out of print fabric
 

Does anyone know if popular fabric collections are ever brought back into production? I discovered a few I'm in love with but, too late. They are out of production. For those of you doing this a long time, do you know if they respond to public demand? I am looking specifically for Moda Bonnie and Camille Ruby, and Bliss. So disappointed they are gone.

I don't think it happens often, but I did just see a collection that had been brought back by popular demand (though I cannot recall the name of it). I don't know how long ago the fabrics you mentioned went out of print, but if it's only a few years there is still a good chance you can find something. Depending on who is selling, you may pay more or less than you would if it was a current print. Etsy/eBay will likely be more, but sometimes you can find a small quilt shop that has a bit of stock left in their online store on sale or clearance because it's "old stock." It can take a lot of searching. A lot of the fabric I have bought recently has been out of print for awhile, some going back to 2008.

You might also try emailing the designer, if they indicate that they are open to contact. I had emailed one designer asking a question about their fabric and if they knew of any places where it still might be sold. They offered to sell me some from their own stash at a very reasonable price. Don't expect that kind of response, but it's also a possibility. Good luck on your quest!

I think they have newer lines that look a lot like Bliss.

If you can find Scrumptious it seems to be in the same style at Ruby and Bliss.

Bonnie & Camille's new line coming out next month, Miss Kate, is aqua & red & very like Ruby.

I just searched everywhere for Summer House & Wren's friends. You can usually still find some of the older fabrics, you just have to be willing to pay shipping to several places to cobble it together. Ebay & Etsy & deeper web searches can usually turn some up.

They rarely do re-print any fabric designs. I was surprised when Benatex reprinted some of the reproductions from the 80s. That really surprised me. Do a search on eBay and save it so when a seller has that particular fabric for sale, eBay will send you a notice. Another suggestions is trying to do the fabric shop hop (fabshophop.com). There might just be a store that has a one or two year old fabric available. Good Luck !!

I have learned - the hard way - that if I am truly "in love" with a print - that I should get all that I think I might need at the time I see it - and if there isn't enough at one shop - to go scouring the area to try to get what I need.

dgreen, I usually search at Etsy and eBay to see if someone is selling them there. A lot of folks will buy a line and then not use it and just sell it later. There is one set on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1937062...oda-fabrics-15

bearisgray, if I like something, I buy it. I learned the hard way also that whenever I go back to get something, it's never there. So, I have a "now or never" attitude. Can be dangerous on the wallet, but I don't regret it later.

I second the search on eBay and etsy, and keep at it--usually some turns up but likely won't be at bargain prices.

http://www.unitednotions.com/fcc_ruby.pdf

Sometimes I've found things by locating the fabric on the manufacturer's website and using its specific code number in Google. You wouldn't think that would yield different results from just typing in the name of the line, but it can.

Hugs,
Charlotte

I also buy it when I see it. I will buy 5 yards if I think I will use it in a quilt, just so I have it and can use it. Sometimes we must just bite the bullet and get it then. There was one I bought 1/2 yard from and then couldn't find any of it anywhere, and never did so I used the 1/2 yard on a small piece and have always been looking since then.

It causes me great pain to pay full price for fabric. BUT - if there is one that I really really really have fallen in love with, I will buy it when I see it. Because - if it is all that wonderful - other people will think it is that wonderful, too!

You can also try doing a search on quiltshops.com to see if any of the shops listed there have the line of fabric you're looking for.

Donna D., Hemet, CA

I second everyone who suggested eBay.

Also, not sure if you said how long ago the fabrics were printed. My local quilt shop primarily stocks reproduction fabrics (Civil War & 1930's, mainly, but occasionally they'll bring back a newer line). There are both on-line and retail stores that specialize in out-of-print and reproduction fabrics. The retail quilt shops often don't advertise their lines on the web, so you have to find one that carries fabrics from that time period (or new out-of-print fabrics) and call. If they don't have it, ask for a suggestion of who to call next. They tend to be pretty well connected with one another when they carry specialty lines like that.

Good luck with your search!!!

Ha! You have reminded me of when our guild had Tricia Cribbs, who designed the Turning Twenty pattern, as a guest speaker for our program in April. She was showing us various quilts and patterns, and she had one pattern she had designed around one particular fabric...I think it was a very cute animal design. I can't recall if she was going to make kits or what, but she said she was devastated when she couldn't find any more of the fabric. When she called the company, they had no intent of "running another printing" of the fabric.

Apparently she asked if they would "run another printing" if she bought all of it, and they said yes, but they that would be....oh, I have forgotten....something like 2000 yards or maybe even more...it was a BIG number. Well, Tricia said "Yes," and her husband, who was standing at the back of the room, said, "Yup, she sure did." It was delivered in a huge truck and I think she said it wasn't even on bolts but on rolls.

Then she said her goal was that every quilter in the country would buy a yard or two, and she just happened to have some of it with her for sell. Which she did.

I thought it was funny. Guess you could do the same thing if you really wanted that fabric. :)

Dina

I'm searching for Timeless Treasures Fleur C-9153 fabric from 2005. It is cream with pale green leaves. Any suggestions?

My quilt shop still has some Wrens and Friends. They are on Facebook. Granny's Quilt Fabrics and More. I am not there now as I am up North for the winter or I would show you what they have. You can contact them. I think the number is on fb

You didn't say how much you were looking for, but I found some on Amazon: Scroll down, as there are 4 pages. Some are precuts, others yardage.

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page...mille%20fabric

This is an older thread but it is always an issue. I really like the Missing Fabrics website, http://www.missingfabrics.com/
I've been helping connect people with their fabrics since it started.

I see a lot of people there lately especially looking for decor/upholstery fabric. That's often harder to find than quilting fabric since the runs are often proprietary and made solely for the manufacturer. Still, you just never know...

And then a lot of people simply want to make an exact duplicate of a quilt featured in a magazine a year or two ago. Good luck on finding those, especially on multiple large pieces of yardage. There comes a point where you have to say good-bye to the idea of finding the exact fabric and recognize that all you need is a small scale blue print or whatever.

Even when fabric is reprinted in multiple years, often the color way changes or metallics are added/removed, or other changes are made.

Fabric is part of the fashion industry and the tones change from year to year. Many of us can easily date some colors, like the soft peach, sage, and dusty rose/blues of the early 80s.

When you find fabric you like -- buy it! I mostly make scrap or charm quilts so I can buy small pieces. But for some I up that to 3 yards. I have a friend and she pretty much never buys less than 3 yards of anything, for her it's 6 yards if she likes it.

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They'll rarely reissue a line that was very popular. I only know of two specifically -- Amy Butler's Gypsy Caravan was reissued, as was 3 Sisters Paris Flea Market. I also had the impression that one of Denyse Schmidt's lines was reissued, but can't recall the name of that one.

Iceblossom, thanks for that information on the Missing Fabrics website. Cool idea.

I made a quilt out of Moda Bliss and it's one of my favorites. They have such great lines. I also think you can find something similar.