Category Archives: Fabric

Build a Handmade Fabric House

Your child’s repetoire of toys probably includes several items from the local department store. Although those types of toys can create great pleasure for children, they often don’t stand the test of time. Or worse, they’re suddenly recalled due to … Continue reading

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Fun Fabric Screenprinting!

A few weeks ago, Havel’s Sewing mentioned that you can develop your own fabric design and send it to Spoonflower for production.  But what about printing on fabric by hand, at home?  In Amy Karol’s new book, Bend the Rules … Continue reading

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Create Cool Fabric Collages

At Havel’s Sewing, we’re always trying to think of cool projects we can make from our fabric stash. We’re also always thinking about great handmade gift ideas for our friends’ birthdays, anniversaries and housewarming parties. Well, how about making personalized … Continue reading

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Print Your Own Fabric with Spoonflower

Ever leave the fabric store bewildered?  And all the online stores just don’t have what you want?  Well, now you have the option of printing your own design!  Spoonflower, a company in North Carolina, prints and ships your design for … Continue reading

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Favorite Fabric Silhouette Projects

We have a fabric obsession here at Havel’s Sewing. Like others who are fabric obsessed, we often purchase a yard here or a yard there of fabric we like, but we have no idea at the time what we’re going … Continue reading

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