Japanese fabric

New Kokka fabric collection Famework by Ellen Luckett Baker

by modes4u August 19, 2014

We received a lovely new collection, which is the latest design by Ellen Luckett Baker for Kokka. In Framework it’s all about geometrical patterns on a strong canvas fabric. We carry the designs Daisy Chain, steps and corners.

We carry these fabrics from Ellen Luckett Baker’s collection Framework

teal Daisy Chain flower Canvas fabric Framework Kokka

royal blue Daisy Chain flower Canvas fabric Framework Kokka

charcoal steps stairs geo Canvas fabric Framework Kokka

chartreuse steps stairs geo Canvas fabric Framework Kokka

royal blue steps stairs geo Canvas fabric Framework Kokka

coral red corners angle geo Canvas fabric Framework Kokka

chartreuse corners angle geo Canvas fabric Framework Kokka

blue corners angle geo Canvas fabric Framework Kokka

August 19, 2014 0 comment

New Kokka fabrics from Japan

by modes4u August 12, 2014

We have many beautiful new Kokka fabrics from Japan. Most of them are oxford fabrics, but there are also some super delicate gauze fabrics and our first ever Kokka flannel fabric. We really like the England designs that Kokka has been releasing lately. Check out the fabrics with London buses, Queen’s guards or teapots. We also received many designs that have gold metallic decorations, for example with apples or cherry blossoms.

And there is also news from echino: We now carry the pretty cotton sateen collection as cotton sateen laminates.

We have pretty new Kokka fabrics in our shop

lightweight white Alice in Wonderland Kokka gauze fabric

cream-pink geo owl flannel fabric by Kokka from Japan

natural-colored travel London bus oxford fabric Kokka

natural-colored travel London guard oxford fabric Kokka

red England Tea Time London teapot oxford fabric Kokka

white Kokka oxford fabric green apple with gold metallic

white Kokka oxford fabric red apple with gold metallic

Japanese red cherry blossom flower fabric by Kokka

Japanese purple cherry blossom flower fabric by Kokka

dark blue animal frame oxford fabric Kokka cat bear stag

cute white animals in the forest Kokka animal fabric Japan

white Kokka construction site car fabric for boys from Japan

off-white Kokka flower fabric from Japan

August 12, 2014 0 comment

Fantastic fabric projects from bloggers

by modes4u July 13, 2014

In the last months we teamed up with many great blogs again and they made amazing apparel with our fabrics.

Tilly and the Buttons sewed a beautiful skirt with our black echino stag fabric. This fabric is really popular in our shop and justifiably so when you see how great the finished clothes look.

Tilly and the Buttons sewed a lovely skirt with our echino stag fabric

echino canvas fabric Buck stag with glasses black

The blog Para Mi Peque Con Amor used our organic birch knit fabrics to make some great children’s shirts. Due to their stretch and soft feel Jersey fabrics are really suitable for children’s clothes.

Para Mi Peque Con Amor made children’s wear with our organic birch knit fabrics

Fantastic fabric projects from bloggers 4

She also sewed this lovely shirt

colorful polka dots organic knit fabric birch USA

moustache retro organic knit fabric birch USA

colorful campers organic knit fabric birch USA

Sewing Mama Raeanna made an amazing romper with our Onigiri rice ball fabric. It is beyond words, we love that print and think it looks awesome on children’s clothes.

Sewing Mama Raeanna made a great romper with one of our Asia fabrics

kawaii Onigiri Japanese rice balls fabric from the USA

July 13, 2014 0 comment

New fabric category on modes4u.com: Solid Fabrics

by modes4u June 28, 2014

We now have so many single-colored fabrics that we decided to open a new fabric category for them. So from now you can find them bundled up in our solid fabrics. There are lots of different colors available as cotton, organic cotton, knit, flannel or laminate.

We created a new fabri category for our shop: Solid Fabrics

We created a new fabric category for our shop: Solid Fabrics

solid mustard coloured echino canvas fabric from Japan

solid red Riley Blake stretch knit fabric

solid light purple echino canvas fabric from Japan

solid dark green fabric Robert Kaufman USA Clover

solid pink fabric Robert Kaufman USA Bright Pink

solid black Robert Kaufman knit fabric onyx

solid gray Riley Blake laminate fabric USA

solid citrus yellow Robert Kaufman knit fabric

solid orange birch organic fabric from the USA

solid green echino canvas fabric from Japan

June 28, 2014 0 comment

Our Mt. Fuji Fabric in Sew Magazine

by modes4u June 26, 2014

Sew Magazine had a special about Oriental-themed prints in their April issue and chose to feature our Japanese Mt. Fuji Cosmo fabric for it. We’re always super excited when our fabric make it into magazines.

If you like the fabrics you see, crane fabrics 1 and 7, Koi fabric 4 and the Kokeshi doll fabric 9 are available in our shop as well.

Our Mt. Fuji Fabric is featured in the April issue of UK based Sew Magazine

Fabric no. 3 is from our shop, but we carry most of the other fabrics as well

white-grey structured mountain Mt Fuji fabric Cosmo Japan

June 26, 2014 0 comment

New: echino sateen fabrics

by modes4u June 24, 2014

echino is now also available as cotton sateen. We are super excited about these news and can tell you: the fabrics feel amazing! Most echino fabrics have a share of linen and therefore are a bit rougher. The new echino sateens are super lightweight fabrics that are 100% cotton and feel very smooth and soft. We can totally see them being used for light blouses, skirts and dresses.

We now have many beautiful echino sateen fabrics

stag Chevron blue echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

stag Chevron yellow echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

stag Chevron brown echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

stag Chevron red echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

blue atori bird echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

purple atori bird echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

black atori bird echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

green soaring bird echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

purple soaring bird echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

black soaring bird echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

red soaring bird echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

mountain yellow triangle echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

mountain red triangle echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

mountain green triangle echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

mountain black triangle echino Decoro cotton sateen fabric

June 24, 2014 0 comment

Many new birch and echino fabrics

by modes4u May 28, 2014

We now carry two beautiful new organic fabric collections by birch from the USA. In the collection Frolic you’ll find many adorable animal and flower prints. Everyday Party has forest animal designs with bears, elephants, ants, birds and more. Some designs are also available as knit fabrics. If you you need some basics, you might be interested in our new single-colored birch flannel fabrics.

From Japan we received the color-intense echino collections bee, birds, kalmia, pipi and hide. Some of these designs were already available as laminate fabrics in our shop, but now we also have the pure Cavas version.

patchwork elephant birch organic fabric Frolic Triangles

grey elephant birch organic fabric Up Up and Away Frolic

Ellie Stagger Girl elephant birch organic fabric pink Frolic

Bowtie Girl bowtie graphic birch organic fabric pink Frolic

Frolic Boy whale elephant leaf birch organic fabric teal

Quilt forest animal birch organic fabric Everyday Party

cream forest animal birch organic fabric Everyday Party

cream party animal bear birch organic fabric Everyday Party

cream mushroom toadstool birch organic fabric Everyday Party

pink strawberry fruit birch organic fabric Everyday Party

Ant March ant animal birch organic fabric Everyday Party

blue bird cloud sky birch organic fabric Everyday Party

grey bear family forest birch organic fabric Everyday Party

hot pink birds echino Canvas fabric with birds

black birds echino Canvas fabric with birds

purple kalmia echino Canvas fabric bird bush

blue kalmia echino Canvas fabric bird bush

pipi echino Canvas fabric black pink flower dot

hide echino Canvas fabric lime natural stag forest owl

bee echino Canvas fabric brown orange bee honeycomb

May 28, 2014 0 comment

Our fabrics are featured in a lovely German sewing book

by modes4u May 19, 2014

Last year we teamed up with German designer Saskia Abel and sent her some of our fabrics to use for her first sewing book ‘Kleine Taschen: 20 Nähprojekte, hübsch und praktisch’. Now it is finally available and we love all the 20 little bags she made in the book. Check out the four projects she did with our fabrics:

We are featured in this lovely German sewing book about sewing little bags

Cute 2 in 1 phone pouch and wallet made with our Kokka penguin fabric

Adorable smartphone pouch sewed with our Robert Kaufman flower fabric

Cool wallet made from our organic birch fabric Birdie Spokes

eReader / tablet skin made with our Riley Blake polka dot fabric

off-white penguin Kokka oxford fabric from Japan

white wild flower fabric by Robert Kaufman USA

teal birch organic fabric Birdie Spokes with wheels bird

white Riley Blake polka dot fabric from the USA

May 19, 2014 1 comment

What customers make with our fabrics: accessories & clothes

by modes4u May 15, 2014

Many of our customers shared their DIY-projects on our Facebook wall again. We always love to see what people make with our products, so have a look at some of the gorgeous items:

Srta. Pizpiretta from Spain sewed a lovely handbag with our green echino fabric cherry and even offers a Sew-Along Tutorial for it on her blog.

Srta. Pizpiretta from Spain sewed a handbag with our echino fabric

green echino birds and berries canvas fabric cherry

Valérie Verdalle from France made children’s bedclothes with the Timeless Treasures Noahs Ark fabric.

Valérie Verdalle from France made funny bed linen with our cute Noahs Ark panel fabric

blue Noahs Ark panel fabric by Timeless Treasures Ark Party

Joanna Lef from Switzerland made a super sweet girl’s dress with the apple pear poplin fabric by Cosmo.

Joanna Lef from Switzerland made this kawaii girl’s dress with our Cosmo apple fabric

natural-colored fruit apple pear poplin fabric Cosmo Japan

Angela Orrù from Italy used some cute Deco tapes by San-X like the kawaii Rilakkuma strawberry deco tape to decorate her picture frames.

Angela Orrù from Italy decorated some picture frames with San-X deco tapes

Rilakkuma bear Deco Sticky Tape strawberry rabbit

Our customer Heather May Riseborough from England sewed the coolest toddler’s shirts for her grandson with our Alexander Henry fabrics, like the Faces of Liwaza animal fabric.

Heather May Riseborough from England made super cool toddler’s shirts for her grandson

Faces of Liwaza animal fabric by Alexander Henry USA

Ladymorgana Le Fay from Spain made fabric book covers with many of our fabrics, like the great Sugar Skull Timeless Treasures fabric you see on the picture.

Ladymorgana Le Fay from Spain made gorgeous fabric book covers

black Folk Art skull fabric by Timeless Treasures

Great job everyone, we totally love all your ideas. Always feel free to share your projects with us.

May 15, 2014 1 comment

Great Blog projects with our fabrics

by modes4u May 9, 2014

In the last weeks we teamed up with lots of great blogs that sew wonderful things with our fabrics. You might have seen them on our Facebook page already, but if not, here is a little overview:

Tilly from the blog Tilly and the Buttons made an amazing skirt with our Michael Miller lobster fabric.

Tilly from the blog Tilly and the Buttons made this beautiful skirt with our lobster fabric

navy blue maritime fabric with lobsters by Michael Miller

Veronica from the blog sewVery used our black echino fabric cherry to sew an awesome bag.

Veronica from the blog sewVery made this lovely bag with our echino fabric

black echino birds and berries canvas fabric cherry

Eva-Maria from the blog byevamaria made the most adorable Easter project with our kawaii organic Clothsworks fabric Critter Patch.

Eva-Maria from the blog byevamaria made this fun Easter project with one of our rabbit fabrics

aqua rabbit animal Clothworks organic fabric Critter Patch

May 9, 2014 0 comment