May
26
Fabric by the mile
Filed Under Fabrics
I hope this doesn’t bust WordPress.
First off let me direct you to a couple of excellent blog posts, one by Kathy Mack of Pink Chalk Studio and the other by Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill. They’ll each give you a taste of Spring Market in Kansas City.
This was the view from my hotel room. The convention center is the long building on the right. Très convenient, no? I was going to be staying at a hotel far removed from the epicenter, but through a series of conversations that went sort-of like the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, I ended up with this splendid room right in the middle of the action! My friend Carmel talked to her friend Bettina Havig, who talked to Marti Michell, who had an extra room reserved, and then it went back down the chain to me! When I checked in, the Marriott even told me I was a VIP!
Across the way, Jersey Boys was playing in the Music Hall so I went to see it Thursday night. Fun!
Here’s my new book in the Martingale booth, prominently displayed with the other April releases. Seeing stuff like that makes all the hard work worthwhile.
Now for the main event of this post. One day at Market, I had tromped all the aisles and had about an hour before going to see some people about some stuff. I decided to make it my mission to take a picture of every single fabric company. I held my camera in my hand and went down each aisle once more, not trying for photography perfection but just going snap, snap, snap. I think my camera’s going to need new batteries, and by the time I covered the floor, I tell you, my dogs were barking.
Thankfully I learned how to use a feature in Photoshop to resize and optimize all the photos for the web in one fell swoop, and now WordPress can import multiple files, so that saved a bunch of time. I then set about the task of linking all the pictures up to the websites of the fabric companies. I think I got them all pretty well.
Keep in mind that these companies largely sell only to the wholesale trade, so consumers may not be able to order fabric directly from them. But you should bookmark this post! It’s a fabulous resource for when you want to go window-shopping for fabric online!
Enjoy my photo essay, Fabric by the Mile.
Alexander Henry
Rowan
Rowan again, and that is Amy Butler on the left.
Amy Butler's new Cameo collection
Andover
Art Gallery Fabrics
Avlyn
B. Black & Sons
Batik Textiles
Benartex
Birch Organic
Blank Quilting
Blend
Blue Hill
Camelot Cottons
Chewie and Darth
Choice Fabrics
Clothworks
Daiwabo
David Textiles
Dear Stella
Diamond Textiles
Elizabeth's Studio
Ellen Medlock
Exclusively Quilters from Classic Cottons
EZ Fabrics
Fabri-Quilt
Fabri-Quilt pigs, chillin'
Fabri-Quilt sheep
Fabric Finders
Fabric Freedom
Foust Textiles
Free Spirit
Frond Design Studios
Golden D'Or
Hamil Group
Henry Glass
Hoffman
Island Batik
In the Beginning
Kanvas by Benartex
Robert Kaufman
Kinkame Shigyo
Kona Bay
Lakehouse Dry Goods
Lecien
Liberty Art Fabrics
Marcus Fabrics
Maywood Studio
Michael Miller
Michael Miller circus elephants
Michael Miller inspiration wall
Moda
Monaluna
Needlecraft
Newcastle
Northcott
Oilcloth by the Yard
P&B Textiles
Print Concepts
QH Textiles
Quilt Gate
Quilting Treasures
Project Linus from Quilting Treasures
Red Rooster
Riley Blake
Rimmon
RJR Fabrics
Rockland Industries
Shannon Fabrics
SPX by Spectrix
South Sea Imports
Studioe
Textile Creations
Timeless Treasures
Tonga Batiks from Timeless Treasures
Trans Pacific Textiles
Treasures by Shabby Chic, sorry dude caught you drinking a Coke
Troy Corporation
Tula Pink
Windham
Yara African Fabrics
Yuwa Shoten
And I didn’t even get them all…
Until next time,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Comments
13 Responses to “Fabric by the mile”
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OMG! Did you get through everything?I think my mind would bust and I’d go into convulsions with all the colors, texture and just plain awesomeness(a word?) of everything. Congratulations on the book display. It’s another one of your books I have to have.
This is a post I’m saving to go through slowly. I’m trying to get a good look at all the fabrics and patterns. It’s wonderful, thank you for all of it. You had a great picture, I think I saw it in my Newsletter.
Fantástica la exposición!!!! y los trabajos y fotos están preciosos….
You probably walked a couple miles. That is a lot of photos.
Thank you for this post! I, too, will save it and study it carefully. Then I plan to go to the sites and find where online I can buy their fabrics. I don’t have much luck with my LQSs and I can’t travel to those far away in SO Cal.
Wow, I haven’t even heard of all these fabric companies! Think of all the fabric I’m missing :-)
Wonderful post and photos with links, I need to learn that trick. I have the newest version, but so many new things to learn on photoshop and new computer and camera.
Debbie
Thank you for sharing Kay, they are wonderful.
Thank you so much for sharing all these. I hope you were able to soak those dogs afterwards. I know you must have been exhausted!
Wow! What an awesome job you did putting all those websites with the pictures! I am very impressed! Thank you.
WOW – Thanks SEW much for taking me on a photo trip to market. Would love to be able to go to market sometime…
What a treat to see all these pictures! Thank you for taking us with you :-)
this is fantastic! I’ve bookmarked, cause there is way too much here for just one day!
thanks for posting – what a treasure!