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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
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 Posted - Aug 05 2005 : 9:56:50 PM
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| Is anyone else hooked on this wonderful vintage fabric? I just can't get enough...each floral is prettier than the last...and eBay makes finding it SO easy... |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Aug 05 2005 : 11:23:42 PM
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Hey girls! I was never into this fabric because what I always found was tropical 1950's style prints. Then my day of revelation came! I found a piece of Grandma Moses vintage barkcloth framed and now I am hooked! Can't uncover it fast enough! I remember at some point in the 60's my grandparents house was beginning to look alot like a set from an Elvis "Blue Hawaii" movie. There was tropical barkcloth drapes and chair upoholstery and it was just blinding. We always referred to that era s Gram's "Flaming Floral" period! It was so unlike her!
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - Aug 05 2005 : 11:27:50 PM
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Oh my yes!!! Barkcloth is my absolute favorite vintage fabric. But many manufacturers are coming out with reproductions that look just like vintage. That makes it nice because the vintage is getting quite hard to find and can be expensive. I have a favorite seller on eBay that is doing this and coming out with her own line of fabrics. She sent me pics last week and they are gorgeous!! I've never been too crazy about the tropical prints but love those big bouquets of roses and other flowers. And Grandma Moses is great too!
Kay - Living in Beautiful Washington State
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."
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thehouseminder
True Blue Farmgirl
361 Posts
USA
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Posted - Aug 06 2005 : 06:15:43 AM
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Fellow Barkcloth Lovers,
Here's a link to check out:
http://www.barkclothhawaii.com/
Happy Stitching
Lucinda
Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvest reaps. ---Bronson Alcott
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Aug 06 2005 : 09:15:37 AM
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Wow...I love the Grandma Moses prints too. I didn't know what you meant by barkcloth until I saw the pictures...OH That stuff!! Cute!! My grandma went through a tropical phase too...yikes! A little would go a long way. But the florals and the Grandma Moses stuff I just think is so neat!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things! |
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2005 : 2:04:39 PM
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| Kay..is your favorite ebay barkcloth seller Susan aka Urban Gardens? |
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Photobugs
True Blue Farmgirl
363 Posts
Pamela
Post Falls
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Aug 06 2005 : 10:57:44 PM
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A few years back I found some beautiful reproduction bark cloth at Hancock's Fabrics. I made several pillows and I bring them out in the summer months. I also have collected a few Hawiianna items that go well with the tropical print bark cloth pillows. It is a fun summer look.
I have found a few pieces of bark cloth at yard sales, but not too often. When I do, I treasure them.
Did anyone see the artist who framed several tropical prints and put them on a wall together in a past issue of Counry living (I think it was)? I believe some of them were her designs. You would think it would be too much or they would clash with each other...but it was quite strikingly beautiful!
Pamela
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice scream!" |
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2005 : 11:05:13 PM
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| I did see that spread in the magazine...it was great looking. Luckily I am only hooked on the shabby chic type florals..at least that narrows down the volume of the hoarding! |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2005 : 10:34:50 AM
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Diane -- Yes it is Susan aka UrbanGardens. Have your bought from her too? I've been buying from her for a couple of years now. She is just the sweetest person.
Kay - Living in Beautiful Washington State
"If you are lucky enough to have a garden, you are lucky enough!" |
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2005 : 12:37:52 PM
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Yes Kay...if my dear hubby only knew how much of his hard earned $$$'s went to Susan @Urban Gardens he would croak...oh well, I call it an investment, because I am in the beginings of starting a home sewing business and making pillows and tote bags out of this barkcloth to sell.
Yes, she is a wonderfully nice gal to work with, and her new fabrics are beautiful.That was a great entepreneuial idea - she's a smart cookie! |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2005 : 5:33:31 PM
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Diane -- email me your ebay id so I can see what you bought!
Kay - Living in Beautiful Washington State
"If you are lucky enough to have a garden, you are lucky enough!" |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2005 : 5:40:10 PM
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When I was a little girl I had a brown bark cloth pillow that had what you would call an atomic print...very 1950's. I loved that pillow and slept with it well into high school. Strange attachment to a little pillow, huh?
The flowers flee from Autumn, but not you-
You are the fearless rose that grows amidst the freezing wind. Rumi |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2005 : 08:36:16 AM
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Ladies, I saw a couple of vintage barkcloth aprons on eBay this morning, go check 'em out!
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."
~Rumi
**When life throws scraps your way ~ Make a Quilt!**
Sisterhood of the Traveling Art |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2005 : 10:06:47 AM
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I too am a lover of Barkcloth! I bought a few small pieces at a local antique store last summer. I would like to re-do a chair I got from my step mother in barkcloth.
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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mommatracy
True Blue Farmgirl
490 Posts
Tracy
My. Olive
NC
USA
490 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2007 : 6:31:46 PM
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| A couple of years ago I purchased 6 dining rm chairs and a mahogany pedestal table at a yardsale. I use them in my breakfast room. Anyway they had bark cloth fabric covering the seats with clear plastic vinyl over them. They had to be from to 50-60 era. When I pulled the plastic off, the fabric was like brand new and beautiful. It is a modern geometric somewhat looking design and the colors are aqua deep periwinkle blue and white. Beautiful. I saved the fabric and have six 20x20 squares. I;ll use them for a project one day. By the way, I cleaned the furniture up with Old English dark oil and it is beautiful. |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - May 28 2007 : 7:11:54 PM
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I too luv barkcloth shirts,
I found a rather vibrant red tropical shirt at a local Thrift shop, I think I paid all of a 1.99 and it is in awesome shape. I was gonna sell it on ebay, but fell in love with it & I actually wear it. Ya can't miss me coming it's that bright!.
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2007 : 7:46:49 PM
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i have a wonderful jacket and big purse made of barkcloth .. i love the olde 'sewing bags' made from it.
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
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Posted - May 29 2007 : 04:39:55 AM
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| I love barkcloth! I have two vintage pieces -- must find them -- one is intended to replace the fabric on one of those standing sewing bags, the other is for a big purse. Thanks for reminding me! |
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EagleNest
True Blue Farmgirl
192 Posts
Mary
Yakima
WA
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Posted - May 29 2007 : 9:45:47 PM
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I was given a bolt of fabric from a friend. It has been stored in a trunk in their parent's cabin for who knows how long. I think it's bark cloth. To me it looks like it was to be cut and made into a valance. it says"* Valansloe*Cretonne* " and in another place its says "Wave Design". Anyone got any idea what I've got? I'll try to put on a picture of it this weekend.
Mary
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Gal 5:22 |
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