Daily Swatch: Pattern Types — Diamond
Red and White feedsack, from the collection of Just-a-Mere on Flickr.
Red and White feedsack, from the collection of Just-a-Mere on Flickr.
Feedsack print from the collection of Primrose Design (blog | shop) on Flickr.
About as simple as it gets, and that’s why I love it. Brown & Orange Diamonds Feedsack from Antiquefabric.com.
Just because it’s one-way doesn’t mean everything has to sit straight up-and-down. This Americana print feedsack on eBay (ends in five hours! hurry!) has the feel and flow of a tossed print, even though you can only turn it one way. I’m thinking the designer intended this to be transformed into an apron.
Black ground Pennsylvania Dutch medallion print, from the feedsack collection of Just-a-mere on Flickr.
All the designs so far have been bitmappy-looking faux cross stitch; this one, as well as some others I’ve come across, use cross-stitchy Xs as borders or accents. This Fans and Cross Stitch feedsack is another one from Antiquefabric.com. Notice how the offset repeat and orientation of the fans create a strong illusion of jagged [...]
Faux Cross Stitch Look floral full feedsack, $12 from vintagetouch on Etsy.
Three little examples from Rickrack.com — a floral in two colorways and a folky pink Pennsylvania Dutch print.
Feedsack with grapes and plums, from the collection of Just-a-Mere on Flickr.
I am really loving this theme, aren’t you? This print really takes the cake. It’s a feedsack from Antique Fabric, $24.
From the vintage feedsack collection of kimmymade on Flickr. Here’s our recent interview with Kimmy, and here is her blog and shop.
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. The designs featured this week are all faux cross stitch prints, which look newly awesome if you think of them as scenes from [...]
Stripes, bows, and roses from the collection of primrose design (blog | shop) on Flickr. Those are some big bows for some little flowers!