Mad For Fabric DIY Quilted Jacket

DIY Quilted Jacket

Today I am going to discuss a topic mentioned in my Welcome post, sewing apparel with quilting cotton. My DIY quilted jacket is probably my most successful venture sewing with quilting cotton. Coletterie has a great post about cotton in her fabric series where she talks about sewing with quilting cotton. Tilly and the Buttons also has very good tips…

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Mad For Fabric Liberty Fabric Scrap Mannequin Pin Cushion

Liberty Scrap Mannequin Pin Cushion

Today’s post is another fabric scrap project using the free mannequin pin cushion pattern from DIY Dish. I am using my beloved Liberty London fabric scraps but this can be done using any fabric scraps you have on hand. This project is a good way to use up your fabric scraps and have a functional and decorative item in your…

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Liberty of London Fabric

Liberty London Fabric Source Guide

Today I want to share where I buy Liberty London fabric in the USA for those of you interested in Liberty London fabric. These sites are primarily located in the United States with a few international ones that ship to the US. If a seller lists Liberty London lawn fabric by weight, I’ve confirmed from multiple sources that 1 yard…

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Liberty Hello Kitty – How I Love Thee

I love Liberty London fabric but Liberty and Hello Kitty combined cannot be expressed in words. I’ll just let the pictures do the talking. I purchased these small pieces on Etsy from KateJapaneseFabric. She’s a wonderful Etsy seller and was nice enough to include sample pieces of other Liberty Hello Kitty fabrics I was interested in. Definitely check out her…

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Mad For Fabric Liberty scrap quilted pouch front view

Liberty Scrap Quilted Pouch Tutorial

My Liberty scrap quilted pouch combines a couple of sneak peak topics mentioned in my welcome post – first, my love of Liberty London fabric and second, what to do with fabric scraps. This project can be done with any small fabric scraps you have on hand. This is not a full tutorial post as I do not cover how…

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Welcome

Welcome to Mad For Fabric! For my first post, I’d like to give a sneak peak at a few of the topics I’ll be covering in the future. Fabric scrap projects – Sometimes you don’t have enough fabric or it’s left over from other projects so don’t let them go to waste. Stay tuned for upcoming posts where I share…

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