Tag: fabric
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Vintage Jonelle Fabric from John Lewis
The first John Lewis store was opened in London in 1864. An up market store originally selling textiles and fabric, later selling a wide variety of items for the home. They introduced the Jonelle fabric range in 1937, since 2000 the name was dropped in favour of John Lewis. From the late 1940’s onwards they…
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Ideas for Using Vintage Fabric – 1950’s Style Striped Dresses
I always loved the dresses my mum wore in the summer when I was little. The ones I remember most were striped, with full skirts and a fitted bodice, sometimes the stripes would be horizontal on the skirt and vertical on the bodice. Here’s our family in 1958, with Mum in one of her striped…
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My Vintage Fabric Stash
Bundles of fabric from my collection.This one include several spotted fabrics, the green in silk, the navy rayon and the bottom one cotton. 1940’s fabrics inc early Liberty silk and 50’s crepe.  The one below has some lovely pieces of 1940’s rayon and cotton, French toile and old Liberty checked silk.  This pile…
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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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Ideas for using Vintage Fabric – Pink Shot Silk & Cotton Dupioni.
This vintage late 1930’s early 40’s pink dress making shot fabric has a darker pink slub cotton one side and satin-like silk dupioni on the right side (though each side could be used uppermost). Wonderful stuff which is fairly heavy and could be used in many different ways.. It would make a lovely long full skirted…
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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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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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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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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…
Ali Vintage Fabric 