Nomey retro fabric - ebay

This one isn't my cup of tea - far too minimalist - but's it's retro nonetheless!

Apia...original?? Highly sought after if it is...

Scandinavian uber cool fabric...

A fab kitsch seagull fabric...

Have a gander at these crackin' retro fabrics! Nomey16 has been around quite a while on ebay and the fabrics are always very, very popular - even to fabric sellers who re-sell them at an exorbidant price! I have seen the fabrics get turned into fab wall art, used in cushions etc etc...and there's a great collection of them up at the moment...so I thought I'd best tell you about them while there's time to bid! Don't forget to check the postage rates for postage outside of the USA...

Funnily enough, we have the original print of this one now in stock - it's a new arrival and quite striking....it's called Cranes...



And we also have an original of this one below in an orange colourway (from memory...and with original tags attached, too)

Some shocking photos of vintage fabric new arrivals...

Beautiful 50's drapery fabric with vases and gold flex...

Sheridan bolt - stored badly so until I unwrap it all I have no idea how good or bad it all is!

Amazing 60's dot drapery/soft furnishing fabric on bolt...

Crappy photo of lovely atomic style sheer fabric - have no idea what era this was produced in...

Fab psychedelic semi sheer poly

Fab atomic block poly border print...has some marks so have to wash this one!

Fab fab fab trees! Grubby so also needs a wash...why don't people store their fabrics correctly - ugh!!!

A whopper of a find - undoubtedly a Sven Fristedt 60' original panel - we have two of these that are slowly being washed and ironed!

Bolt of retro purple and blue fabric...super cool!

Out of the 64 these were the closest to me to take shots of...some of them are true faves, though :) Ya gotta love Sven :)

Getting back into it...and vintage fabric...

A friendly peacock

The giant trout was a hit

I told you the Giant Trout was a hit

Hello all

Yes, I am kind of back. Gabriel has been with us for 12 days now - and, geez, is it easier the second time around! I don't know whether it's him - placid, sleepy, cooey etc etc - or the fact we're so blase with him compared to our first son. Whatever it is we're really enjoying ourselves, getting some decent sleep and now getting back into the swing of vintage fabric things...

Without counting our normal inventory (someday I realllly do have to take some shots of it for you - too much vintage fabric!), since I last booked in, we now have more than 64 new arrivals. Yes, 64 fabrics - just in a couple of weeks. I have booked a lot in to day and shall start to take photos tomorrow...so they are not far away!

I keep on telling myself once I finish the new arrivals I'll get to the old arrivals...when is that day coming, I ask you?????????????

I am mulling over the Etsy store inbetween feeding etc etc. I am thinking of making this our exclusive sale store - ie. sale yardage shall go in there, as will (perhaps) 1/2 to a metre of fabric from some bolts featured on the website. That way it gives buyers a good opportunity for a sale, a bargain price and I can up always upload at a stipulated time to give people an idea of when to look etc etc.

That way the website can be for the rest of our inventory etc etc. Another goal is to clear the sold fabrics out of the website - they are clogging up the system! That should be done in the next week or so...

Until we meet again...here are some classic photos from Melbourne Zoo. We drove to Melbourne today to have a day away from everything...and had a great time with all of the animals. The photos were all taken by our eldest son...he loves being in front and behind the camera!

If I can I'll post some photos of the new arrivals either tonight or tomorrow at the latest - although, they won't be far away from the website or Etsy anyway...

Gabriel

Vanessa asked I share this photo with you as some of you are eager to know of his arrival. We welcomed Gabriel into the world early on Sunday morning, 18 November 2007. He was a healthy nine pounds, one ounce and very eager to arrive! Everyone is over the moon and very well...Vanessa shall be back soon, she says!

Waiting, waiting...what is one to do????

These tags are made from (top to bottom) - 1960's Heals of London fabric and 60's couture fabric...

Special E Helenius Oy fabric - two sets done featuring the green and the yellow of the fabric...

Ye old 70's geometric fabric tags...

Hrumph. I am a tad over everything at the moment. I have been waiting for this baby to arrive for a long time now - ACK! Now eight days overdue and counting. Apart from getting rather impatient (am I? aren't I?) I am also getting very frustrated! I love working and doing new things but I can't seem to move the body nor the brain at the moment...

That being said I have been making little cards out of the offcuts I have. What do you think? Don't know what I will do with them - maybe people would like to buy them, have no idea. I have chosen weird and wonderful fabrics to make them out of, too - always best to be unique, I think.

And I can't wait to start putting my fabrics on to the website and in to the Etsy store - I've decided Etsy is really useful for small remnant pieces.

Anyhoo...off to watch some more HORRID daytime television and a chat with the baby to coax him out!!!

A new shop...now what to do?

A bunch of vintage fabrics - can't see a great deal but there are two beautiful old Sanderson samplers in there, a linen/cotton Jonelle piece (one of a few we got) and an original blue and black harlequin cotton - a super piece...

Yay! - rare matching 70's Rowe fabrics - super pieces and wonderful to have a part of that range...

Lovely 60's cotton pique...quite a strong design for this blue...

This photo is a close up - about a quarter of the width - super psychedelic fabric in pinks and pale orange...

Not quite sure on the date of this one - it's a cotton crepe (a lot of people call this barkcloth, but without the slubbiness) - unique tiki design...anyone seen this one before?

Lovely 70's cotton pique with such a sweet design...

At the moment we are just selling our fabrics through our website www.vintagefabrics.com.au and locally, of course. But I have gotten to thinking in recent weeks (yes, as if I haven't OTHER things to think about) that people who are just after single remnants or even smaller stash pieces are really missing out.

You see, to make the website fully functional to buyers, we have to attribute a percentage of the sale to postage. IE - customers spend $40 on fabrics in Australia and postage is 10% on top of that - $4. But how can this ratio work with smaller pieces when a thick barkcloth can cost $5 to post Australia-wide?? Hmmm...so I put my thinking cap on...

Etsy is that wonderul invention I hope overtakes the greedy ebay. It's a wonderful site, filled with beautiful things made from the heart. There is a section on the site for supplies so I have been thinking about offering our remnants on that site for anybody wishing to buy smaller pieces...it might turn into our sale store or remnant store - I haven't come to any conclusions yet...

Any ideas?

Justin got some lovely pieces from a local seamstress yesterday - have featured a few above for some eye candy...

Banned from my own blog!...but some sneak on the website...

1970's upholstery linen/cotton - last of a bolt

Original 1950's atomic amoeba fabric...oooh la la!

Organic geometric Versluys cotton - I love this design and it's the last piece we have...boo hoo!

As I am within four days of my due date my partner has duly put his foot down and removed my laptop from my eyesight...well, every now and then, anyway. Hrumpf. I get bored very easily - not even a good book is keeping my concentration at the moment and I suppose I am a little antsy with the impending arrival.

Every contraction...means labour...excitement...no other contraction...bah! That is what I am going through a zillion times a day!

HOWEVER...not to be deterred...I have sat at the laptop and popped some lovely vintage fabrics onto our website. Some of the pieces have been instock for years - and rarely offered for sale. The amoeba one is a perfect example of that - mainly due to it's rarity and amazing design for it's 1950's time. You can get atomic barkcloths (genuine vintage and repro) a dime a dozen (in fact - people are still selling the repros as vintage!!!) - the Kaufman fabric being a good example of these genre - but the original atomic amoebas are as rare as hen's teeth....BTW - when does a chook ever have a tooth???

I shall get on every now and then to keep abreast of things - sad I am missing my work, but there you go!

Lucienne Day textile heaven...for sale!

Lucienne Day - Too Many Cooks teatowel

Lucienne Day - Spectators fabric panel or by the metre

Lucienne Day - Provencal teal towel

Lucienne Day - Calyx fabric by the panel or by the metre. Amazingly, what looks to be an original piece was recently sold in Victoria, Australia - lucky some buyers knew what they were after and it went for a decent price. See the completed auction here.

Oh lordy....here I am at 5am with insomnia...and what do I do? Oh course I twiddle my thumbs in front of the computer and run around looking at internet sites I haven't come across before...

And what do I find?

The end of the rainbow....

Twenty Twenty One - a shop in England - sells reproduced Lucienne Day textiles online....and other gorgeous vintage and new bits and pieces - like the Stig Lin The site is a wonder...

Here's a direct link to their Lucienne Day textiles...I have featured some of their stock above...gorgeous, isn't it?

Lucienne Day has to be one of the most eminent textile designers you can collect. We have come across two of her pieces - one 4m piece went to the UK and was resold and we have another piece here - two pairs of cafe curtains. Used, but sublime...

As far as I know Lucienne Day is still alive and holds copyright on her textile designs. It is only recently reproductions have been authorised...I know of no 'fake' textiles produced in the UK or elsewhere....

Below - pottery cushion and lusgarden cushion by Stig Lindberg, also for sale on the website....