Sew Low Discount Fabrics » vintage http://www.sewlowdiscountfabrics.com Quality Fabrics For Less Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:51:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 How to Make Vintage Crafts Using Vintage Fabrics http://www.sewlowdiscountfabrics.com/vintage-fabrics/how-to-make-vintage-crafts-using-vintage-fabrics/ http://www.sewlowdiscountfabrics.com/vintage-fabrics/how-to-make-vintage-crafts-using-vintage-fabrics/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:41:33 +0000 admin http://www.sewlowdiscountfabrics.com/?p=348  

If you are looking for something different to make, and also want to recycle, then why not try some vintage crafts?… using vintage fabrics

Look at home through that trunk of old clothes, or bedspreads, or even tablecloths, and get that imagination going!

Clean the fabric gently, or have it dry cleaned if you prefer. Take apart the seams of the old clothes and then match the amount of fabric to a pattern you may have for a doll, stuffed animal, pillows or other accessories, your imagination is your limit!. If there is not enough for a project, then match it up with some other contrasting or similar fabrics..

This is a great way to display or show off some of that fabric from old clothes you remember on yourself, or even your grandma!.. If the material is delicate, but you want to still show it off, then make it into doll clothes for a “display doll”.. what a great way to remember old times… Vintage fabrics do not need to be reserved for quilts only! try other ideas!.

If you don’t have a trunk of old clothes or fabrics, then why not check the local antique stores, or at rummage and garage sales. You quite often find things like old chenille bed spreads that are worn in spots, and just end up in a corner somewhere, these make great soft stuffies for that special child, and with the bright colors from the 70‘s they look very cool and retro!

If you sell crafts at craft shows, this is a great way to advertise that you recycle, and there are some great patterned fabrics from years ago, that you just don’t see now. So, don’t let those old clothes disintegrate in some trunk somewhere, if you can’t wear them again, then turn them into something special!
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I actually restrain myself around all these beautiful fabrics. I’m willing to share the love, come by the sale this weekend!

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]]> http://www.sewlowdiscountfabrics.com/vintage-fabrics/where-can-i-get-a-bolt-of-fabric-made-from-a-small-swatch-of-vintage-fabric/feed/ 3 The Sewing Machine (song) http://www.sewlowdiscountfabrics.com/sewing/the-sewing-machine-song/ http://www.sewlowdiscountfabrics.com/sewing/the-sewing-machine-song/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:39:44 +0000 admin http://www.sewlowdiscountfabrics.com/4/the-sewing-machine-song Opening scene from a 40s musical starring Betty Hutton.

Hutton’s most notable film role was the part of Annie Oakley in the 1950 musical of “Annie Get Your Gun.” One of her best known songs, “Blow a Fuse” (later renamed “It’s Oh So Quiet”), was covered by Icelandic artist, Bjork (Björk)

This song appears on Betty Hutton’s CD albums, “Spotlight on Betty Hutton” and “Satin & Spurs”.

Complete lyrics of this song, as well as, other oldies @ http://www.lyricsvault.net/songs/19631.html

Ohhh the sewing machine, the sewing machine
A girl’s best friend
If I didn’t have my sewing machine
I’d a come to no good end
But a bobbin a bobbin and peddle a peddle
And wheel the wheel by day
So by night I feel so weary that I never get out to play

Ohhh the sewing machine, the sewing machine
A friend in need
If I didn’t having my sewing machine
A wicked life I’d lead
But a bobbin a bobbin and peddle a peddle
And dream about romance
So by night I feel so weary that I never get out to dance

Ohhh the sewing machine, the sewing machine
Me pride and joy
If I didn’t having me sewing machine
I’d a married James McCoy
But a bobbin a bobbin and peddle a peddle
And that’s the end of Jim
‘Cause by night I get so weary I don’t even look good to him

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