I have one wish for this cool Lego fabric from Japan. I wish that the sight of these Lego bins would somehow, spontaneously encourage my son to gather his massive piles of strewn Legos into a tiny grouping, and then gently, delicately place them into his own Lego bin, then placing the top on it and putting it on a shelf until he’s ready to play with them again.
Alas, were this to happen, it would mean that I had ingested some sort of hallucinatory substance and was in an altered reality. So, for now, I’ll just enjoy the fabric.
I am, admittedly, a sewing novice. I managed my son’s Halloween costume last year but only with PLENTY of help from a friend. That said, I love fabric. And so does the writer of Trueup, a blog dedicated to fabric and fabric lovers.
This week, she features some of the gorgeous new fabrics from Japanese fabric companies being showcased at the 2010 Spring Quilt Market. Japanese fabric companies Yuwa/Kei, Hokkoh, Kiyohara, and others make textiles to drool over. (And if I could sew, I’d make something to mop it up!)
Need more Japanese Fabric fixes? No problem. Every Monday is Japanese fabric day at Trueup. (But it’s worth checking at other times since the fabric selection is always terrific.)
I am drooling over the fabric from Toyko Monyou and just trying to figure out how I can incorporate it into our life at home. Gorgeous! And in some ways, reminds me of Marimekko.
Gorgeous, but alas, not available in the U.S. Perhaps one of these days…
My husband is loving this scarf from Living Mutants. Simple and elegant, it is made in Germany, using German tailoring and gorgeous Japanese fabric. At 59 Euros, its not a bad price, and my husband is convinced it would look lovely on him. I agree. (via)
