Elephant Showers, a house collection from Timeless Treasures, is so retro-good, I may not need to shop for vintage fabric again. Well, that will never happen, but these happy 60s-70s prints made the thought at least cross my mind, so that’s saying something! { image courtesty Hawthorne Threads }
Just two of the many new Spoonflower-printed fabrics from Alice Apple. I just love her! ( images from Alice Apple’s blog )
EmilyMe is one of the most unusual shops I’ve ever featured on True Up (previous post here). Her fabrics are hand-printed by a family operation in Bangkok that has been in business since the 50s. They print only about 30 yards of each design (taken from their archive of over 1,000 designs) on a cotton [...]
These two prints were designed by Julia Monroe and form a mini 70s fabric collection. The houses were reproduced from a felt-on-burlap piece she made when she was 12, and the granny squares were inspired by an afghan she made with her mom. I love the idea of using digital textile printing to preserve childhood [...]
I usually don’t feature finished products on the Daily Swatch, but this elephant fabric was too good. This super-sweet (and underpriced!) wallet made from c.1970s fabric is from the Naples, Italy-based manekiara on Etsy. She has a stand-alone shop too with more cool bags and accessories.
The Daily Swatch features a piece of vintage fabric (almost) every day. Themes change periodically. Please add your own examples of the theme to the True Up and/or Vintage Fabric Flickr pools. Reproductions of Pamela Walker’s 1970s fabric designs, including “Elephant Walk” from 1973, are available from sproutdesign in Australia. True to the originals, sproutdesigns’s [...]
I couldn’t let this feathers theme go by without a nod to perhaps the most iconic feather print of all time, Liberty of London’s Hera. According to eBay U.K. seller The Airing Cupboard (who has two vintage versions of the print currently, including the c.1970s linen above), this peacock feather design was originally created for [...]
1970s Dekoplus floral, from Something Fine on Flickr. Vicky has the largest collection of Dekoplus fabrics I’ve seen — check out this Flickr gallery for more.
I don’t know much about the company Dekoplus except that they were based in the Netherlands and produced very distinct mod/folk designs in the 60s and 70s (and perhaps beyond). Above: Dekoplus vintage cotton curtains from mannagryn design (blog) on Flickr.
I’ll wrap up this terrycloth theme with this very happy floral terrycloth from 1972, from moxie-girl on Flickr. Makes me want to lounge at the pool with a Virginia Slim (ewwww!) See Moxie’s great vintage shop on Etsy and stand-alone gift and novelty shop.
Vintage 70s Lazy Daisy Terrycloth yardage in four colorways, again from Witsister on Etsy.
The Daily Swatch features a piece of vintage fabric (almost) every day. Themes change periodically. Please add your own examples of the theme to the True Up and/or Vintage Fabric Flickr pools. Terry cloth is a uncut-pile weave fabric. Pile fabrics (which also include velvet and corduroy) are made with an extra set of yarn [...]
Wonderfully fun 70s print that features a combination of three classic motifs (strawberries, daisies, and butterflies) with one of the era’s most popular color combos (navy and red). From the collection of KitschDesigns on Flickr.
Well folks, change of plans! I found only a few good brick repeats to show you — I added a few to this Flickr gallery but none of them are strong, textbook examples. So unless you guys find a treasure trove of them (and perhaps add them to the True Up Flickr Pool), I’ll move [...]
Surreal Trees Vintage Fabric, from the collection of Amy Honey on Flickr (she sells vintage fabric, including the trees fabric above, through her Divine Debris vintage shop on Etsy). This is a simple single-motif repeat, but notice how the repeats are all nestled together — I’m not sure whether this would be best classified as [...]
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