A commenter on our 2009 Fab Fabrics Retrospective mentioned that she’d been seeing more and more crafts from repurposed vintage fabric, and we thought it would be fun to kick off Fab Fabrics for 2010 with just that! Emma Farrell and her mother, Sharon Mansfield, came home from a trip with a dream of opening a sewing store that was “that was different than your standard quilt shop.” Rather than the usual offerings, their Loomis, CA shop offer vintage patterns, scrap packs, and notions and vintage and organic fabrics. Emma says they favor vintage and organic materials because: They have a wonderful range of vintage prints, from this sweet mushroom in pinks and purples (pictured above) to solids. I would love a skirt made from this precious tulip fabric: Ready to get your sewing on? You can check out their wares in The Tin Thimble’s Etsy shop. Folks in the Loomis, CA area can even pop by Emma and Sharon’s brick and mortar location to see their dream in person!
