Fabrics

A collection of 14 posts

Creating Glory Allan's tee shirts with our Poly Spun knit
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Creating Glory Allan's tee shirts with our Poly Spun knit

Keeping it simple, our Spun Polyester is a great beginner friendly knit fabric that mimics the feel of cotton but creases much less and can help keep you dry even when you're sweating!

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Making the Elbe Textiles Sorrento Bucket Hat in custom printed cotton canvas fabric!
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Making the Elbe Textiles Sorrento Bucket Hat in custom printed cotton canvas fabric!

In this blog we’re going to show you how 1 meter of fabric - yes, just 1 - can be turned into 3 bucket hats with an amazing pattern from Elbe Textiles

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What could you create in poly chiffon?
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What could you create in poly chiffon?

It’s great as an independent textile or as a budget friendly stand in for another fabric. Keep reading to find out more about our polychiffon.

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Get to know our perfectly basic Organic Quilting Cotton!
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Get to know our perfectly basic Organic Quilting Cotton!

Quilting cotton is one of the fabrics most new sewists will encounter! At Art Fabrics, our philosophy is that basics must be their best so our quilting cotton is organic of the highest quality.

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Our Sateen 200TC is a dream!
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Our Sateen 200TC is a dream!

Need a wide fabric for your project? Coming in at 94.5" and weighing 135g/m2, cotton sateen 200TC is the perfect mix of luxury and affordability.

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2022 was a huge year for us and it's only going to get more exciting!
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2022 was a huge year for us and it's only going to get more exciting!

Call us sentimental, but now that 2022 is coming to an end we want to take a look back on what this past year held for Art Fabrics. Take a trip back through the last 12 months with us!

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Meet our Silk Habotai!
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Meet our Silk Habotai!

Our feature fabric this week, silk habotai, is the definition of ethereal. It is our lightest weight silk by 15 g/m2, which creates in this fabric a beautiful, flowy drape that moves with ease.

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Dreamy Velveteen printed fabrics!
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Dreamy Velveteen printed fabrics!

It’s a heavy-weight fabric, made from 100% polyester, and has an unmistakable surface texture; if you’ve ever touched any kind of velveteen fabric you’ll know it well. It has a significant surface pile that makes it so soft to the touch.

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OEKO-TEX and Ecopolyester fabrics. Find out more about what these mean.
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OEKO-TEX and Ecopolyester fabrics. Find out more about what these mean.

We firmly believe that printing your own fabric, on demand, then sewing your own products, is infinitely more sustainable (and usually affordable) than buying premade items. Learn about OEKO-TEX certification and details about the production of ecopolyester.

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New Minky Fabric
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New Minky Fabric

Our most recent fabric addition, here by popular demand, is the oh-so-cozy Minky!

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Reactive Printing: What to expect and limitations to know about
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Reactive Printing: What to expect and limitations to know about

Let's start by saying, reactive printing gives truly amazing prints on natural fabrics.

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Jess et Kate Création #2 : Le Cardigan IndieSew/ Seamly Wrapped
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Jess et Kate Création #2 : Le Cardigan IndieSew/ Seamly Wrapped

Cet article présente le Cardigan enveloppé d'IndieSew (maintenant Allie Olsen) qui ne vend malheureusement plus ce patron ! Cependant, nous vous suggérons des patrons similaires à essayer si vous souhaitez réaliser un vêtement similaire ! Lisez la suite !

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Jess and Kate Create #2: The Indie Sew/Seamly Wrapped Cardigan
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Jess and Kate Create #2: The Indie Sew/Seamly Wrapped Cardigan

This post features the Wrapped Cardigan from IndieSew (now Allie Olsen) who unfortunately no longer sells this pattern! However, we suggest similar patterns to try if you'd like to make a similar garment! Read on!

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Image Resources and Inspiration
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Image Resources and Inspiration

For all of us that require a little bit of assistance when it comes to images I have come up with a list of image resources. These resources are stock image websites where you can legally download images, both photographs and illustrations.

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