Vintage Folk Twill

These are vintage twill curtains that I bought from a thrift store years ago (and debated at the time whether I liked the print enough to buy it — crazy lady!). Now I love how it’s Penn-Dutch folky but a little less sweet/a little more wild than usual midcentury folk prints. I recently turned some into a pillow (using this House on the Hill tutorial). There is info in the selvage but unfortunately it’s half cut off and illegible.

Downloadable color palette on Kuler.

P.S., after a two-year



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Spring Quilt Market 2011: Daiwabo – Novelty Prints

Daiwabo produces a large range of Taupe fabric (for the quilts seen in books like Japanese Taupe Quilts by Susan Briscoe, but they are also the producers of the very popular Tip Top Elephants (they had mini versions at market!) and other whimsical prints on twill, canvas, and mini corduroy.

Daiwabo

Daiwabo

Daiwabo



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