Holiday Specials

Greetings!

Just a quick update, as we've added a Christmas Page with several specials for the Holiday season.

Click on the title above, or have a look here: http://dewittco.com/ChristmasSpecials.htm

More to come...

Cheers,

Michael

1930's Textiles - Part Three

Greetings!

1930's textiles, part three coming up. This may be the final installment for the 1930's... for now, anyhow!

Colorful solids and prints were more commonplace in the 1930's than previous decades, with the dye industry having steadily perfected colors that were stable enough to withstand wear, laundry and exposure to the elements. Some early dyes could even destroy the very fabric they were printed on!

The color palette of this era also took on distinct colors that are unmistakable to the avid quilter today. Any vintage quilt collector can spot that wonderful "1930's green" or the cheerful "bubblegum pink"! For a fine example of some of the colors the 1930's brought to us, scroll down and have a peek at the ticking fabric below.

Those glorious tickings! Sturdy cotton fabrics which kept us from being "poked" by the ends of a feather had a charm all their own. As you can see, they sold for about a quarter per yard.

Adorable bonnets for the infant and toddler of the family, elaborately embroidered and crocheted, sometimes with silk or a silk-like ribbon and other embellishments, just for fun!

The above Cretonnes were generally a heavier fabric and sometimes included a variety of fabric blends, but usually consisted of linen and cotton. These were elaborate and bold prints that served for light upholstering and draperies.

Comfy pajamas for the teen in the house! Fun prints came in rayon, cotton and blends of the two. They started at 55 cents!

For the young girl in the family, dresses for all occasions. The above dresses were made with Borden Fabrics and sold three for a dollar.

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Coming soon - I'm going in reverse! 1920's textiles!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers,

Michael

New Items Page Upated!

Greetings!

And may I add... Finally! We've updated our "newstuff" page and archived the last one. Click on the title to go straight to the new items page, or... if you're curious about past additions, you can click on any of the links below:

Update Archive Page 1

Update Archive Page 2

Update Archive Page 3

Beware viewing the archive pages, however, as many of the items have long since sold. The archive pages are for viewing/entertainment purposes only! ;-)

I do catch myself from time to time "reminiscing" over neat products that we've had in the past thinking, "Just where did we get that thing???"

A quick little "teaser" of what I've got on the update page:

Saturday Evening Post Magazine - 1915

Vintage Cotton Fabric - Juvenile "sailing" print

Vintage Wood Ad Mat for Butterick Sewing Patterns - A rare find!

Another fine vintage cotton fabric - vivid print!

Several more items on the update page, too.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers,

Michael

Fabric! Vintage! New! Old!

Greetings!

For the last several months, I've been regularly visiting True Up - a fabric lovers dream of a blog! Postings including new and old fabrics with mucho information on the subject, including resources and events.

The site is maintained by Kim, who is as pleasant as the day is long and you will love her articles and the variety that she lists.

Go have a look-see!

http://trueup.net

Cheers

Michael

URGENT! Sign the petition!

Greetings!

Antique dealers, crafters and other artisans need your help! Please read on...

In August 2008 a law was passed to "protect" children in this country from items that had too much lead in them (99% being from china & other imports) and from Philates which are used in certain fabrics & plastics to keep them soft & pliable.

The bill apparently wasn't read by the folks signing it......as the bill stands NOW, it will put every thrift store & consignment shop as well as every crafter out of business. The testing being required on items is so COST PROHIBITIVE that any one other than large companies will be unable to afford to have it done (approx 2000.00 per item-every item in every color combo or with ANY change from the originally tested product will have to be tested again, at another 2,000.00 fee).

A FEW things have been exempted from the law, such as all natural wood products, all natural fabric products etc. As of August of this year, the "2nd" part of this law goes into effect, lowering the lead limits even further, and covering philates. The additional testing will just add to the fact that small business's will not be able to afford to product much of anything. And any of the testing done prior to this will have to be redone after august.

Help us out by signing the petition here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/rethinkthecpsia

More information is here: http://www.thehowcafe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13948

Help us out!

Cheers,

Michael
De Witt & Co.