Tag: fabric
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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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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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What People Make with the Fabric I sell – Lana Sevin’s Teddy Bears
Lana Sevin Graduated as Garment Designer and Dressmaker – sewing and craft being almost life time experience.She is passionate about reproduction of vintage teddy bears making and refurbishing them using velvet and mohair and embellishing them with vintage fabric. The jointed velvet teddy-rabbit below is called Albino and has ears and clothes made out of…
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What People make with the Fabric I sell – Sadie Ruben, Maid in the Forest
Danish sculptor and textile artist Sadie Ruben makes one of a kind handmade girl’s dresses for Maid in the Forest. Her dresses are unique pieces of artwork, mixing colours and textures unlike anything you will find in the mass market. These inside-out dresses often have unfinished edges, top-stitching and others unique details. Sadie uses vintage fabrics…
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What People make with the Fabric I Sell – Vicky Trainor, Vintage Inspired Textile Designs.
Vicky Trainor is a textiles, surface designer and craft maker who makes a variety of vintage inspired stationery from her studio. She works with brides, tea ladies, photographers, businesses, commercial greeting card companies and creative groups. This lovely cushion brooch uses a variety of Liberty cotton lawn fabrics, such as found in these Liberty fabric…
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What People Make with the Fabric I sell – 1940’s Dress
What a great vintage dress.. the accessories finish it off perfectly too. Robin sent this photo of his wife Lynne at a 1940’s weekend at Stoke Bruerne Northamptonshire. Such a lovely setting on the banks of Grand Union canal by the canal centre. The dress was made using a 1940’s dress pattern. The original 1940’s…
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What People make with the fabric I sell – Beate’s Sofa
Beate from Belgium found some out of print Crowson fabric in my vintage fabric shop. Her favourite sofa needed recovering and she had been finding it difficult to find the right match. Originally a large pair of curtains, the fabric was still in excellent condition and the design ‘royal palladio’ happened to be in the…
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What people make with the fabric I sell – William Morris Cushions
These beautiful cushions were made by Marie Goldstaw of William Morris Cushions. Marie has been buying pieces of fabric from my ebay shop for a while now and I often wondered what the finished products would be like, lovely aren’t they? William Morris linen in green Chrysanthemum design. Batchelors Buttons from Sanderson. Marshwood a design…
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1940’s Land Girl’s Rayon Dress Fabric
Wouldn’t this fabric be great as a ‘land girls’ style 40’s summer dress or blouse. The rayon fabric hangs really well and has a design of blue, pink, grey and green flowers on a black trellis background I found a couple of lengths of this fabric from the flea market at Malvern. They were so…
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Vintage Fabric from Cirencester Market.
I spend my life playing with fabric. Many hours on treasure hunts looking for vintage curtains and cottons, with evenings of cutting, snipping, sorting and cleaning, finally photographing to put on the website or ebay shop. The best fun. I buy with the intention of selling on, but there are certain pieces of material which…
Ali Vintage Fabric 