Fabric finds

Good thing there was an extra hour this weekend. I'm expecting some family members to arrive this week, and I really wanted to get all that fabric from Friday's sale sorted and put away. Here are two prints I like - a crazy fruit print, and some charming peppermint stripes.

I loved this piece so much I ironed it for you.

Of the 11 boxes I brought home, the equivalent of one was stuff to donate or throw out. I could fill another box with the kind of fabrics I love, and another with older fabrics that are really nice, homespuns and such. That left eight boxes - and I don't know how many yards - of fairly recent cotton prints for quilting. You know how you see listings on eBay selling fabric by the pound? That will be what I'm doing after Christmas. There's nothing wrong with the fabric - it's practically new, never used, neatly folded and sorted by color - but it's nothing I'll ever use. (And I managed to squeeze it into four boxes, now in the attic.)

This is much more to my liking. (You can tell my interest in ironing was short lived.)

This orange fabric wants to be made into a vintage Halloween costume with black ruffles. Not to wear, but to display.

Some of the older fabrics - pre-1930, but that's about as far as my expertise goes. I just ordered a book that includes, among other things, a guide to dating fabric by its width. I find that kind of thing riveting. These fabrics are quite narrow, in the 24 to 30 inch range.

Some of the feedsacks, not my favorites.

Some of the feedsacks that are my favorites. (Martha, you know me well!)

Pretty aqua feedsacks. (I have pieces of the pattern on the right in a medium blue - kind of fun to find it in another color combination.)

This is about the cutest thing ever - a feedsack printed with rows of curtains. What was even cuter were the curtains made from this print that were in the same box - a little bit faded, but still in good enough shape to think at least briefly about redecorating an entire room around them.

The only thing that could possibly be better than that previous feedsack is that feedsack in red.

This print was worthy of ironing, too.

I could take pictures of it all day.

This could get annoying, so I'll stop. Also, I've got something else to do. Now that the fabric's sorted, there's the matter of a season's worth of Christmas ornaments to sort.




 

 

 

Comments

[Renee]

I am giddy just sharing in the gorgeousness of this fabric. Sweet, simple, detailed pure cotton. Why on earth did they mess things up? Thanks for sharing...smiles...Renee

[Martha]

I am drooling here -- seriously. Love the florals, and that curtain fabric is amazing, but my favorite is the darling toy print which could have been the subject of an entire post. I just hope you have enough of that one to feel comfortable selling a little piece.

[Brenda Weed]

LOVE all the old fabrics! I have quite a collection myself...wish I lived closer to you...it would be fun to see them in person! I make patterns and kits with old fabrics. I'm planning on having them for sale on Etsy before long. Which do you prefer...Ebay or Etsy?

Brenda...the Farmer's Dotter

[Maureen]

Fabulous fabric. Those curtain ones, pure perfection!
Maureen

[Kathy]

I'm curious about the book your ordered. Please tell more when it arrives. I keep hearing about feedsack cloth and have no clue how to tell if fabric was once a feedsack or not.

[laurie magpie ethel]

Wonderful fabric followed by sorting vintage ornaments...how can life get much better?

[Jenny Sellars]

oh oh oh oh! I am lusting after the red curtain print fabric!

[Joy]

Love all the gingham. My Mom is a quilter and collects vintage fabrics. Unfortunately, she recently had hand surgery and hasn't been able to quilt lately but I know she would be impressed by your collection!

[Jenifir]

If I had those fabrics around me I would not get anything done. I would just sit a look at them, unfold and fold them again and smooth them out. I am impressed that you were able to sort.