Vintage Fabric Love : Man eating...

This is a very cute piece we have had for a long time - we have sold the bolt and now we just have a little remnant for ourselves. I just adore it. This is a close up of one of the characters on the piece...

Vintage Fabric Love : Fabric names and terms 1947

These terms have been taken from my American Fabrics 1947 issue two magazine...this is just the start! Some very interesting pieces here...so much to learn about vintage fabric!

Above: Okay - can someone please tell me when denim was used in furniture...I had no idea!



Above: I am currently researching cretonne - more information and photos on this coming soon...cretonne for beach wear??



Above: Crepe was huge in the 1940s - it's nice to know crepe is the correct term!



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Above: I can't believe they put this in the listing, but it's interesting to note. I love the 'it's use is implied by the term' - quite hilair....



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Above: Could the real barkcloth please stand up - and here it is...bark crepe!



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Above: What on earth is extract wool...cow hair (gosh - how long is it?), mungo and noil? Much research needed here...



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Vintage Fabric Love : 1947 : Tina Leser, Vera Maxwell & Pauline Trigere

These little pieces are from the Summer 1947 American Fabrics magazine. I love the reference to the 1800s and the fact that the 1940s modern woman is really, in the essence, no different to us.

Vintage Fabric Love - 1947 - fabric swatches

Did I tell you I have become a student again this year? Yep, well, I have. I am studying Ness' Bachelor of Modern Textile History. Well - I would be if such a course existed. But I can't find one, so I am creating my own. One of my first stops is my American Fabrics collection and I am currently on Volume 3, 1947.

In my time researching fabric and textile I am learning so much it's not funny. More to come on that over time (such as the correct name for 'barkcloth'). For now, these photos of tiny swatches from  1947 are here for your casual viewing...



Above: Well, this looks interesting. Rabbit hair. Hmmm - could I wear rabbit hair in this day and age? Perhaps not, I am thinking - although I do love a bit o' bling fabric like the one above.



Above: Nutria? What on earth is nutria? Mink I know - but nutria sounds like a facial cream. So I had to look it up. Oh goody - it's a river rat...how not lovely.



Above: This little piece caught my eye. How is that dainty bird design? Just gorgeous. So of that period.

I have a lot more prettiness to show you in the weeks ahead...stand by!

xNess