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Win 10 beautiful designs in our new organic fabric bundle giveaway!!

by modes4u January 6, 2020

We have an all new fabric giveaway, just for you!! Now is your chance to win 10 stunning designs from our Organic Fabric category! Each piece is approximately 50cm in length, meaning up to 5m of fabulous fabric!!

Here’s how to participate:

Head on over to the Organic Fabric section of our kawaii shop, and find your favorite design. Copy its URL (its link), then come back to this blog post and leave a comment with the URL pasted in. And that’s it! Super easy, right??

Please just make sure to leave your correct email address when entering our giveaway, as we will contact the winner by email! Winners need to respond to our email within 48 hours otherwise the prize will be forfeited.

This contest is open worldwide and ends on Jan 31, 11:59pm Hong Kong time.

GOOD LUCK!!!

Don’t forget to check out our awesome organic fabric sale right now! Get lots of beautiful designer patterns at amazing discount prices! Hurry though, as we won’t restock any designs that sell out and we know many of these designs will go flying off the shelves! This sale ends at the end of this month.

This fabric bundle could be yours!!

How pretty are these??

January 6, 2020 42 comments

Last day at Quilt Market 2019! (Part 3)

by modes4u July 22, 2019

Welcome again to our blog, especially to all quilt and fabric lovers! Here we will show you some more photographs taken by modeS4u’s own Sandra, during the last day of the 2019 spring International Quilt Market held in Kansas City, USA. In this trade show for the textiles industry you can find anything from sewing machines and quilting supplies to design software, patterns, books, crafts… and fabrics, of course! There are also interesting lectures, seminars and classes for any professional interested in advancing their career or growing their business in the trade.

On this day, Sandra visited the booths of yet more of our top fabric providers like Robert Kaufman, Kokka and Birch.

This market is the perfect place to learn about upcoming trends in colors, materials and patterns: check out the beautiful multicolored fabric samples in the pictures, the designs with metallic gold embellishments, the striking panel fabrics etc. It was also a great opportunity to pick up ideas on what to make with all those lovely fabrics, and this is our chance to show them to you, sewing enthusiasts! Tell us, how do you like the series of images on delightful dresses, shirts and bags in all shapes and sizes, made with Kokka and echino fabrics? And Birch organic GOTS certified fabrics are also gorgeous when made into clothing items!

Naturally, this being a quilt market, there were some really amazing quilts on display, so we have also included some below for you to enjoy too! Don’t you think the butterfly quilt is simply astonishing? We also love the unicorn & rainbow one seen on Robert Kaufman’s booth. Which is your favorite? Let us know!

So many gorgeous batik fabric samples!

We love fabric with metallic embellishments.

A beautiful panel fabric.

echino bag and dress display!

How gorgeous are these Kokka bags?

We are big fans of bag and clothes displays like this.

These bags are so cool!

What a pretty unicorn display!

This fabric butterfly quilt is stunning!

Beautiful organic Birch designs on show.

July 22, 2019 0 comment

Quilt Market 2018 in Portland, USA (Part 1)

by modes4u August 3, 2018

Earlier this year, Sandra and Alan (modeS4u’s Managing Director and IT Manager respectively), attended the Quilt Market in Portland, USA. There they were able to snap lots of stunning photos of the various fabrics on display by some of the most popular brands out there! Robert Kaufman fabrics were featured in their super cute booth which had animal designs and more. Art Gallery Fabrics also had beautiful quilt projects featuring women, and organic Birch fabrics were also on display. Check out the images here!

Robert Kaufman’s booth

Super kawaii Robert Kaufman fabric

A closeup

Here’s more of the fabric’s design

How kawaii!

Robert Kaufman’s booth is lovely!

We love the penguin design!

Wow!

Art Gallery Fabrics put up these beautiful designs

We love these!

Gorgeous!

Super cool Birch items

Birch’s booth display

August 3, 2018 0 comment

Oeko-tex and Organic Fabrics

by modes4u February 21, 2017

You may have seen that we have a number of organic fabrics in our shop, as well as many Oeko-tex certified ones such as several of the Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton fabrics, and numerous Copenhagen Print Factory fabrics. But what exactly do these terms mean?

The Oeko-tex standard essentially refers to how fabrics are dealt with, and processed. If a fabric is Oeko-tex Standard 100 certified, that means it has been rigorously tested to ensure it is free of over 100 known harmful substances.

Organic fabric refers to the components used to create the fabric, such as cotton. In order to be considered organic, the component used to make that fabric (e.g. cotton) has to have been cultivated according to very strict guidelines, such as being grown without the use of synthesized fertilizers. These fabrics need to meet the requirement of global standards such as the GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) in order to be considered organic, much like the way the many Birch fabrics we have available do.

Oeko-tex and organic are not the same and are not interchangeable terms, as they refer to different practises. However, they’re certainly useful to know if you have a preference for either one.

Check out the many Oeko-tex certified and organic fabrics we have available. Do you tend to buy either Oeko-tex or organic fabrics?

$The GOTS certification$

The GOTS certification

$Oeko-tex and Organic Fabrics 2$

Oeko-tex and Organic Fabrics 2

$solid pink Kona fabric Robert Kaufman USA Pink Flamingo$

solid pink Kona fabric Robert Kaufman USA Pink Flamingo

$white with cute orange flower design fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory$

white with cute orange flower design fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory

$white with cute lime green flower design fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory$

white with cute lime green flower design fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory

$black with white silhouette tree people fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory$

black with white silhouette tree people fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory

$taupe with cute flower design fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory$

taupe with cute flower design fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory

$white with cute fish grey submarine fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory$

white with cute fish grey submarine fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory

$navy blue with white bear fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory$

navy blue with white bear fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory

$white with cute small Christmas tree fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory$

white with cute small Christmas tree fabric by Copenhagen Print Factory

$lime green laminate fabric by Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton Slicker$

lime green laminate fabric by Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton Slicker

$blue laminate fabric by Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton Slicker$

blue laminate fabric by Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton Slicker

$red laminate fabric by Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton Slicker$

red laminate fabric by Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton Slicker

$navy blue laminate fabric by Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton Slicker$

navy blue laminate fabric by Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton Slicker

$turquoise with cupboard chair birch poplin organic fabric from the USA$

turquoise with cupboard chair birch poplin organic fabric from the USA

$light cream with pink flamingo flower birch Double Gauze organic fabric USA$

light cream with pink flamingo flower birch Double Gauze organic fabric USA

$light cream navy blue orange anchor birch Double Gauze organic fabric USA$

light cream navy blue orange anchor birch Double Gauze organic fabric USA

$turquoise with cupboard chair picture frame birch knit organic fabric USA$

turquoise with cupboard chair picture frame birch knit organic fabric USA

$light cream orange stripe knit organic fabric USA$

light cream orange stripe knit organic fabric USA

February 21, 2017 0 comment

modes4u visits Birch

by modes4u November 3, 2016

modes4u’s own Managing Director, Sandra Boch, and IT Manager, Alan Mak, recently stopped by Birch’s office in the US. There, they had a chance to speak with the fantastic team at Birch, who work tirelessly to design and produce some of the most stunning organic fabrics, many of which we feature in our store! Their fabrics are also processed in accordance to Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS), which is a world-know standard for organic fabrics. During their visit, Sandra and Alan were able to discuss upcoming fabric designs as well as take a small tour of Birch’s office. Check out the images below!

Do you have a favorite Birch fabric? Let us know!

The team at Birch

Their lovely office

A photography area

Part of their workspace

More workspace

Fabric discussion time!

Sandra speaks to Birch about more designs

Checking out more of Birch’s patterns

Fabric related items

Their warehouse space

November 3, 2016 0 comment

New organic fabric collections by birch

by modes4u August 11, 2015

We have lovely new organic fabrics by birch in our shop. You can now order the cute collections Happy Town and Picnic Whimsy with funny animal designs as well as the stylish collection Bear Camp with many shades of blue and grey. Moreover, if you are looking for some stretch – we also have a lot of plain-colored birch knit fabrics.

Some of the new organic fabric from the birch collections Happy Town and Picnic Whimsy.

white ‘Happy Houses’ colourful house organic fabric birch USA

sky blue ‘Happy Pals’ lion & giraffe animal birch knit organic fabric USA

orange leaf pattern & dots organic fabric birch ‘leaves’

cream colour spot speckled birch knit organic fabric USA

grey crocodile & flower animal organic fabric birch USA ‘Lurking’

off-white mushroom & raccoon organic fabric birch USA ‘Mushroom Forest’

blue grey ‘picnic’ crocodile & penguin flower birch knit organic fabric USA

turquoise ‘Bear Bois’ tree stripes birch knit organic fabric from the USA

grey ‘Bear Hike’ bears birch poplin organic fabric USA

navy blue ‘Bear Hike’ bears birch poplin organic fabric USA

coral red ‘Bear Bois’ tree stripes birch poplin organic fabric USA

solid light green birch knit organic fabric from the USA

solid teal birch knit organic fabric from the USA

August 11, 2015 0 comment

Our visit to the Quilt Market 2015 in Minneapolis: Part2

by modes4u June 30, 2015

During our visit to the Quilt Market in the United States this year we were especially keen to look for new organic fabrics. Responding to our customers wish for certified organic cotton fabrics, we were able to find a range of very beautiful designs for our shop. We were very happy to have a chance to talk first hand to great suppliers like Monaluna, Birch and Cloud9 and choose from their amazing new collections.Due to the very good experience with the organic fabrics already available in our shop, we are sure to have the best partners to offer you wonderful fabrics for future children’s clothing and home sewing projects.

New Birch collection. We are always surprised how colorful organic cotton can be.

New Birch collection. We are always surprised how colorful organic fabrics can be.

We received great information and advice on organic fabrics.

We can't wait for these dreamy Birch fabrics.

Some wonderful dreamy Birch fabrics.

Dream team. Together we found so many beautiful Monaluna designs.

Cute Monaluna apron and quilt blanket with charming flowers.

Aren’t colorful fruit fabrics always refreshing. Especially if they are organic.

All of the booths are decorated with amazing attention to detail.

A lovely pastel colored Cloud 9 collection.

The garments on display really showed that these organic fabrics have a unique beauty.

The garments on display really showed that there is unique beauty to organic fabrics.

white ‘Shine Bright’ colorful bright spot Cloud 9 Voile organic cotton fabric

white monaluna mini flower organic fabric Jacks

Peonies Blue peony flower birch organic fabric from the USA

June 30, 2015 1 comment

Our fabrics are the cover garments of Sew Magazine

by modes4u February 10, 2015

Do you like this stunning top on the cover of the February issue of Britain’s Sew Magazine? We adore it and it was made with our birch flag fabric. We teamed up with Sew Magazine and sponsored two organic birch fabrics that were used for cover garments and we couldn’t be happier. Both the peplum top and the dress look amazing.

The stunning top on the cover of the February issue of Sew Magazine is made with our fabric

The gorgeous organic birch flag fabric looks great as a peplum top

This dress is made with our birch knot dot organic fabric.

cream maritime birch flags organic fabric Flags petrol

grey knot dot pattern organic fabric by birch from the USA

February 10, 2015 0 comment

New birch fabrics: Acorn Trail and Feather River

by modes4u December 21, 2014

We have two lovely new organic fabric collections by birch in our shop. Acorn Trail is by Tegan White and a very cute collection with flower, bug and forest animal designs. A lot of the prints also include the cute girl Penny who hangs out with her forest animal friends.

Feather River is by Jay-Cyn Designs and revolves around the theme of Camping. There are lots of pretty nature and animal designs with bears, birds, trees, camping scenes and so on.

Many prints of both collections are also available as knits, flannels or strong canvas fabrics.

New birch fabrics on modes4u: collection Acorn Trail by Tegan White (picture by birch.com)

Penny’s Seasons forest animal girl seasons birch organic fabric from the USA

Laundry Day forest animal laundry girl autumn birch organic fabric from the USA

Acorn Trail Map forest girl autumn birch organic fabric from the USA

Bugs Tonal Blue insect bug animal birch organic fabric from the USA

Bugs Gold insect bug animal birch organic fabric from the USA

Nature Hike girl autumn forest animal birch organic fabric from the USA

Birds and Branches Coral bird branch birch organic fabric from the USA

Peonies Blue peony flower birch organic fabric from the USA

Tonal Floral Shell mini flower birch organic fabric from the USA

New birch fabrics on modes4u.com: collection Feather River by Jay-Cyn Designs (picture by birch.com)

Feather River Patch Patchwork camping forest poplin organic fabric birch USA

blue fish Blue School poplin organic fabric birch USA

off-white Feather River Main camping forest poplin organic fabric birch USA

orange Quail and Poppy bird flower poplin organic fabric birch USA

grey bear Bear Hike Shroom poplin organic fabric birch USA

off-white Bobbers Sun poplin organic fabric birch USA

off-white Canopy tree forest poplin organic fabric birch USA

blue River View water pattern poplin organic fabric birch USA

December 21, 2014 0 comment

birch sewing tutorials for cheater fabrics

by modes4u August 23, 2014

If you like sewing you should definitely have a look at the birch blog. The official blog of the organic fabric manufacturer birch shares wonderful and detailed tutorials made by bloggers like Straight Grain or Plum and June. Today we want to show you some great examples of what to do with cheater fabrics. You can click on the picture below to get to the tutorials on the birch blog.

Cheater fabrics are great for quilting, which is what they are probably mostly used for. But they also look great on projects like home decor pillows, bed linen and also clothes. Our favourite project of the birch tutorials is the soft baby booklet. What a great idea for babies!