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Hey - it's Day 4 and we're giving away fabric. You'll get a free fat quarter of one of Free Spirit's beautiful solids with anything you order. We'll do our best to match the rest of the fabric in your order.  

This is getting exciting. We had a busy weekend and now we're running our first give away. I got these canvas tote bags from Cotton + Steel at Quilt Market this fall. The first one I got at the Sample spree when I picked up a couple of fat quarter bundles (felt very lucky to get my hands on those). The second I got from the "Schoolhouse" session I attended when the talented gals of C+S presented their new collections. I've been waiting for something fun to do with them, and The 12 Days... seemed like just the right time to do a give away.

This little picture is a tease about what's coming up, at some point in the next few days...

Are you enjoying the daily changes? I'm aiming to have everything updated by 9:00 every morning, although I was a little late this morning getting back from my very early work out so I'll try to be more prompt tomorrow.

Have a great day, I hope you get to do something creative. 

Happy sewing,

Daryl

I think The Twelve Days of Christmas, from the song actually start on Christmas Day and run for 12 days following, so we're playing a little bit with the theme running it up to the 23rd, but we're improvisers here at Fabric Spark, so why not.

Every day for the next 12 days (until December 23) you'll find a new message, either a discount, a give away, a surprise, or something fun. It's our way of saying thanks for all of the enthusiasm and support you've shown for Fabric Spark. Check back often because each offer only lasts the one day and we're hoping that something strikes your fancy.

We also hope you're having a fun, stress-free, and creative December!

Hi sewists,

According to Canada Post, here are your safe mailing order/cut off dates.  Note - we will try and fulfill everything within 24 hours of your order from this point on so that your fabric/book/yarn reaches you quickly.

Please let us know when you place your order if you're on a deadline so that we make sure we're going as fast as possible to get everything out to you.

Who doesn't love a rainbow?

Fabric across the spectrum every month in the latest Fabric Spark fabric subscription bundle. How fun to start building a well rounded stash instantly. We'll mix high and low volumes from the best collections of the most talented designers to bring a different rainbow mix every month.

Check it out here. 

Hi Sewists. I hope for those of you in the US that you had a good Thanksgiving and are waking up with a full belly (but not too full). For all of us, I hope you have a great Black Friday weekend. Be sure to check out all of the savings opportunities, take your time and get what you really want.

You have all weekend to take 20% off your order when you use the promo code woohoo.

We'll be filling orders as fast as we can, but it may take a day or two longer to get everything out.  

I don't know if you noticed but there is a lot of blue fabric being designed, printed, and sold at market, so I can tell you that it's coming your way. By observation, I would say that blue has not been the most popular fabric colour. It's kind of averagely popular. Going forward though, the industry is anticipating a big rush to blue. Several designers have focussed on blue this fall (Jennifer Sampou for one with Shimmer 2, above).  For next year, Alison Glass has done an all indigo version of her beautiful handcrafted fabrics (below right), and The Cotton + Steel gals have done an all blue collection (below left). The best of both will be here soon.

I should also confess that I've chosen navy for all three pictures because I love love love navy. As you may have already noticed. So, if navy is the 2016 colour of the year, I'll be celebrating. If not, I may just crown it on my own. 

If you're planning any blue projects but if you've ever considered it, this will be the season to make it happen.  

 Well first we had the Creativ Festival. That was a lot of fun (and  work!).  I loved seeing everyone who came by and talked fabric  and projects with my sisters and I. We had a great three days, and  we were very happy to be taking a lot less home than we brought  so thank you very much!

Then, I headed to Houston for Quilt Market. It was a kooky weekend. We had torrents of rain, I actually felt a current on the sidewalk the water was so deep. I also had a banging head cold so felt a little bashful about chatting with designers and distributors. I had a delayed departure getting down there so I missed a couple of the "Schoolhouse" designer presentations that I'd hoped to attend, but apart from all of that, it was an inspiring and fun weekend.

 The highlights for me were the Japanese fabrics, there are some terrific goodies making there way here.  I also loved the new Bluebird collection from Cotton + Steel, and together with Alison Glass' Handcrafted Indigo, the world is turning bluer.  Lots of beautiful blues in many collections. I also loved the new Carkai from Carolyn Friedlander, the Ombres from V and Co and a few sparky collections from Cloud 9.I'm back now, and not going anywhere for a few weeks so I can catch up with the rest of my life, put my house back in order, and start thinking about making something (so many ideas, so little time).

Oh yeah, and Halloween!

Happy October!!

We've just made text prints easier to find. There's now a separate tab under "themes" for fabrics that are dominated by text. It could be newsprint, typewriter, handwritten, or headlines...but it's all in one place and easier to search so either click on the 
by theme" link in the navigation bar at the top of the page under fabric, or click on the "choose a theme" link right on the home page and you'll find the Text Prints option.