Tag: 1970’s
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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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Weekly Blog – Number 5 – Laura Ashley Patchwork in Ross-on-Wye
I recently bought a huge bag of fabric pieces from someone having a clear out. It was full of small pieces of Laura Ashley fabric from the 1970’s and 80’s. I so enjoyed sorting it all out when I got home. It brought back great memories of my patchwork making days when I was still at college. Living…
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Collier Campbell Designs
On my treasure hunts for vintage fabrics, among my very favourite finds are the vibrant and colourful designs by Collier Campbell who I have admired for many years. The working design partnership of sisters Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell started in the 1960’s producing work for Liberty, Heals, Habitat and many others. They founded their company together in 1979/80. Their…
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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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