Daily Swatch: Mushrooms
Vintage mushrooms, from the collection of Katinkontti on Flickr. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Mushrooms Daily Swatch: Mushrooms Daily Swatch: Mushrooms Daily Swatch: Mushrooms Daily Swatch: Mushrooms
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Daily Swatch: Mushrooms
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. Mushrooms seem to me a strange motif to become as popular as it did in the 60s-70s. Veiled drug reference, [...]
Daily Swatch: Two Weeks of Green
Endle$$ $upply, from the collection of Giant Dwarf on Flickr. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Two Weeks of Green Daily Swatch: Two Weeks of Green Daily Swatch: Two Weeks of Green Daily Swatch: Two Weeks of Green Daily Swatch: Two Weeks of Green
Daily Swatch: Houses and Buildings
The City, probably a former pillowcase, from the collection of vasiliisa on Flickr. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Houses Daily Swatch: Houses and Buildings Daily Swatch: Houses and Buildings Daily Swatch: Houses and Buildings Daily Swatch: Cats
Daily Swatch: Houses
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. vintage house fabric, originally uploaded by Hillary Lang. This week’s theme: houses and buildings. This sweet folky print is from [...]
Daily Swatch: Words and Letters
WTF?, originally uploaded by calicoon. Oops! I realized I didn’t schedule this one properly so it didn’t make it up on Tuesday. Text beginning “once upon a time” floats behind images depicting Aesop’s fables (fox and grapes, tortoise and hare, etc.). The words disintegrate into unreadability — what an interesting design choice! Related posts: Daily [...]
Daily Swatch: Words and Letters
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. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Words and Letters Daily Swatch: Words and Letters Daily Swatch: Words and Letters Daily Swatch: Words and Letters Daily [...]
Daily Swatch: Words and Letters
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. Ink, pens, and ornate letters on colorful blocks, a corduroy print from the collection of Retro Age Vintage Fabrics on [...]
Daily Swatch: Rayon
Horses & carriage rayon, c.1950s, 42″ wide, $18/yard, from Antiquefabric.com. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Rayon Daily Swatch: Cross Stitch/Pixel Daily Swatch: Rayon Daily Swatch 5/1/08 Daily Swatch: Rayon
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