Rupert Bear vintage fabric squares

A little late in posting I'm afraid. I got a long phone call from a friend just as I was about to start writing this post and by the time the phone call had ended I forgot all about my blog.

I couldn't resist these lovely vintage fabric squares. They will look wonderful as a quilt or individually as a cushion or embellished on a bag for a child.

They are now on the Rag Rescue website and you can find them today in 'New Listings' category or in the larger fabrics section. I've put them in the larger fabrics as they are 7 inches squares and at only 70p a square I think they are a real bargain.

ANOTHER FABRIC SAVED

FABRIC THAT IS RECYCLED TWICE.

I bought a lot of French fabric at the Newark fair this time. I usually buy boxes of scraps but my friend from France was not at the fair this time. I therefore had to hunt around and to my amazement I found this wonderful fabric. Wonderful in two senses really. The pattern is beautiful and the fact that someone else or rather something else had liked the fabric also made it extra special in my eyes. They had liked it so much that they decided to take parts of it to their nest.
CLEVER MICE.
I managed to get the fabric at a reduced rate as the lady hadn't realised how badly chewed it was. I suppose she thought that her luck couldn't come along twice in a day in the shape of a crazy lady buying mice eaten fabric.

Not so crazy really. I had tested the fabric and found that the parts in-between the nibbles were strong, although the dark pink flowers had obviously attracted his/her attention rather more than the other flowers. I soaked the fabric for a few hours, dried it and ironed it and set about cutting it into pieces for scrap bags.
WASTE NOT WANT NOT.

LISTING MORE SCRAP BAGS TODAY - LOTS OF ROSY FABRICS.

Many old fabrics rescued.

RAG RESCUE SHOP OPENS AGAIN.

I was very pleased with the fabrics I found at the fairs. It took a lot of leg work and a great more haggling than usual but I managed to buy antique and vintage fabrics from France, Belgium, Germany and the UK at a reasonable price. Gone are the days when there were tables upon tables of old fabrics. Most have either been sent along for recycling and made into rags or they have been shipped abroad.
Of course some dealers are on a different planet to the rest of us. I picked out a square of French fabric around 20 inches square and the price being asked for it was £46. It wasn't in perfect condition and I would only have got two scrap bags out of it. Well I suppose that dealer will be keeping her fabrics for a very long time.
Unfortunately my normal dealer wasn't at the fairs so I will have to wait until October for the really cheaper pieces.

Now the washing and ironing marathon begins.