Tuesday, November 18

Fabric-o-Rama.

Graphic and textile designer Michelle Engel Bencsko of Cicada Studio has debuted a new fabric line in her etsy shop entitled Dogwood, her fun new quilting fabric collection. Cicada Studio is selling some of her beautiful signature fabrics in small quilting squares, and it's getting chilly out there, so no time like the present to get your quilting on! Cicada Studio offers the fabrics in larger swatches, as well as mixed bags of smaller 6.5" squares of various fabrics which could be used for a myriad of small projects.


The new fabric collection is entitled Dogwood and all Cicada Studio linen swatches are original textile designs by Michelle Engel Bencsko. They are made of 100% Belgian linen and addition to quilting projects, Cicada Studio offers up loads of sewing projects ideas for these swatches, such as pillows, sachets, wallets and many more. She's also got a flickr photo group, Cicada Studio Textiles, dedicated to craft projects made from her line of fabrics if you seek any further inspiration. You can also find home decor items already handmade from these fabrics at Cicada Home, Cicado Studio's companion etsy shop.





15 comments:

Tina { Luphia Loves... } said...

what gorgeous designs, so freshing, love all the patterns!

Cindy said...

i purchased michelle's linen fabrics from her etsy shop and they are just lovely.

Leciawp said...

These are incredibly beautiful and interesting...they almost make me wish I could sew.

Lisa said...

gorgeous!! but a little out of my price range...lol

Banana-head Pancake said...

gorgeous - and she seems so sweet too! bonus!

blue moss said...

love them all

Anonymous said...

I met her at Quilt Market and she is as lovely as her fabric..

Michelle Engel Bencsko said...

Oh my! Thanks so much for this lovely post! I was so excited to happen upon it. Made my day!

Fiona Cartolina said...

Yay Michelle - I love her fabrics and I am a regular reader of her blog. She is a talented and generous lady!

Dee said...

These are beautiful.

High Desert Diva said...

I'm a big fan of Michelle's work.

I've used her fabric in a couple recent projects:

http://etsyhighdesertdiva.blogspot.com/2008/10/custom-cover.html
and
http://etsyhighdesertdiva.blogspot.com/2008/09/small-room-hard-shot.html

Can't say enough good things about her design and the quality of the fabric!

picciolo said...

what a great feature, I love Michelle's fabrics!
: )

Victoria said...

Terrific feature! Michelle has an amazing talent. I am continuely in awe of her work, her creativity, her professionalism, and her graciousness.

Kristi said...

Isn't she great?
And a very faithful blogger...

Heather Moore said...

Oh ya, she's really fabulous! Love her gorgeous designs, and can vouch that in the flesh they're even more beautiful!