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 [...]
A beautiful little ogee print, pre-1950s, from the collection of RubyLemons on Flickr.
Vintage 1960s barkcloth (sold out) from Retro Age Vintage Fabrics.
An asymmetrical ogee design — barkcloth maybe? This one has been hanging out on my hard drive and I don’t know the source — sorry! If you recognize it, let me know.
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. Please add your own fabrics relating to the theme to the True Up and/or Vintage Fabric [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
A vaguely Pennsylvania-Dutch style diamond pattern from my own collection.
Now that we’ve seen block repeats and half-drops, let’s look the repeat typesinvolving interlocking shapes (also called diaper by some sources. Do they still use that term, or has it lost out completely to its more common and less sexy usage?) First up, diamond repeats, which is nothing more mysterious than a block repeat turned [...]
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 [...]
Vintage Red Flower Fabric from marjieww on Flickr. Can you find the repeat? More or less.
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