Vintage Floral Fabric Week Day 5 - Ode to Grandmas everywhere

I have a number of fabric that I have collected over the year that I have loving coined my 'Grandma series'. These are fabrics that make me think of furniture, curtains, or tablecloths that if not in my own grandparent's comfortable warm rooms are in someone's. Here are two of the fabrics (one in the form of a coin purse that I made): Side note:
I have another very pretty floral fabric that I found a number of month ago. I would not have naturally included this fabric in my grandma series. The funny part is that last time that I went home to visit my family, I realized that this was the same fabric (slightly different color) that was used for the curtains in my grandma's bedroom. I had never noticed it before.

Vintage Floral Fabric Week Day 4

What can I say about this fabric but so super cute. I would generally not say that I am a girlie girl but something about these cute pink and purple prints just gets me. I think that loving these prints is as close as I will ever get to anything princess-y. I feel ok about that because these are still miles away from princess-y. Now if I ever decide to post fabric that is pink glittery and has the words "girl power" or "sassy" written on it, then I am in trouble.

Vintage Floral Fabric Week Day 3

The truth is that I really do not know if this is vintage. I found it at a thrift store and it looked brand new. So this may just be vintage inspired instead of actual vintage. That is one of the downsides to getting everything second hand. You do not know how old it is and it is near impossible to get more if you want more.

I really like this fabric. It makes me think of the 60s. It says flower power to me. Of course, I was not born then so my instincts on flower power may be way off. Maybe, it is not psychedelic enough for the 60s. I don't know. Thoughts?

Vintage Floral Fabric Week Day 2

Part of the reason that I like floral fabric so much is my background in Horticulture. It creates the illusion that I am still using my degree. It makes me feel better to think that all that money was not spent in vain. I know that is a stretch but allow a girl to grasp at whatever straws are available.

In truth, I think that there are a lot of really ugly or boring floral prints out in the world but I really like this one. I think that it might be a bit much as curtains or covering a couch but in small doses I think it is quite nice.

Vintage Floral Fabric Week (aka The holidays are over. Time to get back to work)

I have come to realize that I am not the world's best blogger. Ok Ok... I am really bad about it. The first thing to admit is that you have a problem then try to change. This year my goal is to be better about blogging. (I realize that we are already 3 weeks into the year but that is not the point.) I decided to start off with another fabric week. I like showing off all the cool fabric that I am luck to come across.

This week I am going to show you some of my vintage floral prints. Bare with me, the photos are not that great because I use natural light and it is January in Portland. Not the sunniest time of the year.


The first fabric is a really pretty lavender and blue floral. This fabric is dated 1971. (I love when they have the date on fabric.) I think that this will make a really pretty bag. It would also make nice curtains but the walls in my room are orange. With a lot of confidence I might be able to fool people into thinking this is a good combo but I doubt it.