Brandon Mably Patchwork & Quilting Fabrics from Rowan

Brandon Mably, who for many years has been the manager of Kaffe Fassett's Studio, has produced a range of fabrics for Rowan. Raised in a small seaside town on the coast of South Wales, Brandon Mably has been interested in colour and design since he was young. According to author/ designer and Mably mentor Kaffe Fassett, Mably has "one of the sharpest eyes for style" that he has ever come across.

With no formal education in design, Mably made a radical career change from cooking to knitting in the late 1980's after a chance meeting with the world-famous Fassett. From the moment he entered Fassett's studio, Mably realised the creative potential of knitwear designs and soon became Fassett's apprentice.

For many years Mably organised the running of the Fassett studio, where Fassett trained him to knit, needlepoint, hook rag rugs, and grout mosaics. An inspiring teacher, Mably began travelling the world with Fassett doing workshops. Exotic locales such as Africa, Iceland, Guatemala, and India filled his designer's eye with inspiration and an explosion of colour and pattern.
An avid and enthusiastic teacher, Mably has learned one thing over the years - that most people have buried in them a sense of colour and design. And it is helping his students discover that design sensibility that continues to inspire and motivate Mably's work.

Brandon has his own website where you can see more of his work .

Eco-Friendly Natural Waddings - Bamboo Wadding, Bamboo/Cotton Wadding, Soy/Cotton Wadding, Wool/Cotton Wadding

The Cotton Patch are very happy to announce our own-brand range of waddings. The four new waddings are made from wool, bamboo fibre or soy protein fibre blended with cotton to provide a more sustainable alternative to using 100% cotton wadding. All types are suitable for a wide variety of craft projects including quilts, wall hangings, doll making and other crafts that require a filler. Excellent for hand or machine quilting.

I was expecting the bamboo wadding to be soft since I have a baby and his bamboo blankets are wonderfully soft. What I wasn't expecting was how good the soy blend felt, it really is wonderfully soft and smooth.

As well as the new range we also have the Dream Green Waddings made from recycled bottles.

The Cotton Patch has a large range of waddings and battings, which include silk, wool, polyester and cotton, from well known manufacters such as Hobbs, Warm and Naural and Quilters Dream in sizes from Crib to King.

Timtex has returned

A few years ago one of our most popular products was a fabric interfacing called Timtex. Timtex went out of production but has now been re-released by C&T. The formula has been improved and you can once again by Timtex by the metre. The photograph above shows a number of fabric bowls made with Timtex interfacing and based on the designs in Fast, Fun and Easy Fabric Bowls.

Moda Fabric Packs and Jelly Rolls - Flag Day Farm

Flag Day Farm is the latest Pre-cut pack from Moda. The fabrics are available as a Layer Cake, Charm Pack or Jelly Roll. Below are illustrations of some of the fabrics in the range so that you can get a better flavour.

Hoffman Challenge 2009 Fabrics

We have just taken delivery of the four Hoffman Challenge fabrics for 2009. The range of is called Willow and the theme of the Challenge is "Enchanted". The Hoffman Challenge is sponsored by Stof. We have also made a pdf of the Rules of Entry and the Entry Form which can be sent to Grosvenor Exhibitions who are running the competition. The closing date for the entry forms is 9th September 2009.

Thomas the Tank Engine Panels and Fabrics

We have a new range of Nursery fabrics that we are sure will prove very popular. There are two panels as well as coordinating fabrics featuring a range of Thomas and Friends fabric designs. The main panel features a large central image of Thomas. Great for making playmats.

Jumbo Yo yo Maker from Clover

The yo yo makers from Clover have proved very popular and they have now extended their range with a Jumbo size maker. This can produce a yo yo aprroximately 90mm or 3 1/2" in diameter. Further details on our range of Clover yo yo makers. We also provide Clover pom pom makers.

Latest Patchwork Fabrics

Two very different fabric ranges have been added to the website. There are 24 new Thimbleberries fabrics from Lynette Jensen. The Lodge & Lakeside fabrics are in country shades of Blues, Greens, Reds and Browns, with a variety of designs from but many with a floral theme.

The Arizona range of Batiks meanwhile feature a fossil leaf and dotted circle motif to bring variety to the warmer batik palette.

Cotton Patch Winter Web Sale 2009

We have started our February Winter Web sale with some great bargains on our fabrics. There is now a range of 6o Tonga Batik fabrics down from £9/m to £8/m.

There is a large selection of some excellent Philip Jacobs fabrics which are now down to £5.60/m. This section also contains our Kaffe Fassett bargain fabrics.

For something completely different try our Cherished Memory range from Quilt Gate down from £10.40 to £8.80/m.

Also for great web bargain fabrics then check out our Bargain fabrics section. There are 150 new fabrics added to our existing range all at the bargain price of £6/m.

For further details on items in the sale then click here.

Bargain Patchwork and Quilting Fabrics

It has been a busy day and I have put 120 new bargain fabrics on the website. There is a fantastic range of designs and the section is organised by colourway. All of the fabrics in this section are priced £6 per metre. Below are some of the new fabrics to go up today.