Grand Opening

So little time, so much to do, but …the grand opening went off without a hitch! With limited time to execute upon returning from Quilt Market…I think I can safely say it was, all in all, a SUCCESS! It was such an amazing feeling for all of us at The Fabric Fairy to finally meet so many of our Madison area friends with whom we had only connected with online prior to this, as well as to meet new local sewers and crafters. We had people coming from as far away as neighboring states, and as close as down the street! I think the best part was seeing how excited everyone was when they walked in and saw our setup!

The party was in our new CREATE StudioLounge. With six shiny new sewing machines perched along the windowed wall, a sitting area w/couches (perfect for sorting through our enormous swatch collection and selecting fabrics, perusing one of the crafting books in our lending library while sipping tea, or just chatting with friends), a colorful children's play area, project tables, and shelves of tempting fabric, patterns and embellishments, its truly a treat for the senses!...THEN, we would take guests on a sneak peak tour of the back room where we cut and ship, and there were audible gasps! Yes, we have a thing for fabric, and we find it hard to say no to purchasing something we love!

It was an exciting day with TONS of yummy food (Sammy and Bethie were so excited that I brought home leftover of the chocolate covered strawberries!), a sewing project, an embroidery demonstration, a drawing for an ENORMOUS pile of fabric, and local artists-Prettifications and Storyline Design showing their original work and doing some demonstrations as well. I was thrilled to see that there was a lot of anticipation for the upcoming crafting and sewing Iessons and birthday parties. I'm pretty sure everyone went home and crashed…I know the PJ’s went on soon as I stepped foot in the door!

Thank you to everyone who helped put the event together and to all of our new friends! We hope that you visit often, craft, sew, and lounge around with us!

Its SALE time!

Our big fall sale is here at The Fabric Fairy! Now through Saturday at midnight, take 15% off any of your whole order (with the exception of fabric from the by the bolt section) with coupon code "fallingleaves". Have fun!

Sew Mod

Seriously, is this not ADORABLE!? Patty Young has inspired me once again with the Asian-inspired shirt and sewing pattern, Kyoko! http://www.thefabricfairy.com/index.php/retail/kyoko-boutique-sewing-pattern-for-modkid-by-patty-young.html Little bit funky but so so chic! I can’t wait to get on the sewing machine and try making these for my girls out of some of their favorite Japanese fabrics (although I love it so much in Patty's own fabrics that it is tempting just to replicate what she has done...).

What is also great about this pattern is that it is loose-fitting and no need for buttons, zippers or snaps. I am sure many of you can attest to a busy parent’s schedule…How efficient is this?! Pull it up, pull it over…let’s go!

Getting the pattern scoop from Patty Young at Quilt Market She was one of my first customers, and I am so proud of all that she has accomplished!

Quilt Market Adventure Part 1

The excitement built as Megan (who does all of the fantastic photography and listing for The Fabric Fairy) and I left our babies and boarded our plane to go to Houston, Texas for the International Quilt Market. How often do we gals get a four day weekend away, no kids and husbands?!! We were going to take advantage! After a long and turbulant flight into Houston, we were pumped and ready to enjoy Fabric 2.0! Thanks to Caroline from J Caroline Creative for hosting a great meet and greet event for us tweeters and bloggers. After all the communicating on the internet, it was nice to meet in person Melanie, Myrinda, Cynthia, Jona, Gina, Michelle, Genevieve, and Jessica! With Cynthia at Fabric 2.0

First thing Saturday morning we hit the market show floor which, by the way, probably spanned at least a football field! It was HUGE!! Since this was our first market, we really didn't realize the scope until we arrived! We figured we would start at one end and methodically work our way through. Well, after only working our way through 5 aisles in 5 hours we realized we would have to move a little faster and stop oohing and aahing at everything we saw! It's hard though when everything is so saturated with color and is begging to be looked at and touched!

Tomorrow I'll continue my report on quilt market and all of the awesome new fabrics you are just going to love. For now I'll leave you with a glimpse of our first great find--a new pattern line just for boys called Hot Scott Patterns by Lucy Morey (who has 3 sons, so she REALLY knows boys and their clothing) The hip clothing and accessory line includes "The Field Bag", "Nolan Cap & Snack Sack", "Bermuda Shorts", "Skater Boy Applique", and "Cargo Shorts/Pants". Look for them on our site this week!

Stay tuned for more sneak peeks of all the goodies to be arriving in the next couple months from our buying blitz this weekend!

Featured Fabric - David and Goliath

As certified addicts of fun and funk fabrics we have seen a ton of fabric from the softest bamboos to the brightest flower patterns. We don't discriminate at the fabric fairy we love all our fabrics ;), although when we get fun, witty fabrics that can make the staff burst out laughing we know we have a winner.

One fabric in particular, David and Goliath, have some of the funniest and cutest designs. Todd the designer of David and Goliath's line says one of their motto's is to make stupid things so you don't have to". Really what David and Goliath wants is to make you laugh.

David and Goliath is one of our favorite fabric designers because the designer Todd has fun designs with a little edge. With cute sayings like "Spooning Leads to Forking" and "Chillin With My Gnomies" it makes us laugh every time we get a bolt in.

See our excellent line of David and Goliath fabrics

The Fabric Fairy is back!!!

Our server going down last week was a near catastrophe, what drama! Even the magical Fabric Fairy suffers from the occasional woes of technology. I wanted to tell you that our site is back up and sharp as a needle. After last week we need some new ideas inspire our creativity.


While I was busy throwing heaps of fairy dust at our server, we also got in some great new nature inspired woven fabrics from Joel Dewberry, some polkas that pop, and some of the cuddliest animal prints!


I appreciate the way all of our friends took our situation with such understanding--I'm sew sorry if this gave you any headaches. Now we can all get back on track. Lets sew :)

Some photos of The Fabric Fairy's recent move...

First let me say, I dreaded this move. For weeks. We had 3 moving trucks packed floor to ceiling with fabric!!!! But now that its over, I can honestly say that it was so worth it! Here are a few photos of the move in process, enjoy!

Fabric, fabric, everywhere!

Starting to get the shelves loaded in our cutting room...


Our Japanese fabrics have their own special corner in our showroom!


And finally...a peek at the humungous cutting table we had made, so that we can get your orders cut and shipped out to you even faster!