Tag: laura ashley
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Laura Ashley and the Bloomsbury Group
The Bloomsbury set were group of artists and writers of the early 1900’s that included Virginia Woolf, her sister Vanessa Bell, Maynard Keynes, Duncan Grant, Lytton Strachey, T S Eliot and E M Forster. They were considered both bohemian and intellectual and had a great influence on art and philosophy of the 20th century. Lytton Strachey, sitting, Duncan…
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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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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 – 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 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…
Ali Vintage Fabric 