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Category Archives: Fabric

Hebrew Letter Fabric Panel – Easy as Aleph-Bet-Gimmel
Fabric / Hanukkah / Hebrew Alephbet / Quilting

Hebrew Letter Fabric Panel – Easy as Aleph-Bet-Gimmel

Posted on April 3 by Maria Bywater

Aleph, bet, gimmel. This fabric design features the 22 letters of the Hebrew aleph-bet and three Jewish symbols: a dove, a Star of David, and a hamsa for good fortune. When I started offering pre-printed fabric panels of this design in the SewJewish Etsy shop I announced it in the newsletter, but only when those … Continue reading →

Where to Buy Matzah Print Fabric
Fabric / Passover

Where to Buy Matzah Print Fabric

Posted on December 13 by Maria Bywater

Surprisingly, matzah print fabric rose up to become the theme of the week in my studio. It started with a project from Cathy Perlmutter’s new book. Then the matzah cover won the most popular sewing pattern in the shop. And then someone asked when the matzah cover kits would be back in stock. There was … Continue reading →

Your Fabric Friday Selection: “Wheat” Kona Cotton
Fabric / Passover

Your Fabric Friday Selection: “Wheat” Kona Cotton

Posted on February 2 by Maria Bywater

This Fabric Friday’s selection is Robert Kaufman Fabrics’ Kona Cotton in the color “Wheat,” to coordinate with the matzah print fabric you probably already have in your stash. I walked into one of my local quilt shops this earlier this week, not sure if I would find a color that would coordinate well with my … Continue reading →

Orange you glad it’s almost Passover? Orange fabrics for a modern Seder table
Fabric / Passover / Spiritual Audacity

Orange you glad it’s almost Passover? Orange fabrics for a modern Seder table

Posted on March 19 by Maria Bywater

Orange Summer by Justine Miller Have you heard the story about the woman who wanted to be a rabbi and who was told by a man that “a woman belongs on the synagogue bimah the way an orange belongs on a Passover Seder plate”? The story has inspired many families, including mine, to put oranges … Continue reading →

Grab needle and thread at Beetle and Fred
Fabric

Grab needle and thread at Beetle and Fred

Posted on February 19 by Maria Bywater

Sewists in New York’s Mid-Hudson River Valley region have a new local fabric shop, Beetle and Fred, in the town of Beacon. Katy Hope launched the shop last year around Thanksgiving on the town’s picturesque Main Street, overlooking the Hudson River and not far from the Dia:Beacon museum of modern art. Katy has pulled together … Continue reading →

Happy Hanukkah Fabrics
Fabric

Happy Hanukkah Fabrics

Posted on December 23 by Maria Bywater

A collection of happy Hanukkah fabric patterns. Click the swatches to see details on Spoonflower. I feel like I should point out that these are not affiliate links, just fabrics to inspire your projects and brighten your day. Happy Hanukkah! Continue reading →

More Adventures in Six-Pointed Stars: Snowflakes!
Fabric

More Adventures in Six-Pointed Stars: Snowflakes!

Posted on December 9 by Maria Bywater • 2 Comments

Usually I post Fabric Friday swatches on the Facebook page, but this week I found a bunch of fabrics that I wanted to share, and that calls for a blog post. This week’s fabric theme is snowflakes. Have you ever noticed that the snowflakes on snowflake patterned fabrics often have six points? These subtle graphic … Continue reading →

What would you sew with this new Jewish tartan?
Communities / Fabric

What would you sew with this new Jewish tartan?

Posted on March 30 by Maria Bywater • 2 Comments

Have you been looking for a tallit with Scottish flair? Have you wanted a kilt but weren’t sure where to find one that comforms to the Jewish laws of shatnez? Scottish rabbi Mendel Jacobs has you covered. He’s just registered the first official Jewish tartan with the Scottish Tartans Authority. Scottish rabbi hawks ‘kosher’ tartan … Continue reading →

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