for some time now, we’ve been dreaming about dressing munchkin boy in harem pants (is that odd?). finding ourselves with a few spare moments in the studio, we decided to whip up a pattern and make a prototype! the ones here are stitched out of cotton + steel’s bespoke ephemera double gauze print. we used just 3/4 yard of the fabric, and fortunately little munchkin’s legs are still short enough that we could cut the fabric along its width so as to achieve a vertical…
we have a very special guest post today from meredith of Olivia Jane Handcrafted. we asked our very talented (and very liberty obsessed) friend to work her magic with atelier brunette fabric. we hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Hi there! I’m Meredith from Olivia Jane Handcrafted. J&V invited me to do a guest post here at the Cabinet for the Curious with some brand new Atelier Brunette fabric, and I wanted to tell you a bit about it. click to read…
we like to think of ourselves as peripatetic crafters! sometime last year or was it the year before, we came across atelier brunette while wandering the streets of paris! a new and delightful fabric line started by annabelle k. that is both designed in-house and by the very talented fifi mandirac.
it’s no small secret that we’re a little bit obsessed with liberty. we love how smooth and silky the fabrics are. we love the detail and thoughtfulness that goes into the designs. and we love to sew with liberty. the fabrics sew beautifully (especially when you’ve outfitted your machine with a microtex needle!) often times, when we place our liberty fabric orders, we have a million ideas about how brilliant a given fabric would look if fashioned into a dress, a tank, or whatever…
pearce did a very bad thing a few weeks ago. yup . . . he managed to scratch a very large hole on both sides of his dog bed cover. his new bed took about 10 days to arrive . . . and, well in between the wait, we got so sick and tired of hearing him pace back and forth in the middle of the night (for want of proper bedding, of course), that we decided to make him a new dog bed…
and before we forget . . . the folks at cotton + steel included a lovely fabric care note with each bolt. in case the photo isn’t clear, it reads: Fabric Washing Instructions The dyes used in these fabrics are reactive dyes; therefore, colors are stable and will not release any excess dye. Pre-washing fabric is not necessary. If you choose to prewash, wash in cold water and damp dry. Complete the drying process by air drying. This washing and drying method will retain…
the first box of cotton and steel arrived at 8.42 am this morning! and then . . . a few hours later … the other 7 boxes showed up! we now have everything in-stock with the exception of the cotton + steel basics and kimberly kight lawns, which will be arriving the following week. more beautiful in person than imagined…and with a lovely hand feel!! good job ladies! don’t forget to sign-up for our cotton + steel FQ giveaway!!!
WE HAVE A WINNER! #14 – AMANDA!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! how exciting! we were finally issued our fedex tracking number for the cotton + steel collection we ordered a few months back. the box of goodies will be making it to our shelves on july 15! but in the meantime. . . we’re throwing a cotton + steel giveaway to make the countdown go faster! the prize: a fat quarter pack of August by Sarah Watts! 14 fabulous FQs in all. a retail value of $50!…
look what we made on friday! a skirt based on liesl + co’s everyday skirt pattern and yoshiko jinzenji’s simple quilt fabric! looks sort of avant-garde, no? the best part is that making the skirt out of this particular fabric is a bit like opening up a box of chocolates . . . you never quite know where the patterned patches are going to fall on the skirt until you’re done. every skirt ends up being totally unique! plus . . . it’s super comfy, and has got these wonderful…
Look who just sashayed through our doors! Betsy — an all-time favorite Liberty Tana Lawn classic — now available in a stunning and sassy shade of red . . . find Betsy S here. Part of the Liberty Classics refresh for 2014/2015.