Rare vintage fabric with Rupert Bear design

A wonderful vintage fabric with the design of Rupert Bear. 

  I am told that this is a rare fabric design. I am thinking that it may have been designed by Alex Cubie in the mid 70's .The colours are slightly more vibrant than the earlier ones I've had before and the lines around the characters are bolder.

Measures 59cms x 52/50cms (23.2" x 20.5/19.7")  

Find it on Etsy

Victorian and early 20th century quilt fabric patches stashbags

I acquired an old patchwork quilt which although large was very damaged. As the designs were superb and very old we decided to unpick the quilt and save the good pieces.

The majority of the fabrics used in the quilt were Victorian but some were early 20th century. I think the quilt was made in the early 20th century using a mix of what was then old fabric and new ones.

I have washed all of the fabrics and bagged them up into stashbags containing 6 patches. These can be used for your sewing projects or retained as examples of designs from long ago.

Sewing to keep warm using vintage fabric.

 

I listed these pretty French fabrics on the website yesterday. 

 

If you want only smaller pieces of vintage fabrics for your projects or patchwork then why not look at the cariety of vintage fabric squares I have on the Rag Rescue website. You can pick and choose individual squares. At 40p, 50p and 60p for 4", 5", and 6" squares they are great value.

I just listed six more designs on the website today.

Enjoy sewing and keep warm, it's freezing here in Morecambe again today.