Tag: patchwork
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Vintage Fabric Bundles
At Vintage Fabric I sell fabric by the metre as well as pre-used curtains, I often reuse and recycle beautiful old curtains, cleaning and trimming faded parts, doing this I find myself with plenty of smaller offcuts which can have hundreds of uses. Patchwork and quilting, craft projects, rug making, smaller interiors work like cushion…
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Vintage Fabric – Updating the Website..
Time for the annual update of Vintage Fabric’s website.. The site has useful and interesting links for anyone keen on fabric, sewing and interiors. As well as information about us and our blog, it has links to our ebay shop ‘vintage fabric and curtains’, a page showing all the Sanderson fabric we have in stock…
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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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What People Make with the Fabric I sell – Quilts & Tweed Hearts by Lorraine.
Over the last few years Lorraine has been buying mixed bundles of fabric from me, making unusual and interesting things with it. Here are some of the finished products which she makes and sells at her local craft fairs in the Cotswolds. Beautifully finished padded hearts often scented with rosewater made using different designs of tweed and liberty prints.…
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Ideas for using Vintage Fabric – Patchwork Chairs
It take relatively little fabric to cover a chair so can be an inexpensive way of updating your living space if you have the time and patience. One of my first ever upholstery projects was covering an old wooden chair in Laura Ashley patchwork pieces for our first flat in the 1970’s.. I still have that chair…
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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 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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