Today I visited an amazing shop that specializes in retro look and actual vintage fabrics and wallpaper. It's called FlashBack and it's situated on High Street Northcote. I found it hard to restrain myself but I bought just one piece of fabric, pictured HERE (if I have you added as a FaceBook friend).
Do you like using vintage fabrics and if so where do you buy them?
I've bought quite a few retro-style fabrics recently - to make into wall art and get rid of the big white box effect most of our rooms still have. I got some lovely chocolate 'jewel mobile' by alexander henry and stretched it over canvas and thats now on our bedroom wall. I like a lot of the michael miller fabrics too - i have a boho chic wetbag for my naps.
Have to admit i'm really into moda fabric at the moment - they aren't really retro the ones i have but i love them - i'm making Isla a patchwork quilt out of the 'candy kisses' range - ill post a photo once it's finished.
So who get's the the jammies out of that lovely fabric Bath - will W and N fight it out? :-)
Julie x
Last edited by PlonkeeMumma; October 13th, 2009 at 09:57 PM.
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LOL I'll get my mum to make about a size 6 pair Julie... 6yo will get it first... 3yo doesn't mind wearing hand me downs There might be a little bit left to make something small like a pencil case for me... might have a go at covering it in clear plastic to make it last IYKWIM? I have a tote made of a retro piece of fabric covered in clear plastic... works well.
I love reproduction fabrics, I've got a huge stash of civil-war era reproduction fabrics (just lurrrrve the restrained colours combined with the most amazing array of tidy patterns) and several quilt ideas percolating for them. I also like the 1930s style stuff - those wild colours are great -but they really don't match anything in my house so I've not gone there. Picked up some great vintage pieces on ebay (america) and my favorite is a quilt top pieced out of real feedsack cloth, in gorgeous condition, complete with appalacian dust! LOL
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There might be a little bit left to make something small like a pencil case for me... might have a go at covering it in clear plastic to make it last IYKWIM? I have a tote made of a retro piece of fabric covered in clear plastic... works well.
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