Category: What people make with the fabric I sell.
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What People Make with the Fabric I Sell – Shot Silk Outfit by Kitty Lou
Kitty Lou bought some vintage tartan check shot silk from me and kindly sent photos of the finished outfit..fantastic.  She collects 1940’s vintage sewing patterns and is a seamstress herself too, making reproduction clothing with original patterns. Check out her facebook page it is really worth seeing. Kitty Lous’s authentic outfit, reminded me of…
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What people make with the fabric I sell.. Vintage Clothing by Vincent and Valerie
Take a look at the clothes by Vincent and Valerie, who produce made to order & bespoke clothing. They have a great facebook page, showing the items they make, patterns plus photos and links from 1940’s and 1950’s. Unique wearable items are made using vintage fabric and patterns, These purple pyjamas were made from 1960’s…
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What People make with the Fabric I sell – Bay Vintage Home
Diane of Bay Vintage Home has a passion for taking the crafts and treasures of earlier times and creating unique home wares that are relevant to today to be valued and cherished by another generation. In doing so she is continuing the traditional crafts of her grandmother and mother. She makes wonderful cushions using vintage fabric which…
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What People Make with the Fabric I sell – Francesca’s Vintage Lingerie
I had some silky flesh pink rayon from the 1930’s or 40’s for sale in my ebay shop. The fabric was the narrow 35″ width common in older fabrics and felt like matt crepe silk, the type of stuff that underwear and petticoats were made of before the second world war. This lovely fabric was listed as imperfect…
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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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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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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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What People Make with the Fabric I Sell – Fiona’s Patchwork Cushion
Fiona is the founder of ‘The Sewing Directory’ a website for all those who are into sewing. What a great site she has, an easy to use website with ‘how to’ guides, reviews and interviews as well as adverts for suppliers. I discovered it while looking to promote my own website and business Vintage Fabric…
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What People Make with the Fabic I Sell – Dawn Chorus Designs
Yvette from Dawn Chorus Designs started making cards a couple of years ago, she was trying to find a use for all the vintage fabric and playing cards that she has collected. Initially made them for just family and friends, the positive feedback encouraged her into producing cards to sell. Both cards are made using…
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