Birds and roses designed vintage fabrics at Rag Rescue.

Wonderful designs on these fabrics. I just love roses and birds.

You can see them in the 'larger fabrics' section at the Rag Rescue website

 

Have a lovely day.

Antique and vintage Chinese embroideries and Victorian fabric patches at the Rag Rescue website.

Yesterday the above Chinese embroidery pieces were listed on the website. They are ideal to adding as embellishments to pictures, bags, cushions and any of your sewing projects. You can either use the shape as it is or snip out the actual flowers and sew around them creating a unique piece of work. They are not expensive.

Today I've listed some more Victorian fabric patches from an old damaged quilt. The designs are just wonderful and can be used in so many ways. As they are Victorian, designers can use them for creating their owen designs based on these very old ones.

VINTAGE FABRIC SCRAPBAG DESIGN IDEAS

SO YOU HAVE INVITED GUESTS AROUND FOR AN INFORMAL BAR-B-QUE OR PICNIC.............

Why not make some unique napkin holders made from a Rag Rescue scrapbag.
Each scrapbag has four colour coordinated vintage fabrics each piece long enough for this idea. So simple, quick to make, cheap at £3.50 for 4 and will be a talking point for your friends.

Take each piece and join along the long sides with the reverse side of the fabric facing outwards. Measure the length you want for your napkin when folded, tuck in the ends and hand sew together. Iron flat.

You can decorate them with a bow made of ribbon (available also on the Rag Rescue site) or why not use a pretty button or buckle similar to the ones shown below.

This is just one way to make a napkin holder. You could edge the fabric with lace or rather than sewing the ends together, just tuck in and add your buttons or a lovely tassel., then tie around the napkin. Toilet roll centres covered with the fabric by glue make sturdy napkin holders. If you find them unhygienic just pop them in the microwave for 30 secs, a trick I learnt from my teaching days. You can add any embellishment you wish and there are plenty to choose from at the Rag Rescue site.

Make your Bar-B-Que or picnic special.