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Old 04-02-2011, 03:55 AM
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Hoffman makes such gorgeous fabrics.

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I am looking for non cutesy Christmas fabric. No Santas, animals dressed up in nativities, no living snowman. etc Looking for more classic fabrics for a quilt.
Have you seen this collection by Benartex? I ordered a box of FQs - so that I could really see the collection, as the Benartex rep never comes to visit us :thumbdown: , and they are really quite nice. Still deciding if I should order yardage for the shop.

http://www.benartex.com/page/index.p...collection=272

Hoffman also always has nice holiday fabrics. You might like these:
http://hoffmanfabrics.com/SuperStore...sortmentID=213
http://hoffmanfabrics.com/SuperStore...sortmentID=310

We did order some of the Hoffmans, but off the top of my head I couldn't tell you exactly which ones.
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Old 04-02-2011, 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Gabs
This is the "elephant in the room" question,but I know a lot of people are concerned about where the fabric will be coming from. I am stash building right now. I won't buy much fabric in the near future because I, like a lot of others, are concerned about the radiation contamination in Japan. I know some of Moda's marbles are made in Japan, as well as Lecien. Don't know about some of the others. Do you know where RJR,and others are printed and processed, etc?
Pretty much all the greige goods (unprinted cloth) comes from China or Pakistan. Printing takes place in either China, Korea, or Japan.
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How about some non-cutesy career people image fabric such as doctors, teachers, librarians, etc? Could be panels or repeating fabric designs? How about taping into the other religions besides Christianity for holidays? Such as pagan (which is hard to find), Jewish, etc?
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Old 04-02-2011, 06:17 AM
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ADULT firefighter theme; print that looks like a calico cat's fur; plaids like we used back in the 50's for men's shirts; more polka dots and two color stripes, especially primary colors
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Originally Posted by LilQuilt
How about some non-cutesy career people image fabric such as doctors, teachers, librarians, etc? Could be panels or repeating fabric designs? How about tapping into the other religions besides Christianity for holidays? Such as pagan (which is hard to find), Jewish, etc?
Other than celestial-type prints, I've never seen any pagan fabrics. Jewish motifs that are *nice* are hard-to-find. Some are done for the chain stores each year but the quality of the cloth is, well, it's not the cadillac of the industry.

I did run across this one by Michael Miller, what do you think of this design?
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Originally Posted by Karo
... more polka dots and two color stripes, especially primary colors
How wide of a stripe are you looking for? Skinny or wide?
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I have to second the request for pagan fabrics. I've never found any either.
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Originally Posted by Mattee
I have to second the request for pagan fabrics. I've never found any either.
What would the motifs be? Other than stars and moons...?
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I am searching for fabric with BMX type or any kind of bikecycles on it. I have a DGS that is into BMX racing and would love to find fabric to make at least a pillowcase or maybe a quilt with.
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Nobody seems to offer any really gorgeous budgie (parakeet) fabrics. Not cutesy/cartoony stuff.
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