Do you have the perfect home for this little man?

There is a story to tell with this little man (the knitted version - not the two little human versions modeling him). But we don't want him - and I don't want to donate him to op shops and I don't want to throw him away, either. As you can see he is made beautifully - by a lovely old-timer lady :) - and he has lots of detail to his little radio and hamburger on his head. I don't know why he is carrying a plug or the plunger (I think that's what they are!)...maybe it's just an old-timer clown thing?

We are looking for a loving home for him. If you live in Australia and think you've got the right person to look after this wonderful little man, please leave a comment detailing why you would want him by this Friday 22 April and I'll get my boys to choose the winner. Postage is paid - all you have to do is hug him when he arrives :)

More news on us to come - I just wanted to get this post up today!

And the vintage fabric scrap pack winners are....drum roll!

And the first winner is.....Ruby-Jo! Congratulations!

Her commend: I love scrap fabric because well...I love fabric. Scrap fabric forces you to think of ideas that you might not have come up with if you had a large piece of it.

And the second winner is...jodesmac! Congratulations, too!

Her commend: I (particularly) love scrap (vintage) fabric because i make kids t-shirts with a vintage look. I love creating a little bit of nostalgia with just a little bit of fabric, it goodness and cuteness.

I shall get in touch with both of you to get your details - or, if you read this first, feel free to email us :) - we hope you love your scrap packs!

Last days to win vintage fabric!

Vintage scrap pack - sold out...

Just a quick blog today - sorry! I have tonnes to show you but not the time today - so I thought I would leave a friendly reminder to leave a comment to win a vintage fabric scrap pack here!

Inspiration Scrap Pack giveaway!

The lovely Pip from Meet Me at Mikes is having a wonderful week of happy thoughts and happy things - and what better way to be happy than by giving something away to make someone else happy! Phew - that was a mouthful...did it make sense?

We've decided to be a part of her giveaway central and would like to offer a lucky ready the chance to win one of our famous scrap packs. And we're offering two packs! Yes - that's right - two lucky readers have the chance to win one pack of 10 lovely vintage fabrics! For more info on our scrap packs see here.

To win one of these packs simply leave a comment to this post finishing the sentence "I love scrap fabric because...."

Giveaway closes Tuesday 1 December at around 8pm - good luck!

**Please note photo is not of actual scrap pack fabric :)

NOW CLOSED - THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN DRAWN - THANK YOU FOR LEAVING A WONDERFUL COMMENT!!

And the winner is....CITRUS DAISY!

I used random.org to select the winner of our $20 website credit giveaway - and I am very pleased to announce the winner is Citrus Daisy! Have you seen the lovely Citrus' blog? Lovely fabrics and creations...

Congrats, Citrus - we'll be in touch soon regarding your win!

$20 vintage fabric store credit - your chance to win!

Love vintage fabric? Love shopping with Retro Age? And love a good giveaway? Then this is the blog post for you!

We'd like to offer a AUD$20 store credit giveaway to all of our wonderful readers and customers. The $20 store credit will be valid until the end of 2009, so it'll cover some of those wonderful Christmas crafty ideas you're dreaming up. To get $20 to spend on any fabric available for sale on our website all you have to do is leave a comment to this post ending the sentence "My favourite thing is...."

This giveaway will finish next Wednesday 11 November at 8pm and it's open to everyone no matter where you are around the world! Good luck!

NOW CLOSED - WINNER ANNOUNCED THURDAY 12 NOVEMBER - GOOD LUCK!

Pink corduroy with velveteen feel - anyone want it?

This fabric doesn't really suit the Retro Age aesthetic but it's lovely fabric, nonetheless. We got it in an estate sale but I am thinking more modern - 80s, 90s?

It's not going on the website, but if anyone would like it let us know. It is 104cm wide x just over 2m long, super soft and medium weight - $15 including postage (it weighs almost 700g, so postage is the ye olde 3kg pre-paid satchel).

Announcing the winner of our store credit!

I used the wonderful Random.org and left it to the universe to choose a winner for our $20 store credit giveaway - and the lucky winner was Lea!

Lea said : i love vintage fabric because it inspires wonderment of what it might have been and who might have worn it.

Congratulations, Lea!



If you've got a couple of minutes read some of the wonderful responses to the line "I love vintage fabric because...." - they are all so special! Here are some below...

Carmel said: I love vintage fabric because it prompts threads of memories of a Marimekko-filled childhood.

Jenna Z said: I love vintage fabric because I get tired of seeing things made with the SAME fabrics that everyone can get at the quilt shop! Vintage fabrics are so unique because they are most likely the last few yards that have survived and you (YOU!) get to decide how to use it!

Miss Jane said: I love vintage fabric because it brings back such sweet memories of my groovy mum and aunties!

Nest said: I LOVE vintage fabric because it is both beautiful AND environmentally friendly. There is nothing more aesthetically pleasing than mid-century to 1970's prints. The bold patterns, the warm and rich colors, I love it all so much!

Anne said: I love vintage fabric because it reminds me of photos of my Mum way back when. How I wish she had kept some of that stuff.... Also reminds me of the crazy curtains we had that didn't match anything!

The line from Dixie is priceless:

I love vintage fabric because I was there and loved it when it was new!

So very true! It's a pertinent reminder that vintage was once new and highly sought after for break-through design - but I do think there is something wonderful about using something with a history...but that's just me!

Thank you for playing, everyone - stand by, as we've got some wonderful giveaways coming your way!

One of the lights of my life...

Retro Age Vintage Fabrics business cards...our individual style :)

It's been a funny ol' time around here of late. I am not working at my peak at the moment so Justin is running around like a mad-man keeping the household and the business ticking over. It included cooking his first lamb roast this weekend. And it was magnificent. Boo.

Things are a little topsy-turvy again thanks to my recent health. I am ever so hopeful this horrid 18-month run of ill health shall stop soon. Now I have a heart arrhythmia - a nigh on constant one that, while 'harmless', makes me feel totally ill. I am missing every third beat and the heart whacks around the chest cavity on the fourth beat, keen to pump the over supply of blood. I don't like living with the whacks. Much prefer the tick tock kinda stuff. So this weekend I started some hardcore drugs - beta blockers - to reduce my heart beat to control those bloody whacks. Hasn't worked yet - just made me feel even more horrid.

In a bid to get my mind 'off the whacks and the no tick tocks' I set about making our business card 'cards' today. It soothed me. It was fun. Logan has always been the type of child who likes to keep close to one of us. This afternoon he sat next to me making me cards to feel better. He presented me with the one below, ever so proudly, and I promptly burst into tears. It is the most wonderful, wonderful card I have ever received. It is staying with me forever.

Front:


Inside front:


Back (closed):


Inside back (flaps open):


His card was the perfect tonic I needed to get through a whacking afternoon. He is my perfect antidote to sadness and fear. And I didn't even bloody know he could write some of those words! His language skills are moving along in leaps and bounds - for a six-year-old I am told he's tracking much higher...(insert proud Mum)...

And to cheer me up I am looking forward to giving away $20 of website credit to some lucky duck out there! If you haven't left a comment yet you have until Thursday to! Good luck!

PS. Have a wonderful, wonderful week, everyone! May the sun shine in your world...

$20 vintage fabric store credit - your chance to win!

Love vintage fabric? Love shopping with Retro Age? And love a good giveaway? Then this is the blog post for you!

We'd like to offer a AUD$20 store credit giveaway to all of our wonderful readers and customers. The $20 store credit will be valid until the end of 2009, so it'll cover some of those wonderful Christmas crafty ideas you're dreaming up. To get $20 to spend on any fabric available for sale on our website all you have to do is leave a comment to this post ending the sentence "I love vintage fabric because...."

This giveaway will finish next Thursday 17 September and it's open to everyone no matter where you are around the world! Good luck!

NOW CLOSED - CONGRATS, LEA! We'll have another giveaway very soon...

Sunday giveaway 24 May - now up!

The Sunday giveaways have been a blast - and they continue with another four today! However - the format has changed. Still free stuff - but instead of now offering it through the blog and getting myself all confused with addresses and payments etc I have now popped them all up on a new website category called 'Sunday Giveaways'. We have some satin (above) on offer...



And some antique Aussie fur (I think??) - I am no fur expert, sorry - but they are super soft and gorgeous and even though I am anti-fur I thought someone may like to use these in some craft etc??? I would hate to throw them away :(...we estimate the pieces to be around 1930s to 1940s...





We also have two vintage embroidered baby pillowcases - so darling! Amazing embroidery, too...



And lastly we got this lovely old nylon trim from a lady I used to go to school with and who is now one of Melbourne's (Australia??) most fab 50s style dress designers/makers...it needs to find a trim loving home!

All of the Sunday giveaways are here. Enjoy - and good luck!

Sunday giveaway #5 - modernist mono splash fabric

Last giveaway for the day - the pink trim I took some shots of will have to wait for next week!. This giveaway is for a modern cotton with a fantastic large scale black and what BURST design. It just flies right out at you!
The piece measures 108cm wide x 120cm long.



As with all of our giveaways - this fabric is free but you must pay for the postage/packaging for it to get to you - just $3.50 for the fabric within Australia. You can pay via direct deposit or Paypal.

To win it be the first to leave a comment and then email us at vintagefabricsatgmaildotcom with your payment preference and your Paypal email for us to invoice you (if that is your payment preference)...good luck!

TAKEN - THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

Sunday giveaway #4 - retro 70s patchwork quilt top

This giveaway is for a retro kitsch patchwork quilt top - we are selling it as was found in an estate - sewn, but unfinished. All it needs is batting/wadding and a base and you'd have a fabulous quilt straight from the 1970s!



It looks to be a small single bed size, measuring 88cm wide x 216cm long. All of the fabrics are cotton.



As with all of our giveaways - this quilt top is free but you must pay for the postage/packaging for it to get to you - just $7.00 for the quilt within Australia. You can pay via direct deposit or Paypal.

To win it be the first to leave a comment and then email us at vintagefabricsatgmaildotcom with your payment preference and your Paypal email for us to invoice you (if that is your payment preference)...good luck!

Sunday giveaway #3 - mint 70s cotton pillowcases

This is the second set of pillowcases we're giving away today. They were also wrapped in a sheet set - we shall be listing the sheets on our website at a later date.



They have never been used and still have their original folds. They measure 72cm x 46cm and there are two pillocases - they're all cotton, too!



As with all of our giveaways - these pillowcases are free but you must pay for the postage/packaging for them to get to you - just $3 for the pillowcases within Australia. You can pay via direct deposit or Paypal.

To win them be the first to leave a comment and then email us at vintagefabricsatgmaildotcom with your payment preference and your Paypal email for us to invoice you (if that is your payment preference)...good luck!

TAKEN - THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

Sunday giveaway #2 - mint 70s cotton pillowcases

These pillowcases were part of a wrapped sheet set we have in stock - we are just about to put the sheets up on the website but I thought the pillowcases would make a lovely giveaway!



They have never been used and are still in their original fold. They measure 72cm x 46cm and there are two pillowcases...pure cotton, too.



As with all of our giveaways - these pillowcases are free but you must pay for the postage/packaging for them to get to you - just $3 for the pillowcases. You can pay via direct deposit or Paypal.

To win them be the first to leave a comment and then email us at vintagefabricsatgmaildotcom with your payment preference and your Paypal email for us to invoice you (if that is your payment preference)...good luck!

TAKEN - THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

Sunday giveaway #1 - darling floral quilt

Our first giveaway for today is a darling quilt that would be perfect for a cot or as a playmat. We didn't make this - it arrived as part of a collection as is. Have no idea of era of manufacture...sorry! - could be modern or vintage.



It measures around 100cm x 100cm and is filled with wadding. As per all of our giveaways the quilt is free but you have to pay for postage/packaging. In Australia this is $6.50.



The first to leave a message gets the quilt - that's how easy our giveaways are!

Four more giveaways coming today - including mint old pillowcases and a retro 70s quilt top...

TAKEN - THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

Giveaway #4 - dusky pink 180cm cotton

I have no idea when this one was manufactured - could be a modern reprint or a 70s cotton. It is a dark dusky pink base with tiny blue and yellow buds with green foliage. Very sweet. Quilting weight.



The fabric measures 88cm wide x 180cm long. Photos show half of the fabric width and a close up. This is a giveaway - the fabric is free but there is a charge for postage/packaging. For Aussies this is $3. You can pay via Paypal or direct deposit.

First person to leave a comment gets this sweet fabric! Please also then email us at vintagefabricsatgmaildotcom with your payment preference and address...thank you!

This is the last giveaway for tonight - I overshot myself and just can't get the fifth up! Better next week, I promise :)

TAKEN - THANK YOU!

Giveaway #3 - two shabby crochet style pillow cases

As you can see these are lovely but just not our style! This giveaway is for two off-white/cream shabby pillowcases. The face is a crochet (machine or handmade I have no idea - I know nothing about this type of craft!) and the pillowcases are cotton.



It could be the crochet face has been machined onto a pillowcase backing? As you can see, the effect is lovely...very homely indeed! Each measures 42cm x 62cm.



We are going to be giving away a lot of stock and even though we'd love to cover the postage we can't! - sorry. If you would like these pillowcases postage/packaging for Aussies is $6.00 (they are too thick for letter rate). You can pay via direct deposit or Paypal if you'd like...

First person to leave a comment gets these fab pillowcases! Please also then email us at vintagefabricsatgmaildotcom with your payment preference and address...thank you!

TAKEN - THANK YOU!

Giveaway #2 - vintage fruit and flower cotton - 132cm long

This is our second giveaway for today. It's a vintage light cotton featuring fruit and floral clusters. The photos show half of the width and a close up. Predominant brown, orange and dusky pink colourway. The fabric measures 108cm wide x 132cm long.



We would love to be able to offer all of this stock and also cover the postage costs but we can't. This item is available to anyone, anywhere but please note there are postage/packaging costs. This item will cost $4.00 to send Australia-wide - the fabricis free! Direct deposit or Paypal is fine. If you live outside of Australia postage charges will be determined after you have left your comment.

First person to leave a comment gets the fabric!

SOLD - THANK YOU!