Thursday, April 11, 2013

Celebrate Earth Day - Cloth Napkin Sale

It's Our Annual Cloth Napkin Sale to Celebrate Earth Day

Our annual sale begins Friday, April 12 and goes through Tuesday, April 23rd.

You will save 20% off all of our regularly priced dinner napkins. ...YAY ...



Come see us in our store, Tuesday through Saturday from 11am to 5:30pm.

Or shop online here
(don't forget to use promo code: earthday)

Friday, March 15, 2013

Liberty Lifestyle Fabrics - Stile Collection

Liberty of London's latest Lifestyle Fabric Collection
Stile Liberty


In 1875, Arthur Liberty opened his shop Liberty of London on Regent Street, based in the West End shopping district of Central London and began selling the first of the soon to be famous Liberty silks. 



By the 1890's Liberty Art Fabrics were a byword for the best of "Avant Garde" textile design.



Today Liberty of London is best known for their floral prints and their lovely, lightweight, semi-sheer 100% cotton (expensive) Tana Lawn fabric.  Their classic prints never go out of style and their new prints are always fashion-forward and interesting. 



In early 2012, Liberty of London jumped into the quilting market and recently launched their second collection of Liberty Lifestyle quilt-weight, and affordably priced, 100% cotton.



The Stile Collection which has been inspired by the Art Nouveau movement and also more specifically by the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh



This line of fabric is absolutely gorgeous, both in design and quality.  In the photo below are all the fabrics after washing and drying - we can't get over our beautiful they look and feel after laundering.


At Picking Daisies, we are excited to be carrying the Stile Collection in Colorway A (seen above) --plus-- we have napkins too!  See them all online here.


Photos of Liberty of London shop via the Liberty of London website.


Friday, March 8, 2013

Marcia Derse Fibers

A New Fabric Line at Picking Daisies

We are so excited to now be carrying fabrics from fabric designer and artist Marcia Derse.  Her designs are so rich and sophisticated, very different from anything we've carried before.

I was going to give you a brief description of her process, but then I realized you need to just read it for yourself:  Marcia Derse's Artist's Statement

Just look at this amazing quilt made from her fabrics:

BRIX pattern by the creative team at Blue Underground
(you can see more quilts made from Marcia's fabrics on her website here)

At Picking Daisies, we are carrying a selection of fabrics from her two most recent collections.





Not only for quilting, these fabrics make the most fabulous napkins!



Thursday, January 24, 2013

3rd Annual Valentine Art Party

Please join us for our...



We sell out every year of both the original watercolors and the Valentine cards, so feel free to contact us to reserve yours!  This year's Valentines include the following original watercolors:
     
See them all online here.



Words Escape Me




Great Catch
Butterfly Kisses




Cat & Mouse
Come Away





My Cup of Tea
Playmate




Sprinkled with Love
You Are My Heart




Tandem Love


Valentine Card Sets of the prints can be purchased online here.


Sets include one of each print...




The first Friday of every month is Art After Dark in San Luis Obispo.
See the complete listing of February's participating galleries here.

To see more of Tracy's wonderful art, visit her website at TracyTaylor.com 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Fun with Toweling

It's Not Just For Making Dishtowels!

We've recently begun selling toweling at Picking Daisies.  It comes on a roll and is 16" wide and hemmed all along the width.  The idea is that you can cut it into your desired dish towel size and just hem the ends.

But there is oh, so much more that you can do with toweling.  We've searched the web for you and brought together some of our favorite ideas.















We currently have three styles of toweling available at Picking Daisies.  At only $5.50 per yard, imagine the possibilities!









Circle Garland Tutorial

Hanging in Our Window

A garland of fabric circles that twist and turn with the slightest breeze...


They're so easy to make.  All you need is enough fabric to cut 40 4" or smaller circles for a 20 circle garland.  You can use a variety of fabrics, so pull out your scrap bin.

In addition, you will need some Heavy Duty Wonder-Under.


Wonder-Under is one of our favorite fabric craft making supplies.  Have you used it?  It's so simple.....


You are ready to make the circles.  We cut them in 3 different sizes: 4", 3" and 2".


We stacked up our circles randomly in size and fabrics, to prepare for sewing them all together.  First....


Then just start sewing right down the middle of the first circle.  And the end of the first circle, sew slowing counting about 10-15 stitches past the fabric while you gently continue to pull the first circle.  The fabric will "braid" itself together and then you are ready to set the next circle in place.  You can see the technique we used here:




At the base of each garland, tie something to give it a little weight.  We used a bead.


Enjoy!


We've got scraps and we've got Wonder-Under, so stop by the store and we'll help you pick out what you need for your own fabric garland.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Buttery Soft Cotton Voile




It's Irresistible!
Have you been hearing about voile? (pronounced like toile)
Favorite fabric designer Anna Maria Horner has created some gorgeous voiles in the last few years.  She has also written this great informational blog post to explain everything you want to know about using and working with cotton voile fabric.

All the lovely images of voile below are from Anna Maria Horner's site and show various ways in which you can use this soft drapey cotton fabric.

Apparel...



Bedding....


Quilting...



Now that your ideas are overflowing, 
below is the selection of cotton voiles now available at Picking Daisies.





Have you sewn or quilted with cotton voile yet?  What did you think?