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About the Fabrics We Sell and Use in Our Kits.

We use only the highest quality quilting fabrics available, and work hard to keep them affordable for you. We want your project to be of heirloom quality, so we select the best fabrics from just a few select suppliers. We use these suppliers because they offer the highest quality fabrics available anywhere, in the newest designs and the most exciting patterns.

The highest quality fabrics always cost more than cheaper quality fabrics, but they will feel, handle and sew better. High quality fabrics will be easier to work with, will be more beautiful with outstanding color rendition, and they will last a lifetime. QKO will never sacrifice quality for price.

Fabric Freedom

We use Fabric Freedom fabrics in many of our kits. Fabric Freedom, a company based in the UK, manufactures only fabrics specifically designed for quilting and patchwork, and produces the highest quality products available. We believe it is one of the best fabric suppliers in the industry today, Fabric Freedom hand-paints all their original designs in their London studios, maintaining the clarity, detail and brilliance not found on the CAD-based designs used by many manufacturers. They use a small, trusted group of engravers who have worked with them for many years. They feature innovative, fresh designs. They use long-staple cotton which is pre-shrunk, meaning you get a very stable product to work with. They work closely with two very experienced mills to print their fabrics, maintaining very high quality. Fabric Freedom textiles are very nice to the touch, they have great feel (hand) and finish. The company believes that quality of design and quality of finish are paramount. They never compromise on their standards.

Fabric Freedom takes great care with their fair trade batiks and hand-dyes, made by hand in Southern India.  Fabric Freedom trades ethically, working with an Indian government agency to ensure the local craftsmen are properly compensated for their work. The production of hand-dyes and batiks is very much a cottage industry. Unlike the factory-produced screen prints of the general lines, these are made in villages in rural areas.  By going to India and working with the craftsmen, Fabric Freedom has been able to produce hand-dyes and batiks that are much softer and able to be used with their other product lines.

Hoffman California-International Fabrics

We use Hoffman Bali Batiks and Hand-Dyed Watercolors in several of our kits. These original Hoffman designs are produced by hand on the lush tropical island of Bali. The fabric is either painted by hand with dye, batiked, or created with a combination of these processes.  Some designs have as many as five different techniques used to create the finished piece.

The patterns, which use traditional ‘batik’ methods, are created using a special copper ‘chop’.  The chop is dipped in hot wax and stamped onto the cloth, creating a wax-resisted design.  The 100% cotton fabric is then saturated and hand painted with fiber reactive dyes.  Where the wax has been applied, the color is repelled, thus creating the image that you see.  Sometimes this process is repeated several times with each overlay of color adding a new dimension.  When the artist is happy with the look, the cloth is boiled and the wax is melted away.  Upon completion, the vibrantly colored cloth is stretched out in an open field to dry naturally in the sun.

Because human hands make each design in a natural environment, no two yards are exactly alike.  This cloth is truly a piece of art.  No wonder the Balinese are so highly regarded worldwide for their splendid textiles and expressive creative freedom.

We also carry the complete line of Hoffman Challenge fabrics and coordinates each year. These are Hoffman's best Japanese screen prints, selected each year for their quality and beauty. If you haven't seen these prints, you owe it to yourself to check them out!

Blank Quilting

Blank is a second generation, American, diversified supplier of textiles. Blank Quilting is entirely focused on the quilting community, providing designer fabrics exclusively for independent quilt and fabric shops. Blank fabrics are of the highest quality, and the company is devoted to relentless customer satisfaction. Blank has also committed to the cause of ovarian cancer awareness, bringing together the quilting community to address this terrible disease. QKO is proud to join Blank in the fight against ovarian cancer, and we are proud to bring you several of their fine product lines, including the Inspiration products.

Maywood Studios

Maywood Studios produces some of the highest quality quilters fabrics available, with stunning designs that never fail to please. We have several kits available using Maywood fabrics.

Cara Collection Serenity by Daiwabo

With over 185 prints in stock, QKO is one of the largest internet sources for fine Cara Collection Daiwabo Taupes. These are ultra-pleasing, highest-quality traditional Daiwabo prints in muted tones that all blend well together. Discover the true Japanese esthetic with these fine, muted, ever-pleasing screen prints and blenders on the finest quilter's cotton, brought to you under special contract with Daiwabo by EE Schenck.

Lecien and Other Fine Japanese fabrics

We've recently begun selling selected prints by Lecien, Kaiko and several other Japanese manufacturers. These fine prints are a bit more expensive, but they are of unusually high quality and lend themselves to expanding your horizons in design, look and feel. Have a look at them, we're sure you'll agree they're something special! 

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