Wonderful fabrics and swatches from 19th Century (mostly) from Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum (Warning, many pictures)

I want them all!!  These are from various printers in the US

American Print Works, Fall River, MA.  The American Printing Company became the largest producer of printed cotton cloth in the United States by the early 20th Century. The company was established in 1821 by Colonel Richard Borden and Major Bradford Durfee. The American Print Works was established in 1835 by Holder Borden. It employed several thousand workers at its peak during World War I. (Lizzie Borden, the famed alleged axe-murderess in 1892 was the great-granddaughter of an uncle of Colonel Richard Borden).  Most of these were curated at Smithsonian in 1939.

Centennial 1876

1876

1876 egg with chick

1876 US and UK flags brown

1876 US/UK flags red

1876 George Washington

1870s ladies hats

1870s belt & riding crop

1876 Rooster

1876 Simon Bolivar

1876, Judie Rothermel did this repro with "to the Next Century' in 2000

1870s 3 Arrows 

Cocheco Print Works/Cocheco Mills, Dover New Hampshire.  Cocheco Mills was purchased by Pacific Print Works in the early 20th century. The following were swatches in a Printer's Sample Book dated 1885

1885 Cheater with Mikado theme (Mikado opened in London in 1885 and was all the rage)

1882 cranes 3 color ways

1882-1888 2 color ways

1882-1888

1886

1886 four color ways

1882-1888

1882-1888

1882-1888

1882-1888

1887

1886 3 color ways

1882 3 color ways "Shaggy dog"

1887-1888 badminton shuttle cock (very popular game)

Old Pacific Print Works, Lawrence, Massachusetts

1867 fruit

1866-1869, I have a repro similar to this one from Windham, Clara Barton Collection (in blue)

Hope you enjoyed these--had a ball looking (and finding!!) these at the Cooper Hewitt website.

Outlander Block for March is up and a wee note about coming attractions

This month she has a quote from the first book about this scent.  Makes me want to read them all over again (I've read them 2 times already.....)

I've found a bunch of US printed 19th Century conversationals (Cocheco, American Print Works and Old Pacific Print Works), pictures only, unfortunately--all at the Smithsonian.  I'll be posting soon!

19th Century conversationals .....crescent to floral

Some of these may be duplicates of previously posted fabrics.  It includes more pictures of the 19th Century shirt made from Edmund Potter 'cheater' fabric.  It's a men's shirt and it's at a museum in UK (can't think of which one at the moment, possibly in Derbyshire)

 1885 American Print Works, Fall River, Mass. Judie Rothermel did this one circa 2003.

 1883 Edmund Potter & Son, Manchester, UK

 1883 Edmund Potter 'cheater'

 1883 Edmund Potter 'cheater'

 1880s

Originally posted on Civil War by Barbara Brackman.  Judie Rothermel did this one in 2000, Miniature Collectables.

Originally posted on Civil War by Barbara Brackman

 1883 J.C.F (silk)

 1885 Hazlet

 1845, France

 late 19th entury

 1850, UK toile, Storming the Bastille

 1882

 1881

 1881

 1882

 1887

 1888

1882 Bayley & Craven, UK

 

 

Union Blues on sale, today (17 Feb) only

http://store.crafttownfabrics.com/stores_app/Browse_dept_items.asp?Store_id=853&Page_id=17&categ_id=3336&parent_ids=0,521,527,711&name=Moda+Fabric+Union+Blues+by+Designer+Barbara+Brackman+
Crafttown Fabrics has Union blues on sale, today only.  They don't have them all but there are several still available.
yardage $6.59 yd
Charm pack $6.50
Jelly roll $26.95

 

Outlander block 2 is out--Jaime's Ghost!

Link to designer's blog is to the right (Lazy Daisy quilts..and reads).  She doesn't let us follow by email so I'm doing this so you won't forget (as I have in the past with some BOMs.)  Jaime is wonderful and I can see Claire at the window!  I may have to read these books all over again.  I'm thinking about buying the DVD for Season 1 (I'm guessing 2 should be starting soon.....I don't get Showtime)