Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Vintage Thingie Thursday: Vintage Fabric Scraps & Ironic Twist

Welcome everyone to Vintage Thingies Thursday. If you have a love for vintage things, well....you have come to the right place. We have a "dog-gone" good time each and every week!!!
If you are new to this party, please take the time to
read and follow the instructions for participating in Vintage Thingies Thursday, click HERE. I try and keep things fairly simple, so please make sure you follow the instructions. Please only ONE link per week. Lastly, if you link in, LINK back to my blog, so everyone can see all of the vintage goodies being showed that day. If you don't link back here, they won't know who to visit......thanks so much.

This week, I want to share with you some of my vintage fabric squares I received from my shameful begging from THIS post. I have to say, I have been amazed at the generosity and different fabric scraps that have come my way. It has been so much fun, I can not say that enough. (Please click the photos to make them bigger and see the details on the fabrics.)


Here are some of the vintage fabric scraps that were sent to me by a blogging friend. I was so excited to discover this package of vintage gems. I love the blue fabric with the little bird and the brown fabric in the middle, very 1960's.

Here are some more from the same package. Look  at that vintage Mickey and Minnie fabric...oh, what treasures! All so different and oh, so special.

On Sunday evening, my Aunt LaVoice came over and brought me a sack of fabric scraps from her sweet little neighbor who lives across the street. Her name is Joyce, and we have known her for many, many years. Bless her heart, Joyce was sweet enough to send me some of her fabric scraps for my quilt. These are some of the prints she sent me. ALL vintage treasures. Just look at that adorable red fabric with the black chickens....it is so sweet....just like Joyce herself! But the real swatch to pay attention to is the one at the top.

On Monday, the postman delivered six packages to me from blogging friends from near and afar. I received 3 from out of the country and 3 from the USA. I was so excited I did not pay too close attention to what fabric came from which envelope......all I could think of was cutting them into 2 inch squares. I soon discovered this scrap of fabric in the pile I was cutting...I stopped....looked at it and thought, "I have seen this before"....then I remembered where.


What are the chances do you suppose of having a friend donate a true vintage fabric to your project and the very NEXT day, get the same pattern which happens to be the VINTAGE REPRODUCTION FABRIC to the very same project. I could not believe it.

I believe things happen for a reason, but I am still amazed by this. I have received hundreds of different prints, all different and then this like print happens to come to me. Amazing I say. And....if this print was in your envelope....please let me know.....I really want to take note of who sent this fabric. I have the envelopes separated from the others that I received on Monday....but I want to be sure. Excitement sometimes does get the best of me.

Now the question I pose to you is this...do you think I should sew these together as they are in the quilt, side by side, or do you think I should mix them up in the 4000 plus different fabrics in the quilt? What are your thoughts.

It is ironic how things come together sometimes, and this project is no exception. I have more very special stories to share about this quilt project and the fabric that has been sent to make this project a reality. Those stories will be coming in the future, I hope you will be interested in reading them.

Have a great Vintage Thingie Thursday everyone and a wonderful weekend.



38 comments:

  1. I love your vintage fabrics! How fun. I would put them apart but near each other! I have small envelope of scraps my Mom gave me to send to you! Nothing vintage I'm afraid...Love the Micky and Minne scraps also!

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  2. That is totally amazing to me too! How fun is that! Your vintage squares will look wonderful with the modern and newer fabrics, what a great mix this will be! Lots of added interest! Loved the fact you shared with us!

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  3. I would put them apart but near also.

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  4. Hello Suzanne, Thank You for hosting once again today. Have a great VTT. Julian

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  5. Bloggers are just so generous, that part does not amaze me. I love the story of these two fabrics, though, that is very cool. I'd go with the women who commented before me, not right next to each other but close.

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  6. Hi Suzanne, What a treasure this quilt will be. I would also mix up the pieces. Are you going to make more than one quilt? 4,000 different pieces...amazing.

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  7. hi suanne, love the fabric did you get enough yet?
    I see a few of what i sent, it was fun looking at all my old fab, forgot I had most of it, still more in the attic, that i will go thru next spring when i get back from fl.
    have a great day
    donna

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  8. I agree they are marvelous and the story of the two swatches is great. You are a whizz to be able to do such a wonderful art as quilting. I agree put them apart but within a pattern that shows them both. Will be very interesting to see how you use them. Thanks for hosting VTT. Blessings
    VTT

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  9. How cool to have received vintage fabric and the reproduction fabric both. If it were me, I probably wouldn't put them side by side, but it might be neat to have them in the same general area. :-)

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  10. How fun! Bloggers are just the most generous souls. Can't wait to see your wonderful project, Suzanne.

    Personally, I think I would put the vintage and repro pieces in different areas, but in somewhat close proximity to one another.

    Thanks for hosting the fun!
    Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
    http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com

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  11. What a fabulous idea, Suzanne..and how gorgeous are all those fabrics!! i love the original & the repro! i love scrappy quilts and i know yours is going to be gorgeous!

    btw remember how you drooled over my vintage sheets fq swap?? keep an eye out for a little surprise package heading your way :) x

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  12. Suzanne, How generous of everyone to send you these fabric squares. I am looking forward to seeing what you create with them. Thanks for hosting.
    xo, Sherry

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  13. Love the old fabrics, and glad to see them remake some of the old patterns!

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  14. What fun prints, you will have fun with those.
    I tend to group my fabrics by styles and use them together.

    Debbie

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  15. Is that cool or what!!! Who would ever dreamed the same pattern. Lucky you. Your Aunt LaVoice is so sweet to bring you those. Can't wait to see the finished product.
    Ann

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  16. CL - You have some amazing friends. Now, my friends would be happy to accept fabric from me, but I can guarantee you, they would not want to contribute to me. I guess that says a lot doesn't it??

    I really love the vintage fabrics and how neat to have received the reproduction fabric to one of the vintage ones. Good luck on this project, it seems like a huge undertaking!!

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  17. Thank you for hosting! That is cool about your fabric!

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  18. Suzanne, I literally just picked up a book about making cute stuff from scraps today! I wish I had your little stash. Happy VTT!

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  19. Love the old fabrics,
    have a wonderful day!

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  20. Thanks for the fun time at Vintage thingies! I will be back as I have lots of them.;o)

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  21. What a beautiful blog! And your dogs are just adorable! Thank you for hosting such a pretty party, I have placed your button on my page, and hope to participate as often as I can. tami from the high street cottage

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  22. Great fabrics. Of course, I could never share my vintage fabrics. I don't think I would put the vintage piece and the reproduction piece side by side. Maybe corner to corner...

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  23. I can't wait to see you 'international' quilt.

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  24. What fun to receive all this fabric!! Love seeing it. I would mix them all together...it would be hard for me to do anyother way..always second guessing myself that one was too close/too far from another LOL
    Have fun!
    *hugs*dec

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  25. Hi Suzanne,

    Wow, I can't believe the generosity of people out in blogland! What wonderful pieces you have received. The quilt is going to be beautiful!

    Debbie

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  26. Indeed strange things do happen. Who would ever dream a piece of fabric half round the world would match one from here. Weird! Joyce was very pleased you shared what little she gave you. Too, that it was being shown all across the country. She was pleased and could not get over all the fabric you had been sent. I see you in two weeks.

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  27. This is so sweet! You are so blessed. I do miss stopping by but was having trouble with my photos posting so could not participate. I am working on moving photos and files so...I truly love iy here. Thanks for sharing.Ane

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  28. what a great collection of vintage fabrics and so generous of bloggers to share....I would not mix the vintage and repros.....amazing about how you got a vintage and repro of the same design

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  29. Hi Suzanne, I love this post and your wonderful response of fabric coming your way. The tree fabric old and new is a great story. This is a great blogger response and it shows how much blogger love there is out there.

    I have been on a short blogging break because of a five day Camera club get-to-gather in our home last week. Check Weds. post. Then yesterday my sisters came over so we could celebrate my birthday. We drove 70 miles to a place called Pigeon Forge for lunch and outlet shopping. We has a blast. Anyway, I am back and catching up with my blogging friends. That would be you. I can't wait to hear more about this quilt. I don't have any suggestions for your pattern. I know you will make it wonderful.

    Have fun with all of that fabric.
    Hugs, Jeanne

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  30. Wow, I love all the scraps you have. Amazing that you received a vintage and repro for the same project. I would keep the two fabrics close together, but not right next to each other. I love scrappy quilts!

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  31. I could have sworn I already left a message on your post, but I see that It is not here... wonder what I did? Anyway, you have received some really fun fabrics! Did the box from me arrive?

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  32. So glad that you are working on your quilt project. I hope my bundle made it there. I would put the two pieces in different places, maybe even opposite of each other. Just my thoughts.

    Jocelyn
    http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com/

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  33. Fantastic collection of fabrics. LOL at the original vintage and then repro fabric you got...that is a true treasure.

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  34. Thank you for popping in for tea! and your comment. Hope you come by again soon.
    Blessings, Pam

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  35. Such beautiful material. I wonder, have you received mine yet?

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  36. I love that vintage one. Wouldnt it be cool to have a mirror image of old and new on a quilt. (Just dreaming here)

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  37. so amazing! I love that you have the vintage fabric and the reproduction fabric! It would be good to have them near each other so that you wouldn't have to hunt for them.

    Fun!!!!
    Blessings & Aloha!

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