Category: What people make with the fabric I sell.
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Vintage Fabric Bundles
At Vintage Fabric I sell fabric by the metre as well as pre-used curtains, I often reuse and recycle beautiful old curtains, cleaning and trimming faded parts, doing this I find myself with plenty of smaller offcuts which can have hundreds of uses. Patchwork and quilting, craft projects, rug making, smaller interiors work like cushion…
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1970’s Crimplene Flower Power Shift Dress
What an amazing job by Sallyanne. With just one yard of vintage 1970s crimplene fabric and using one of her grandmothers 1960s patterns, she has made this iconic shift dress, fully lined with lace edging too. It is so satisfying to see the fabric I have unearthed being put to such good use.
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Chair Upholstery – What People make with Vintage Fabric.
Vintage 1950s Sanderson linen union fabric ‘lytton’ has been used to cover two vintage chairs. Sara took weeks re-building and covering these chairs at her upholstery class. What a brilliant job she has done. Linen union fabric is a blend of linen and cotton, making it very strong and durable, so ideal for upholstery work.…
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What People Make with Vintage Fabric – Tim Zercie Tapestries
Artist Tim Zercie is producing some amazing works of art using vintage fabric in his tapestries. Born in the USA he is at present living and working in London and has exhibited in both America and the UK. Check out his website to see more of his work. Tim Zercie ‘A family…
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What People Make with the Fabric I sell – Quilts & Tweed Hearts by Lorraine.
Over the last few years Lorraine has been buying mixed bundles of fabric from me, making unusual and interesting things with it. Here are some of the finished products which she makes and sells at her local craft fairs in the Cotswolds. Beautifully finished padded hearts often scented with rosewater made using different designs of tweed and liberty prints.…
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What People Make with the Fabric I Sell – Sunbeam Jackie Parasols
Sunbeam Jackie from Cornwall make the most beautiful luxury handcrafted parasols. They used a wide range of vintage fabrics, dating from the 1920’s, a small amount of which they buy from us. Their latest collection includes one called ‘petunia’ using a Sanderson print ‘petunia trellis from the 1970’s and one of my favourites ‘the island’…
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What People Make with the fabric I sell – ‘The Village Hippy’ Gifts and Clothing
I met Lindsey of ‘The Village Hippy’ on facebook some time ago. Such a lovely person with a kind and positive outlook on life. She makes great bags, hangings and memo boards using vintage fabric, buttons and bindings. Here is one the memo boards she made with linen fabric she bought from me, the design is ‘flowers…
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What People Make with the Fabric I sell- Gerda Bags
Unique hand made bags from Gerda Bags, who sell from their Etsy shop and Folksy shop .. As well as unusual bags, Gerda makes bunting, glasses cases, pencil cases and purses, all beautifully finished. It was a lovely surprise to be browsing her facebook page to find this slouchy tote bag made using cotton fabric she…
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What People make with the Fabric I Sell – Jo’s Bold Dahlia Print Blind
Jo from Valhalla Interiors & Vintage bought this bold cotton interiors fabric from me recently to make a blind for her bathroom. Valhalla Interiors provide a traditional upholstery service making made to measure curtains, cushions and blinds as well as up-cycling painted furniture in unusual ways As well as their facebook page , they have a great pinterest page…
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