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Retro Age Vintage Fabrics
vintagefabrics.blogspot.com
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Retro Age Vintage Fabrics is lauded worldwide for one of the most eclectic collections of vintage fabric - all for sale from our website www.vintagefabrics.com.au. We are located in Victoria, Australia and post worldwide daily.
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Mother (a personal story)

I was told during my teen years that I would have trouble having children - more than likely not be able to. Without going into the nitty grittys, my ovaries starting being uncooperative when I was a...

13 may 12

A week past...

This is an ode to a growing beard that is now lost. Somehow a tired from moving fabric to new work room Justin used bare clippers on his beard instead of his usual just trimming length. He is now tal...

07 may 12

All but signed, sealed and delivered - the Retro Age Work + Showroom

There has been much going on in the land of Retro Age - and that of our own lives. If you follow (or stalk quietly) our Facebook page you would know the past two weeks have been our worst yet for 201...

03 may 12

Should we or shouldnt we?

I am leaning towards we should... I cant bloody wait!

23 apr 12

What weve been up to...

Kids looking like angry birds...   One of the whippets making a pillow out of their favourite boy...night after night after night.. Making sure I take time out to enjoy the grass in my toes and ...

19 apr 12

Facebook sale tonight! Fabulous vintage fabrics at fabulous cheap prices!

Its our first Facebook sale and it starts tonight! Prices start at just $1.00 and I think the most expensive fabric is $6.00! I have selected around 30 fabrics - individual pieces and packs - to sell...

28 mar 12

Facebook is fun...

Did you know Retro Age has a Facebook page? Yep - we sure do! I am on there daily, usually putting up photos of fabric I am working with at the moment or just chatting away... Our page is here - like...

23 mar 12

Popping back in...

Sigh - I have to admit, I am totally loving having a little blogging break. I didnt realise just how often I thought of the blog and what I should write about! They say a change is as good as a holid...

18 mar 12

Storm damage

We wanted to say hello, were here! and also apologise to all of our customers for not being in contact - nor posting - today. Unfortunately we sustained storm damage 24 hours ago and our roof hasnt b...

28 feb 12

Change is coming

Testing putting a post up from ye olde mobile!

26 feb 12

Key West

The above fabric is a 1970s hand printed fabric manufactured by Key West and designed by co-owner Peter Pell. I have often come across Key West fabrics - newer rather than vintage and always touting ...

24 feb 12

Sanderson and The Skater Boy

My work time is currently spent wrestling with long large bolts. I wouldnt have Retro Age any other way at the moment! We have so many already here and many more we have to pick up. This is a fabulou...

23 feb 12

Bolts of latte...

This morning had some lattes and chats and inspiration... The afternoon was all vintage fabric order packing and photographing huge bolts. Gosh - fabric is bloody heavy en masse!

20 feb 12

The Road Trip and Bolts of Fabric...

We took a big road trip yesterday to another state to catch up with loved ones and to pick up a companion for Syd the whippet. Photos of Dobby the whippet will be coming soon. And we have so many fab...

19 feb 12

Today and yesterday

We dont do Valentines Day as we choose to show our love any day of the year - but I thought this was a cute image on Instagram for kissing couples...   Home. Home is truly where my heart is.

15 feb 12

Just admit it and go with the flow...

I am kind of feeling a little like Syd the whippet about this blog. A bit yawn. A bit meh. A bit cant be bothered. A bit I have no idea what to write. So I am not going to write anything for a bit - ...

13 feb 12

Sunday Snippets - My Personal Week

My oh my - no blog post for a week! Gosh - completely unintended, but it felt good to take a little break. Life is very, very full at the moment - hence why a little fiddich at the end of some days c...

12 feb 12

Sunday Snippets - My Personal Week

{sunday snippets}: a collection of photos from your week. No need for words. Let the pictures tell your story. For more snippety love visit the lovely tinniegirl!

05 feb 12

A Year of Good Things - 14/366 - Friends

And inbetween it all...you sit with two lovely women and yak for three hours over several lattes and several glasses of water...and that puts life in perspective. Sigh. The sun. The surrounding bush....

02 feb 12

A Year of Good Things : 13/366 : Autonomous Writing

I remember learning about autonomous writing at uni when I was studying advertising - specifically copywriting. I cant remember the correct name for autonomous writing and I know someone famous start...

01 feb 12

A Year of Good Things 12/366 : Summer Holidays

The 2011-2012 Summer school holidays are almost at an end. The end of grade two for Logan seems a million light years ago. And Christmas morning, just one month ago, is a distant memory. This last si...

29 jan 12

Vintage Fabric Love : Man eating...

This is a very cute piece we have had for a long time - we have sold the bolt and now we just have a little remnant for ourselves. I just adore it. This is a close up of one of the characters on the ...

28 jan 12

Fumbling through the Instagram haze...

I am now on Instagram. Yep, sure am. Have no bloody idea how to use the thing, yet...have taken a couple of random shots and stuck them up somewhere on the web. Have no real idea where - or how - or ...

27 jan 12

Vintage Fabric Love : Fabric names and terms 1947

These terms have been taken from my American Fabrics 1947 issue two magazine...this is just the start! Some very interesting pieces here...so much to learn about vintage fabric! Above: Okay - can som...

25 jan 12

Business Highlights - January

I feel the need to record some of my highlights this year - I have no idea why. I have tended to hide behind my business a little over the years and I have also tended to under-rate myself and what w...

24 jan 12

A Year of Good Things - 11/366 - Conquering

So...two days ago I cleared out my personal Facebook account. Yep, I messaged all of my friends to tell them I would only be communicating on Facebook via the Retro Age page, so to come on over if ya...

23 jan 12

Vintage Fabric Love : 1947 : Tina Leser, Vera Maxwell & Pauline Trigere

These little pieces are from the Summer 1947 American Fabrics magazine. I love the reference to the 1800s and the fact that the 1940s modern woman is really, in the essence, no different to us.

20 jan 12

A Year of Good Things - 10/366 - Step Outside Your Comfort Zone

Today was all highs and stepping outside comfort zones. It started off with a bungee jump or two for the kidlets. Both were nervous, but determined. Both dominated their fears and got in the harness....

19 jan 12

A Year of Good Things - 9/366 - Buckley and the Chickens

A good thing for my spirit and soul is touching base with nature. I am not the hiking type (trust me)...I am the slow stroll by a beautiful lake kinda gal. Today the boys and I went off to a local sp...

18 jan 12

Vintage Love - The 1940s Glamazon vs the 1960s burlesque

I adore both of these images. The one above is a Hoffman fabric advertisement from 1947 American Fabrics and the one below is from Man Magazine, 1964. Both show a side of women not common of the time...

17 jan 12

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