We're noticing that several designers are creating winter collections in place of holiday or Christmas collections. This is a great trend, it's more inclusive to be sure but it also makes the fabric way more versatile and relevant beyond a potentially limited or narrow use for it.
Winterglow by Ruby Star Society is gorgeous and a great example of this welcome shift in seasonal modern fabric designing.
It's always a treat to see some new Nani Iro come through the door. From her 2023 collection we have some beautiful earthy choices.
You kind of start your imagination wandering when someone names their fabric collection "Architecture School". William Reue (Billy) is an architect in NYC, an artist, and a quilter who discovered quilting while attending a free quilting workshop with his sister at a library in Texas. He was intrigued by how simple materials and fabrication techniques could create complex and profound composition. Color, pattern, rhythm, hierarchy, logic -- the language of quilts is the language of architecture. He was instantly hooked. His architecture office was transformed at night into a quilting studio where friends and clients would often stop by to examine his latest design experiments.
The Fabric Spark team instantly responded to his bold colours and the ombre/border prints, be brave and use them together. Put one of the ombres on the back of a quilt or make it into a stunning dress or top to see the selvedge-to-selvedge shifting effect.
We've added some gorgeous bottom weight 100% linen fabric to the line up, perfect for pants, shorts, skirts or this gorgeous duster.
The fabric is firm enough to hold a shape but still has some drape and a lovely soft hand.
See all of our bottom weight options here.
Did you know we have two different monthly fabric subscriptions?
There is Daryl's Picks, a curated bundle of 12 fat quarters, designed to work together and give you a jump start on a fabric pull or go together for a lap quilt. With any of these bundles, you can cut each fat quarter into 9 6x6" squares and randomly sew them together for a fantastic quilt project. Happy mail, every month, delivered right to you.
The Stash Builder is designed to give your stash a boost along the full colour spectrum with 6 fat quarters or half yards delivered each month that include a range of saturation along a single colour theme.
We have a fantastic selection of handwork classes at the shop this summer including hand quilting, cross stitch, embroidery and smocking. Make a point of learning something new this summer, or add to your techniques. Handwork is portable, easy to practice, can provide hours of enjoyment and produces treasures unlike the machine based sewing and quilting you do. It's also, often, lighter for working on in warmer temps. Pick up a new skill!
Libs Elliott has done her first fabric collection since rejoining Andover and it's another winner. The soft shell pink, and shades of grey really grabbed us. I also love her use of strong graphics, done on a small enough scale and with enough space that they are never overwhelm.
Take a page out of Libs book and do a randomized HST quilt with these pretty prints for your next baby quilt!
What?
Yes, for one day get 15% off all Art Gallery fabrics, or bundles. Whether you're shopping in store or online, we will take 15% off any Art Gallery fabric in your order. Enjoy!
We created this 36 fat quarter bundle to help people make a wonderful scrappy "boho" quilt, like this one made by Shirley and originally inspired by this one.
These are all the fabrics included in the bundle...
