

Sew Much Fun!
On The Road Again! On this holiday week, I'm sharing a visit to a local fabric shop in the greater Charlotte area. During a recent...


Smooth As Silk...Sort Of.
Fabric 101: Silk As luxury fabrics go, silk usually tops the list of favorites for its lustrous appearance and soft hand. Most people...


Look, Over There!!!
It's a Placemat! It's an Apron! It's a Quilt?!?!?! Fabric Panel Prints There are a lot of fabric panels out there...aprons, soft books,...


Local Fabric Shops
Fabric Shopping in Portland, Oregon Regular readers know that Mrs. DTFM and I always hit the local fabric shops when traveling, and we...


The Art of Quilting
Not All Art Needs A Frame! As part of the Spring Quilt Market in Portland, Oregon in mid-May, there was a quilt show where some...


Market Review
Spring Quilt Market 2018 Recently I spent a busy weekend in Portland, Oregon for the annual Spring Quilt Market. This is a...


Making it Personal(ized)
It's On The Bag For an upcoming licensing show, a co-worker asked me to create three tote bags for representatives of the Shopkins...


DTFM blog: the First Year
Dan the Fabric Man: the Blog It seems like yesterday since my scheduled trip to last year's quilt market in St. Louis was canceled at the...


A Thousand Flowers
A Fabric Connection Sometimes when I see a piece of fabric, I feel a connection and need to acquire it. Especially when that fabric seems...


Shirt of Many Purples
Ultra Violet The first item to be completed out of the Spring Lineup (see the previous post at https://fabman556.wixsite.com/dan-the-fabr...