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03 Aug

Fabric shopping, Travel

Guide to Fabric Shopping in Paris

August 3, 2022

• October 23, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• fabric, fabric ideas, fabric inspiration, fabric shopping, fabric shopping guide, paris, paris fabric shopping
• 20 comments

Are you a sewist visiting Paris? You'd be sorely mistaken if you were to miss a jaunt to the great Parisian fabric stores! Here's my guide to fabric shopping in Paris. Between COVID and parenthood...

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28 Aug

Cashmerette Patterns, Saybrook Tank

A Saybrook Soirée with Stonemountain & Daughter Fabrics

August 28, 2020

• August 28, 2020
• Posted by Ayelet
• fabric, fabric ideas, fabric inspiration, fabric shopping, knit tank, Saybrook, saybrook tank
• 5 comments

The Saybrook Tank is here, just in the nick of time for the last bit of summer sewing. If you’ve got big boobs, the Saybrook is the knit tank that dreams are made of:...

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15 Apr

Calder Pants & Shorts, Cashmerette Patterns

Fabric Ideas for the Calder Pants & Shorts

April 15, 2020

• April 15, 2020
• Posted by Ayelet
• calder pants, calder pants and shorts, calder shorts, fabric, fabric ideas, fabric inspiration
• 3 comments

Getting excited to sew your first pair of Calder Pants or Calder Shorts? We've been loading you up with inspiration and fitting tips, and today it's time to talk fabric. The Calder Pants & Shorts feature...

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11 Oct

Cashmerette Patterns, Rivermont Dress & Top

Introducing new Rivermont Dress Kits!

October 11, 2018

• October 5, 2018
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• fabric, fabric kits, Rivermont Dress, rivermont kit
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Exciting times, friends! After making this gorgeous Rivermont Dress sample last year, we were finally able to track down a wholesale supply which means.... Rivermont kits for everyone! Yep, you too can look as...

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19 Sep

Cashmerette Patterns, Harrison Shirt

Harrison Shirt fabric inspiration

September 19, 2016

• November 16, 2017
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• fabric, fabric ideas, Harrison Shirt
• 10 comments

When choosing fabrics for the Harrison Shirt, there are so many great options! Look for fabrics that are light to medium weight wovens and that have colors or patterns that fit your style. Here are...

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11 Jul

Fabric shopping, Travel

Where to buy Japanese fabric

July 11, 2016

• October 14, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• fabric, Japan, japanese fabric, Miss Matatabi, where to buy fabric
• 13 comments

Oh, I love Japanese fabric so much. Sigh. Just thinking about my trip last year makes me all warm and hazy with fabric drunkenness. But sadly I can't pop over every time I have...

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04 May

Fabric Kits

New jerseys in the store

May 4, 2016

• June 27, 2018
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• fabric, jersey
• 2 comments

When I was in LA recently I picked up some fantastic new fabrics for the Cashmerette store. I find that nice printed jerseys are generally the hardest to find, so that's what I went on...

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11 Nov

Appleton Dress, Cashmerette Patterns, Dresses, Fabric Kits, Inspiration, My Wardrobe, My Wardrobe, Wrap dresses

Floral Appleton Dress – and you can buy the fabric!

November 11, 2015

• October 16, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• Appleton Dress, fabric, fabric kit
• 9 comments

For several years I've frantically searched for great printed knits, like a demented stretch-obsessed magpie.  They're just so hard to find! So when I was in the UK this summer and I popped into John Lewis...

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15 Oct

Appleton Dress, Cashmerette Patterns

Appleton Dress Fabric Suggestions

October 15, 2015

• January 17, 2018
• Posted by Carrie McGowan
• Appleton Dress, fabric, Sewalong
• 17 comments

Finding the right fabric for knit dresses like your Appleton Dress can be intimidating, especially if you’re newer to sewing with knits. But never fear! We’re here to help. The world of online fabric...

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12 Feb

Skirts

Help! I have a fabulous problem.

February 12, 2015

• March 22, 2015
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• fabric, help!, organza
• 28 comments

I may have the world's most fabulous problem. Last time I was in NYC I peeked into that Aladdin's den of wonderfulness, B&J Fabrics. If you haven't been there before, it's an incredibly upscale purveyor...

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02 Jun

Fabric shopping, Travel

Everything you ever wanted to know about fabric shopping in Saigon but were too afraid to ask

June 2, 2014

• November 3, 2025
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• fabric, fabric shopping, Saigon
• 51 comments

On my recent moderately epic trip through Asia, I spent half the time doing mental calculations of how much fabric I could bring back with me... Typical, I'm sure, for the average cycling sewist. As...

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09 Apr

Uncategorized

What kind of fabric shopper are you?

April 9, 2014

• March 15, 2015
• Posted by Jenny Rushmore
• fabric, fabrics shopping, Gertie's sewing retreat, NYC
• 22 comments

En route to Gertie's Sewing Retreat last week, I had the chance to go fabric shopping in NYC, the true Mecca for all American seamstresses.Demonstrating my new printed neoprene...I had a fab time, but...

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