Reproductions of 1930s-40s fabrics, especially feedsack prints, were my first love when I started sewing 10 years ago, and I still love them (though I prefer the genuine article these days). Windham‘s new Flour Sack collection is a lovely assortment of small-scale floral prints and two focus prints of flour sack labels, a must have [...]
Feedsack from nudeedudee (shop) on Flickr. These are the colors I associate most with South of the Border prints. But hold the phone — are these guys staging a cockfight?!? Let’s hope they’re just trading roosters, or maybe introducing them to each other for a fun playdate.
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!}
A more traditional strawberry feedsack print from the enviable collection of Niesz Vintage Fabric (shop).
Close-up of a strawberry-studded, Pennsylvania Dutch border-print feedsack. This was made in several different colorways, including pink and blue. From the collection of {kimmymade}.
A trio of feedsack fabrics, all featuring blue strawberries. Coloring things blue, from daisies to fruits to vegetables, is an iconic motif in vintage textiles. From the collection of {kimmymade}.
I believe you’ve met Kim Steckler of {kimmymade} around these parts before? I show fabrics from her enormous and amazing vintage collection often on the Daily Swatch — it seems like she and I have the same tastes and no matter what theme I pick, she always has a handful of prints that exemplify it [...]
Vintage feedsack floral on houndstooth background, from Dewitt & Co. (sold out).
How fortuitous! The same print in two colorways — the top one is on eBay now and+bottom one is from Retrolabs on Etsy. The trouble with this print in particular and houndstooth-esque designs in general is that they are thisclose to looking like swastikas. Which is not their fault of course, and +it’s not even [...]
Rainbow spools feedsack, 9″ square piece, from Nauvoo Quilt Co. on Etsy.
A tessellation (or tiling) is a repeating shape or collection of shapes that fit together with no gaps or overlapping. I’ve been trying to read about and understand the different types of tessellations and what does and does not qualify, but it’s making my brain hurt, so suffice it to say for our purposes here [...]
Little star-shaped flowers form the hexagon grid in this feedsack from the collection of cluttershop on Flickr. Here is Ms. Cluttershop’s interview, in case you missed it. Hmmm … about time to do another vintage fabric collector series, what do you say?
The Daily Swatch features a piece of vintage fabric (almost) every day. Themes change periodically — right now we’re in the midst of a series on pattern types. So far we’ve covered block and half-drop, diamonds, and bricks, and ogees. We’d love to see your own fabrics relating to the theme in the True Up [...]
Now here’s something you don’t see often — a diamond brick repeat. They are two colorways of the same feedsack, from the collection of kimmymade (shop) on Flickr. I should have covered brick repeats right after half-drops, since they are so similar. If you imagine a perfect grid, in a half-drop alternating columns are staggered [...]
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