Thursday, September 2, 2010

A Little Vintage vs Modern...

I completely forgot to show this in yesterday's post even though I meant to...


Here's a little vintage vs. modern for you! As many of you know many of our fabrics today are copied from or inspired by vintage textiles including feedsacks and sheets - there's even a Flickr group dedicated to showing off modern fabric beside it's vintage counterpart!

On the left in the photo above is a vintage napkin that my Grandmother gave me about two years ago and on the right is a print from the upcoming Dream On collection by Urban Chiks for Moda. I have seen the vintage version in sheet form also, so it's quite possible that this napkin started out it's life as a sheet (my Grandmother would definitely not let fabric go to waste!) or maybe this print was featured on a variety of textiles.

9 comments:

  1. I actually think I just saw that in sheet form in my vintage sheet quitling bee ;)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Wow! I love that! Those two things definitely need to go into a project of some sort together. Beautiful!

    xo -E

    ReplyDelete
  3. I'm fascinated by these vintage vs modern comparisons. Thanks for spotting this one and sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Oh Kaye...Thanks for showing this... I have been so interested in the Vintage/Modern fabric.... but had never actually seen them compared! I think thats amazing! And such a lovely keepsake! xx

    ReplyDelete
  5. I actually have those sheets and my kids still use them. I am excited for the new line to come out it looks great.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Really enjoy vintage wholeheartedly:)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Oh how perfect. I love how the old and new work so well together. This would be perfect for some sort I bridal gift because it has both the something old and something new!

    ReplyDelete
  8. I actually had those sheets when I was a little girl--they were my favorite. Imagine my heartbreak when my father turned them into drop-cloths for painting!

    ReplyDelete