Amber & Emily and Their New Colette Iris Shorts!

Short shorts alert!

Emily and I just finished sewing up some new Iris shorts by Colette--they were so quick to make!

To be honest, I was a little nervous because this was the first time I have sewn a garment with legs, but I should have known that Colette would walk me through it and make it so easy!

I used a hemp/organic cotton ticking from Pickering and got a little crazy with the pockets, using a super adorbz little sewing notions print from Anna Griffin. I cut my Iris out with horizontal stripes, taking care to line up the stripes when I cut the pieces and sewed the seams. I love the way they turned out!

Emily's Iris shorts turned out fantastic! She used a hemp denim from Pickering and left out the pockets, so she could sew flat felled seams on the front. So cute!

Summertime, we're ready!

New Organic Prints by Michelle Engel Bencsko + Michéle Brummer Everett

Two new organic collections are here from Cloud 9 fabrics!

Michelle Engel Bencsko's new collection, Simpatico, is bold geometrics portrayed in pastel colors. We met up with Michelle at Quilt Market and she was wearing a Wiksten Tova made from one of the Simpatico half-square triangle prints--it was the hottest thing ever!

Michéle Brummer Everett's Seven Seas collection is an adorable take on a nautical theme, with her fantastic illustrations of animal friends from the high seas! This ocean print with a happy narwhal is so cute it almost makes me cry!

 

Happy sewing!

Better Know A Crafter: Valerie Sutton

Valerie is working on the cutest handmade wardrobe ever! She keeps coming into the shop and blowing us away with her crafty style. Recently she caught our eye in an adorable Anna Maria Horner Socialite Dress, which you may have seen when we shared it on our facebook page. Her newest creation is this organic cotton bicycle blouse. Valerie has not been sewing very long, but she is already seriously inspiring us.

Valerie Sutton

 

Tell us about what makes you crafty.

I'm an engineer by day and a sewist by night! I love to craft really unique things. Mostly I sew my own clothing and I also make jewelry.

Tell us about your bicycle blouse.
I made the Sencha blouse from Collete Patterns in a Birch Organics quilting fabric. It looks especially cute with a belt!

When did you learn to sew?

I took my first sewing class in June this summer! I learned right here at Fancy Tiger Crafts.

What is your favorite animal?
My 90 lb husky/lab, Sammie.

Thanks Valerie! Happy sewing!

Two New Organic Fabric Lines!

New Julia Rothman Miscellany organic fabrics are here! We love Julia's hand drawn illustrations and can't wait to make quilts and shirts and bags out of her fabric line from organic fabric company, Cloud 9. It's part of their price-sensitive collection, which means these prints are just a couple dollars more than our conventionally grown cotton fabrics. Come by soon if you would like some--they are flying out the door!

Storyboek, the newest organic collection from Birch Fabrics, is a sweet and imaginative collection inspired by childrens stories. The soft colors, adorable animals, 100% organic cotton and eco-friendly, low impact dyes make these fabrics the perfect choice for sewing projects for a special baby!

There are so many fantastic organic fabrics out now, and in order to make them easier to find we have rearranged things and dedicated a whole section of the store to organic cotton prints. Come by to see all the earth-friendly goodness!

New! Avalon Organic Prints by Birch Fabrics!

Avalon is here, the highly anticipated organic line from Birch Fabrics! Avalon features totally rad cruiser bicycles and birds perched atop bike seats and wheels.It is a light cotton organic fabric and is bright white with saturated color pops of summery teal, lime, cherry and grape. Yum.

We are super lucky--we entered to win this little quilt at the Birch Fabric booth at Quilt Market trade show and just found out we are the big winners! You can make your own cute bike quilt with just a yard each of the bicycle print and the birds and wheels print.

New Heather Moore Organic Fabrics!

Cloud 9 Fabrics is a two-woman company known for their adorably designed, eco-friendly organic cotton prints. We love that as they've grow they are beginning to print collections from independent designers. The first in the series is Cut Out and Keep from South African illustrator Heather Moore.

We love the graphic prints and the earthy colors palette!

So Much New Fabric!

We've been busy getting some exciting new fabric collections out in the shop! Here's the low-down on what's new...

Cloud 9 Fabrics and Birch Fabrics are two amazing companies that focus solely on organic prints. We love being able to carry 100% organic cotton printed with low-impact dyes. To top off the awesomeness both companies support independent designers!

Cloud 9 Nature Walk

Birch Fabrics Marine

Birch Fabrics Circa 60 Beach Mod

Ty Pennington's Impressions quilting cottons and home dec fabrics are here! This is a huge collection and the prints are all really beautiful and well designed. We love the color palette with its chartreuse, coral, charcoal and soft grey-blues.


Jane Sasseman's new Garden Divas fabrics are bold and bright. We love the way she illustrates flowers and insects and birds, almost like stained glass windows or paper cutouts.


Denyse Schmidt's Greenfield Hill collection is a little bit 50s and a little bit goth. We are imagining some amazing mens shirts out of some of these prints...more on that soon.


And I will end with some of my favorite new fabrics. I am a sucker for prints of tossed cute things. This mish-mash of new fabrics is from all different companies. Can you even handle the kitten heads?


Happy sewing!

New! Cloud 9 Organic Fabrics!

We just received a brand new line of organic cotton print fabrics from the brand new and adorable company Cloud 9 Fabrics. Cloud 9 is co-founded and designed by Etsy superstar Michelle Engel Bencsko of Cicada Studios. The fabrics are 100% certified organic cotton and are printed with earth-friendly dyes.


We love the cute modern prints and soft palette!