the bird bandwagon.

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Fabric Give-Away Winner

I was overwhelmed by all the comments for the fabric give-away.  Amazing how many of you have blogs and Etsy shops.  Go craftiness!  And the winner is #64 Ana Lilia , who is making all kinds of great things.  I’m sure she’ll put my scraps to fine use!