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TacoMama 09-23-2011 09:07 PM
Thanks, Ann912 and Barb44!

Aunt Sue 09-23-2011 09:45 PM
Originally Posted by TacoMama
I posted that I had some vintage fabric and there seems to be a problem with what I thought was vintage fabric. There are 72,000,000 things when you google just one subject about it. What is it and do I have vintage fabric or what?
The fabric you posted is most likely from the 50's or 60's...they stopped making the narrower width fabrics in the late 60's. It is vintage but Definitely not 30's.

piepatch 09-24-2011 03:14 AM
I don't know what "vintage" has to be, but if your fabric is just 35" to 38" wide, it is pretty old! :)

TacoMama 09-24-2011 05:13 AM
Look it up in the dictionary. Vintage has come to mean a lot of things more than just grapes and wine making. My DH comes from a long line of Germans........and he is very knowledgeable and vintage. LOL However, the wine making has stopped in his family. :)

sewgray 09-24-2011 06:50 AM
According to this dictionary, vintage as a noun refers to wine and wine making, but as an adjective it can refer to almost anything.
http://dictionary.reference.com/brow...tage?qsrc=2446

TacoMama 09-24-2011 08:34 AM
:)

Scissor Queen 09-24-2011 09:40 AM
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
I went and looked at your fabrics. They are not true vintage. The first is about a late 50's maybe even 60's, the second is more late 60's early 70's and the last one is about the same!
The 60s were 50 years ago. That makes 60s fabric vintage. Just because it isn't 30s fabric doesn't mean it can't be vintage.

FroggyinTexas 09-24-2011 10:19 AM
Originally Posted by TacoMama
I posted that I had some vintage fabric and there seems to be a problem with what I thought was vintage fabric. There are 72,000,000 things when you google just one subject about it. What is it and do I have vintage fabric or what?
I Googled "vintage fabric definition" and the defintion I agree with came from a quilt guild in Missouri, where they were having a 6" square exchange of vintage fabric. The poster had pictures of fabric from every decade from the 1920's to the 1970's.

Unless you can get someone who is certified in some way to give you a better definition, call it vintage fabric and tell the potential buy from what era it came. If s/he wants it, well and good, if not, let someone esle buy it. froggyintexas

FroggyinTexas 09-24-2011 10:21 AM
Ditto! froggyintexas

Originally Posted by Ann912
Originally Posted by Barb44
Don't let this arguing over semantics bother you. To you is is vintage because it is 36" wide. I accept that. I looked at your thread last night and didn't even notice or care whether it was "true vintage" or not. To me anything over 30 years old is vintage. We all have our own opinions. People need to get over themselves.

Just go ahead and offer your fabric for trade and if they don't like it, someone might.
Ditto!

kwilter 09-24-2011 10:30 AM
Again, all fabric at least 50 years old is considered ANTIQUE in fabric arts, including quilts.


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