It's time for part two of our Flashback Friday series with
Barbara Brackman! Today, she's discussing shirting prints and showing you some fabrics that we have in stock that were inspired by shirting!
Shirting Prints for Contrast
Shirting
is an old name for a print design featuring small, simple figures on a light
background color. Figures are set far apart to let lots of background show
through so they read almost as a white or ivory. Several designers offer
classic shirtings—- the perfect neutral to capture a period look: 1870-1920.
 |
| Antique log cabin
block with shirtings as the neutral contrasting with darker prints. About 1880. |
 |
Woman wearing a
shirtwaist dress, about 1900. Fashion demanded shirtings
for everybody so there
were plenty of scraps for quilts. |
We'll be back on December 31 with our next segment of Flashback Friday with Barbara Brackman!
I love these posts...perfect amount of info. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGood information. I love the shirtings and wish I could wear them! We have very little lovely style in our clothes now!Leggings is the go to and pretty prints are only for children. I will have to make myself a blouse with shirting print. After all, I am a quilter and my iron is my friend!
ReplyDeleteThis is some wonderful info, thank you!
ReplyDeleteI love shirtings and can't stop adding them to my stash!!
ReplyDeleteLove the shirtings; never enough in my stash, so I'm always trolling for more everywhere I go. Thanks for the education you provide to us, Ms. Brackman.
ReplyDelete