What is vintage fabric?
09-25-2011, 07:03 AM
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I saw your fabric when you posted it and thought it was probably from the 60's or 70's. Not 'vintage' enough for me as I like fabric from the 1920 or 1930 era. I think you just need to put your fabrics up for sale and label them cotton or silk or whatever. Everyone is different about what they like to buy and you may just find that one person who wants it now.
09-25-2011, 09:22 AM
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from dictionary.com:
vin·tage /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/ Show Spelled [vin-tij] Show IPA noun, adjective, verb, -taged, -tag·ing.
noun
1. the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
2. the annual produce of the grape harvest, especially with reference to the wine obtained.
3. an exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year.
4. the time of gathering grapes, or of winemaking.
5. the act or process of producing wine; winemaking.
6. the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use: a hat of last year's vintage.
adjective
7. of or pertaining to wines or winemaking.
8. being of a specified vintage: Vintage wines are usually more expensive than nonvintage wines.
9. representing the high quality of a past time: vintage cars; vintage movies.
10. old-fashioned or obsolete: vintage jokes.
11. being the best of its kind: They praised the play as vintage O'Neill.
As someone else said, vintage basically applies to wine making. But usage changes over time. So #6, #9 and #10 in the definition seem to apply to older fabric. I think you could also say 'vintage' applies to anything no longer in production or manufactured or created a long time ago.
Basically, most words mean what most people "think" they mean in their own world of knowledge. So some equate vintage with 'antique'(however that applies to fabric I don't know). I wouldn't take it personally. You certainly were only trying to give an accurate description as you saw it.
Nice fabrics by the way.
vin·tage /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/ Show Spelled [vin-tij] Show IPA noun, adjective, verb, -taged, -tag·ing.
noun
1. the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
2. the annual produce of the grape harvest, especially with reference to the wine obtained.
3. an exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year.
4. the time of gathering grapes, or of winemaking.
5. the act or process of producing wine; winemaking.
6. the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use: a hat of last year's vintage.
adjective
7. of or pertaining to wines or winemaking.
8. being of a specified vintage: Vintage wines are usually more expensive than nonvintage wines.
9. representing the high quality of a past time: vintage cars; vintage movies.
10. old-fashioned or obsolete: vintage jokes.
11. being the best of its kind: They praised the play as vintage O'Neill.
As someone else said, vintage basically applies to wine making. But usage changes over time. So #6, #9 and #10 in the definition seem to apply to older fabric. I think you could also say 'vintage' applies to anything no longer in production or manufactured or created a long time ago.
Basically, most words mean what most people "think" they mean in their own world of knowledge. So some equate vintage with 'antique'(however that applies to fabric I don't know). I wouldn't take it personally. You certainly were only trying to give an accurate description as you saw it.
Nice fabrics by the way.
09-25-2011, 10:33 AM
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Well, it seems I have really stirred up a hornets' nest. I accepted the apology. We need to get on with being a great board and let by gones be by gones. IF you want to look at the fabric posted, it is at:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-155093-1.htm
Green Heron was gracious enough to post a pic on that site to see if that was what I was looking for. I'll give it another day or two and then close the post. I just wanted some Civil War Repro without spending money. Will post other things to sell later, but probably not "vintage" fabric.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-155093-1.htm
Green Heron was gracious enough to post a pic on that site to see if that was what I was looking for. I'll give it another day or two and then close the post. I just wanted some Civil War Repro without spending money. Will post other things to sell later, but probably not "vintage" fabric.
09-26-2011, 07:18 AM
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Me too!
That’s what I was thinking too, but I couldn’t remember for sure. There’s a lot that I don’t remember about the 60s.....
CD in Oklahoma
They do say that if you remember the 60s you didn't experience the 60s.
Well, I remember the 60s! :wink:
Originally Posted by Evie
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by ThayerRags
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
The 60s were 50 years ago.
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