I went digging through the brown fabric stash this week, looking for the perfect brown reproduction-style fabrics. What I found was some vintage fabric history!
I knew I wanted to use up a large scrap of brown floral fabric (top) for this week's happy, scrappy house. I looked through the stash for coordinating fabrics and found about two yards of the brown check - from 1988! I decided it was time for that checked fabric to get used up, so I cut several 18 x 18 squares for napkins. I'll try to have pictures next week, as my dishes match this month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge color.
The hunk of vintage brown check was significantly reduced! Back in the day, reproduction fabrics were not abundant, and I remember buying those fabrics by the yard whenever I happened to find them. It's wonderful to have access to the abundance of repro fabrics that are available now!
I'm really happy with how this house came together! Most of the fabrics have been marinating in the stash for a long time, so I'm happy to be using them up. The chimneys are new reproduction fabrics from Barbara Brackman.
The New Orleans house for this week is another double shotgun, but I really loved the brown trim and shutters, as well as the ornate detailing on the gable.
If you would like more brown scrappy inspiration, vintage or modern, do stop by Angela's soscrappy blog to see what the other Rainbow Scrappers have been creating this week!
