Jenny writes: One of the major fabric stores in Denver used to have large bins of fabric that you could buy by the pound. Some of the fabric included remnants from the yardage they sold, but sometimes there was just scraps and pieces of older and vintage fabrics, as you might find from a thrift [...]
Today, B is for Blue … Jenny writes: I wish I had more than three-quarters of a yard of this daisy print as I would definitely make a skirt from this. Related posts: Daily Swatch: Roy G. Biv with Guest Curator Jenny (Blempgorf) Daily Swatch: Roy G. Biv With Guest Curator Jenny, From Blempgorf Daily [...]
Today, it’s G for green … Jenny writes: I think this one might be from the 1970s – a parade of pink elephants and their balloons! Related posts: Daily Swatch: Roy G. Biv With Guest Curator Jenny (Blempgorf) Daily Swatch: Roy G. Biv With Guest Curator Jenny, From Blempgorf Daily Swatch: Roy G. Biv with [...]
Today it’s Y for Yellow … Jenny writes: A map print – I only have a set of small rectangles of this print, found in a $2 bag of scraps at an antique mall. I love the whale. I saw a yard of this fabric at a quilt show for $75 – sparking a new [...]
Today it’s O for Orange … Jenny writes: This is one of those prints that I am hoarding for just the perfect project. The hexagons are about an inch and a half wide. I’m not sure of the era, but it seems like the kind of fabric that one of my grandmas might have had [...]
This week it’s a Roy G. Biv theme with guest curator Jenny from the blog Blempgorf. I’ve long been an admirer of Jenny’s quilting and vintage fabric collection … we’ve remarked more than once that we seem to have the same exact tastes. She’s been writing Blempgorf since May 2005. You can also find her [...]
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