A tradesman's sample of Vintage French floral fabric.

Vintage French linen fabric with a colourful design.

Looking at the pinked edges I think it could have been a tradesman sample.

Measures 40cms x 38cms (15.7" x 14.9"

You can buy it in my etsy shop

Vintage fabric, English,deer,rabbits, birds and flowers - TS10

Now in my etsy shop

http://www.etsy.com/shop/RagRescue

I just adore this fabric with its colourful flowers and cute animals. The design is so unusual with the deer and rabbits running through the mass of flowers with the bird watching.

 The fabric is a textured linen and is very strong, ideal for a cushion front, a bag front or for other crafting, sewing uses.

 I think this piece must have been part of a curtain as there seems to have been a hem at the bottom as there is a fold line which I am sure could be ironed out. There is also a line of tiny stitch holes left by a needle, which can be seen on the photo's. Once again these should disappear with further steaming.

 The fabric measures 76cms/29.9" x 46cms/18.1"

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Vintage flower corsages in silk, velvet and feathers at Rag Rescue website

Lovely silk and feather vintage corsages today at the Rag Rescue website - www.ragrescue.co.uk

Flower girl designed French vintage fabric pieces

Three pieces of French vintage fabric with designs of flower girls.

These are superb designs of a girl with her basket of flowers standing in the centre of a circle of daisy flowers.

They would look superb framed or in various projects.

More vintage fabric on the Rag Rescue website today.

Off to take mum for her sigmoidoscopy this afternoon. Been up all night giving her the prep. Hopefully we will know what's wrong with her by this evening, just hope it is good news.

I've listed four more beautiful vintage fabrics onto the Rag Rescue website today.

Here they are.

Antique whitework embroidery samples at Rag Rescue

Dreadful weather here in Morecambe today. Rain, rain and more rain. I suppose that we should be grateful for small mercies and glad that we aren't in Australia with the shocking fires. I hope my customers in NSW are safe, we are thinking of you.

Here are some Antique whitework embroidery samples for you to have a look at. I listed them on the site this morning. They look great added to journals, bags, pillows, cushions and any of your projects.

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SALE DAY TOMORROW, 25% OFF EVERY ITEM IN THE 'VINTAGE GOODS' CATEGORY AT RAG RESCUE

I am creating a new listing regime as from this coming week. This is due to the fact that because I have so much stock, I need to reduce it.
I will only be listing new stock on Sunday's Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays until at least after Christmas.
There is however, some good news for you.
Every week there will be a one day 25% off SALE in a particular category. Each week the day will change and so will the category.

SALE DAY THIS WEEK IS MONDAY 12th AUGUST. 

TOMORROW
25% OFF EVERY ITEM IN THE 'VINTAGE GOODS' CATEGORY.
You can find the vintage goods category at
http://www.ragrescue.co.uk/products.php?rag=0&category=cgoods
 

The photo's show just a few items from the 'Vintage Goods' category.
  EVERYTHING WITHIN THIS CATEGORY WILL BE ON SALE

Beautiful vintage fabric flower corsages

More beautiful vintage flower corsages are being listed on the Rag Rescue website today.

Wear them on your dress or coat, add them to your hat or they would look great as a parcel decoration for your special friend or family member.

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1930/40s flower corsages at the Rag Rescue website today

Today I have listed some beautiful 1930/40's vintage flower corsages.
These vintage flower corsages would look great at any special occasion.

Add it to your jacket, hat, bag, but wear it with pride.

Vintage French fabric at Rag Rescue website today

Pretty French fabric to cheer us all up.
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Now on the website

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French vintage floral fabrics at the Rag Rescue website today

After spending two weeks washing and ironing, measuring and listing the vintage fabrics which arrived from France a few weeks ago, they are now ready to list on the Rag Rescue website over the next four weeks.

If you look on the website today your will see that the first four pieces of French vintage fabric have been listed. Lovely floral fabrics in good condition.

Vintage flowers at Rag Rescue website today

 

Lovely vintage flowers today at the Rag Rescue website

Hand made felted sewing case with rag Rescue embellishments

I thought I would show you this felted sewing case that I have made. Apart from the hand made felt, everything else is sourced from Rag Rescue.

I have now made it available for sale on my Etsy shop so you can find it at

FELTISSIMO ETSY SHOP

A very special sewing case made from hand made felt and embellished with lace, beads, vintage flowers, motifs and Rococo ribbon roses.
The flower shaped case has been made in four individual section which are tied together at the top with antique ivory silk ribbon. When the ribbon is untied the four section fall down to display four pockets holding a variety of vintage sewing equipment. The pockets have been made using French vintage fabric. The pockets hold a packet of vintage needles, some mending thread, a strip of Glamour buttons, four card reels of sewing silks, ribbon and lace.

Vintage fabric squares into fabric flowers.

Today the above vintage fabric squares will be listed at the
RAG RESCUE WEBSITE

Fabric squares have many uses from quilting, card making, journals to a whole variety of sewing ideas.
Below you can see how one lady has made her fabric squares into flowers to give a new lease of life to a cardigan. Added along side felted flowers the cardigan develops colour and texture.
You can find a brilliant tutorial  at
http://tearosehome.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/tutorial-she-wears-flowers.html

It's another dreary day here in Morecambe, I just hope you have more sunlight.
Enjoy the day.

Say it with flowers tomorrow at Rag Rescue

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VINTAGE FABRIC STASH BAGS GALORE

Another week of vintage fabrics at

RAG RESCUE WEBSITE

Tomorrow Monday 2nd November begins with 10 lovely vintage fabric stash bags, each containing 20 pieces of fabric off-cuts plus some lovely larger pieces of French red toile fabric.

Sorry for not posting for the last couple of days but I've not been 100%. First of all was the visit to the physio and although he was a very dishy man who instilled lots of confidence in me he has suggested that I have 3 cortisone injections into the shoulder joint, plus acupuncture, which I asked for. I managed to heal my last frozen shoulder with just acupuncture and exercises but as this one is the dominant shoulder he thinks it would be more sensible to have the cortisone injections. I am very reluctant to use cortisone and am wavering now as to whether or not to have the injections.

The second thing to happen was that I got an abscess on one of my molars and after suffering all week I finally got an emergency appointment and the dentist took the tooth out, with a great deal of trouble I might add. I thought she was pulling the inside of my head out. Still it is healing now so I'm almost back to 100%.

Anyway, if you are after vintage fabric off-cuts to increase your stash or are looking for vintage fabric squares, you will find a large number being listed this week.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The earth laughs in flowers.”

 E. E. Cummings

VINTAGE FABRICS - LOOKING FOR FLOWERS?

 Rag Rescue's special scrapbags, being listed tomorrow Friday October 30th at 7am GMT

at

RAG RESCUE WEBSITE

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”

 Henri Matisse

Brighten up your mood with flowers

Pile up the squares.

More squares listed tomorrow morning at 7am GMT

I love flowers even more so now that my garden is so small. I try to plant as many as I can and fill the house with the sweet smelling flowers of the season.

Even though the weather is warm for the time of year we still know that just around the corner the cold Winter looms.

One way to cheer up the home in Winter is not only to fill it with blooms but also to create home accessories with flower patterns that remind us of warmer days.

I've been thinking about flowers rather a lot lately, probably because most of the fabrics I buy are floral. It has let me into looking up quotes that are about flowers and I've decided that I will close each blog I write with a 'flower or fabric' related quote to cheer everyone up this Autumn and coming Winter.

“Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the water of adversity and grief.”

VINTAGE FABRICS - AUTUMNAL FLOWERS AND ANIMALS

These fabrics came from a 1940's curtain that was damaged along the edges and faded in parts. I managed to save many of these wonderful flowers and animals. Don't you just love the animals? I think the reindeer is my favourite what with Christmas looming on the horizon.

All being listed on the RAG RESCUE website tomorrow morning. It is a good job that my new listings go online automatically as I wouldn't have liked to get up at 7am tomorrow morning as it is my birthday, but I'm not sure if I really want to be another year older. Still they say that you are only as old as you feel.

If you are looking for a great day out on either the either 6th or 7th October then

FOLLOW THE SWALLOW

TO THE LINCOLNSHIRE SHOWGROUND FOR THE

ANTIQUES AND HOME SHOW

WE WILL BE THERE.

1930'S VINTAGE FABRIC PATCHWORK PATCHES

Well the garden has had a good watering my mother nature, so much so, that everthing looks a little dashed. The two thunderstorms we have just experienced over the last hour created torrential rain storms. Still I'm sure everything will feel the better for it even if I have to stake a few plants up. It is at times like these that I thank my lucky stars that I only have a small walled garden. Most of the time I miss the wonderful gardens I had when I lived in Rugby.

Well tomorrow I am starting to list some patches that I found in the patchwork and quilting treasure boxes, I talked about earlier last week.
I have left a good turn over so that they can be stitched onto your projects.
These 16 patches are from the 1930's and contain some wonderful floral fabrics both in a silky fabric and cotton.

I'd just like to say thank you to everyone who have left comments on this blog or sent me messages via email or the feedback on the website. Working from home can be a lonely business sometimes, so thanks to all of you. I will always try to answer your comments the following morning before I start work.