Northcott Fabrics is launching a modern fabric division later this month. Called FIGO (meaning “cool” in Italian), the new division will allow the Toronto-based company to compete in the modern quilting market.
In a press release today Jaftex has announced that it is intending to purchase the fabric company Free Spirit from Coats.
Coats and Clark took the quilting community by surprise last week when the company announced they’d be closing Free Spirit Fabrics, their premium quilting cotton brand, effective May 1. The closure signals a softening of the market for quilting cotton after a 20-year boom.
Maddie Kertay of BadAss Quilters Society tells us about Quilt Market trends, what was new this year, and what she loved.
Regardless of your craft there comes a point where you may be drowning in supplies. It’s time for a destash. Cheryl Arkison explains how to run a destash sale smoothly so you can get some cash and get back to work in a cleaned out space.
On this episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast. I’m Abby Glassenberg. Today we’re talking about running a fabric company with my guests, Kathy Miller and Michael Steiner. Kathy and […]
Print on demand fabric company, Spoonflower, has set up shops on three online marketplaces as a way to expand its reach to new audiences. Spoonflower fabrics are now available on Etsy, Amazon, and eBay.
On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we’re talking about quilting, painting, and living a creative life with my guest Melissa Averinos. Melissa Averinos paints, makes quilts, and […]
Photo by Christa Watson. On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we’re talking about fabric with my guest, Mickey Krueger. Mickey is the president of Windham Fabrics, one […]
The lines are very blurry when it comes to pop culture intellectual property infringement in the craft world. Here are some thoughts on it from experts!