Most people know Darlene Zimmerman from her enormously popular, feedsack-inspired collections for Robert Kaufman, but this tour de force (and very lovely lady) also happens to be a designer of patterns and quilting tools, a published textile historian, an in-demand leader of quilting workshops, and a very accomplished quilter. We are grateful that she found [...]
We’ll wrap up the tribute to Horrockses Fashions today with three green dresses featured in the book. The signature Horrockses’ look was a full-skirted dress with simple but interesting bodices in fabulous cotton prints. Image credits: Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, by Norwyn Ltd. (top); collection of Christine Boydell, photograph by Nigel Essex (middle); [...]
The British Isles are juxtaposed with lines from Shakespeare in this print by Marny Tickle for Horrockses Fashions from their first collection in 1946. See my review of the book Horrockses Fashion: Off-the-Peg Fashion in the 40s and 50s by Christine Boydell here. Image credit: Archive of Art & Design at the V&A by Betty [...]
This print depicting flowing trim was designed by Alastair Morgan for Horrockses Fashions in the late 1940s, and used to cover a promotional booklet for the company. Image credit: Archive of Art & Design at the V&A by Betty Newmarch. See my review of Horrockses Fashion: Off-the-Peg Fashion in the 40s and 50s by Christine [...]
Horrockses Fashion: Off-the-Peg Fashion in the ’40s and ’50s by Christine Boydell V&A Publishing, 2010 The Horrockses Fashions label grew from the fabric company Horrockses, Crewdson & Co. in early-to-mid-20th century Britain. They helped pioneer ready-to-wear, mass-produced fashion, and helped establish the popularity of cotton as a fashion fabric. V&A Publishing (distributed by Abrams in [...]
This vintage Mexican village scene print is in a typically 40s palette of blue, cactus green, yellow, and red. From Ms. Atomic (shop) on Flickr.
Here is a 1940s feedsack from InWithTheOldVintage on Etsy. Like the first example I posted, the colors are atypical of vintage Mexican-themed fabrics, yet this one is sunny and striking. I’ll post more traditional colorways coming right up. {see disclaimer about these fabrics here!}
Green Tulips and Brown Dots, c.1940s, from the feedsack collection of Just-a-Mere on Flickr.
1940s butterfly floral from the collection of thefabricofmylife, aka Donna Flower, on Flickr.
Vintage words in lozenges, estimated 1940s by the seller (though that’s doubtful — see comments). Looks like it’s a tribute to an unidentified trivia board game. 13.5 x 17 inches, buy-it-now $6.99.
Also see part 1: Know Your Rayon Sewing With Rayon – Pre-shrinking the fabric is recommended for garments. This can be achieved by pre-washing or steam ironing. – Universal needles and all-purpose thread are OK for most weights and weaves of rayon. – It ravels easily, so finish those seams. – Use the cool setting [...]
Floral Climber ~ vintage rayon fabric, circa 1940s, 40 inches x 2 yard 23 inches, $75, from Revival Fabrics.
Vintage 1940s silky rayon dress fabric – “stylized purple roses with hand drawn black outline against white leaves … on a robin’s egg blue background.” Four yards. On ebay, current bid $50, ends Feb-19-09 21:55:00 PST.
The Daily Swatch shows one piece of vintage fabric (almost) every day. Themes change periodically. You are welcome to add your own examples of the theme to the True Up and/or Vintage Fabric Flickr Pools. I don’t know much about rayon other than it’s a garment fabric. It’s high time I found out more! It’s [...]
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