Daily Swatch: Seersucker
Two for the price of one today, since I missed yesterday!
Two for the price of one today, since I missed yesterday!
1950s Funky Bow border print cotton fabric, 88cm (34″) wide, £12.00 per half meter, from Donna Flower. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Pattern Types – Tossed Daily Swatch: Ribbons & Bows Daily Swatch: The Painted Floral Daily Swatch: Ribbons and Bows Daily Swatch: Ribbons and Bows
Here is an interesting 1950s polished cotton border print from Retro Age Vintage Fabrics. One half yard/meter piece is AUD $18.99. This is not the only painting-on-fabric that Vanessa has come across. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Ribbons and Bows Daily Swatch: May Flowers Daily Swatch: Landscapes Daily Swatch: Cats Daily Swatch: Landscapes
Vintage blue cats border print now on eBay, estimated 1950s by seller, but I’m thinking more 1960s or even 70s. 45″ x 34″ piece, auction ends Sep 01, 2009 19:45:00 PDT. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Cats Daily Swatch 5/29/08: Border Print Week Daily Swatch: Cats Daily Swatch: Cheater Prints Daily Swatch: The Painted Floral
Linen butterfly border print, from sewbitchy on Flickr. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Butterflies Daily Swatch: Butterflies Daily Swatch: Butterflies Daily Swatch: Butterflies Daily Swatch: Butterflies
This wacky border print with coquettish ostriches accented by black and white gingham is from Make Me! Vintage. It’s 45″ cotton canvas c.1970′s, priced at $14/yard. Updated to add: here’s another print from the same collection — an allover print in brown — for auction on eBay. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Gingham Daily Swatch: Gingham [...]
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. This week I’ll be taking a closer look at gingham. Since plain gingham wouldn’t be exciting enough to look at, [...]
Giant Mushrooms border print from Peter Pan Fabrics Inc., c.1970s. Piece is 20×45″ (50x114cm). For sale from Fabric Deli on eBay, buy-it-now price AU $15.50. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Mushrooms Daily Swatch 5/26/08: Border Print Week Daily Swatch: Mushrooms Daily Swatch: Mushrooms Daily Swatch: Mushrooms
Here is a double dose today, since I missed yesterday completely. Both are from the collection of Jenny (blempgorf), posted on Flickr. There have been many hearts this week, but no designs so literally Valentine’s Day themed as this vintage Peanuts fabric. And the border print is hearts galore minus the red/pink overload that usually [...]