At Darn Cheap Fabrics we take a lot of pride in the fact our staff are pretty clever when it comes to sewing. All of us have a background in fashion and making. So we thought it would be nice to showcase some of our skills using the wonderful stock…
Category: Fabrics
Posts about our latest fabrics, ideas for what to sew, fashion forward, patchwork quilting or fun crafts! We will be sharing our favourite fabrics that have arrived in store and online.
Our fabrics come from all over, end of runs with designers and larger importers, sourced overseas and locally too. We always keep an array of interesting fabrics in store and online – in our fabric blog posts we will share our latest arrivals and new favourites. Showing off our latest inspiration from the runway, patterns to make and what we’ve been making too!
With all of us out and about again, plus wedding season in full swing, we thought we’d show you one of our favourite trendy dress patterns. This pattern is a simple make, and can be made in a variety of fabrics. We’ve made it up in one of our linen/cotton…
We have had so many beautiful new fabrics arrive recently, which means a heap of new project ideas! Here are just a few of the pieces we are looking forward to making up in our new fabrics. Printed Denims We love these new printed denims, they are great summer prints…
Our brand new Tinsel Pleat fabric is super pretty and when photographing it I thought of a super simple way to make this into a trendy skirt – very similar to this Mango skirt. This skirt is a super easy make and uses minimal fabric. Below I’ll go through the…
Gingham is back in a big way, it’s all over the runways and in the shops! We’ve got a great range of ginghams in including our brand new 100% Linen Gingham. Both have a rich brown base with two colour options Navy or Brown. Below we have a few pictures…
Christmas is just around the corner and we have some beautiful new Liberty London fabrics in just in time to make something special. To give you some ideas on what to make we’ve compiled a list of fun Christmas DIYs. You can also see the full Pinterest inspiration board here.…
Brand new 100% linen fabrics have just landed online. Linen is the perfect fabric for Spring and Summer, its breathable and lightweight. Lockdown 2.0 is the perfect time to spend getting your Spring/Summer wardrobe ready and we have some great inspo. Spotty, dotty perfection These spot linens come in two…