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What People make with the fabric I sell – Vintage-Patch on Facebook
I first discovered Vintage-Patch through my business facebook page. It was suggested that I use facebook as a way of showing more people the fabric I had available. I have found it a great way to meet like minded people who are also spreading the word about their crafts or products. Vintage-Patch was one such interesting company,…
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What People Make with the Fabric I Sell – Incey Wincey Studio Cushions
Claire from Incey Wincey Studios makes wonderful quirky cushions using vintage fabric and felt, here are a group of owl cushions made using vintage 1960’s and 70’s St Michaels floral cottons. Incey Wincey Studio’s facebook page uses her letter cushions as a profile picture. They are a great alternative to wooden letters for children. Soft and…
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Ideas for using Vintage Fabric – Milly Molly Mandy Pink Striped Dress
Did you enjoy Milly Molly Mandy books when you were very young? Popular over almost 80 years, there must be a lot of us around. A series of stories written by Joyce Lankester Brisley between 1928 and 1967 about a busy little girl growing up in a rather idyllic rural English village. The best versions…
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Ideas for using Vintage Fabric – Marilyn Monroe Wiggle Dress
The iconic wiggle dress made famous in the 1950’s by Marilyn Monroe was an the style to be seen in at the time and one that has lasted. So called as it fitted so closely round the legs that it was necessary to wiggle to walk.. Marilyn is seen ablove with her husband Arthur Miller…
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Ideas for Using Vintage Fabric – 1960’s Abstract Mini Coat
Do you remember this iconic hairstyle .. a great image from the 1960’s. The photo is set on train line with industrial background, no doubt the train track has disappeared now, but at the time it fitted so well with the abstract furniture and fabric designs popular at the time. The Jean Shrimpton like model has…
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What People Make with the Fabric I sell – Joan’s Laura Ashley Cushions.
I had a lovely email from Joan who lives in the Algarve, Portugal. She was so pleased with the cushions she had made that she took the time to write and also send a photo of the cushions “Your welcome !! I got six of the fawn ones and four of the berry ones out…
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Trevira – the designer fabric of the early 1970’s & what can be made with it.
Trevira, made by Texlene, replaced crimplene as the important fabric in the fashion industry for young designers of the early 1970’s. It was consider ‘the’ fabric of the time, used by well know designers all over the world. It was perfect for the mini shift dresses and a line coats of the time. From the Portuguese…
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What People Make with the Fabric I sell – Sweeney Todd Photoshoot
Robert Fousch a well respected photographer from Atlanta Georgia was looking for fabric to match a corset shown below for a photo shoot of Tim Burton’s movie Sweeney Todd. He came across this vintage 1960’s stretchy black and white pinstripe polyester-crimplene type fabric in my ebay shop . The colour and width of stripe were…
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1940’s Dayella Fabric from the makers of Viyella.
Dayella was produced by William Hollins of Nottingham the makers of Viyella. It was made especially for children’s wear and although I can’t find the exact constituents I would assume it has a larger precentage of cotton, more like 80% to 20% merino wool, making it harder wearing than Viyella. I recently acquired several pieces…
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