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Silk Screen Printing

This weekend Gillian and Anne have been taking part in a Silk screen Printing course at St Barnabas Press in Cambridge. It has proved very interesting for them both, allowing their creative juices to overflow. More pictures to follow soon.

Positive Feedback

We have had some lovely feedback from customers recently.

Here are just a few of their kind thoughts.

"Just to say thank you for the gorgeous fabric - it worked wonderfully on the lid of a sewing basket I was restoring for a customer. The patchwork pieces were to be an alternative solution, but not needed in the end.
One thing - I ordered only one piece but there were two in the package. If this was an 'extra' then thank you so much.
If it was by mistake then please just let me know.
Will be using the site many times in the future!
Take care,"
Pam

"I don't know if you are interested in feedback from your customers, but here goes!

I am always a little anxious when I purchase from a website for the first time because you never know ...?

Anyway, I was delighted with my purchases which arrived today. I appreciate the prompt delivery AND the lack of a postage charge which I find most refreshing. The fabric was lovely - I was glad you sent two large pieces of the "Opio" instead of four smaller pieces. I loved the lace oddments (I'm a bit of a lace fanatic!) they were gorgeous and the icing on the whole package. Thanks very much and I shall probably be back for more!

Regards",

Edwina

Summer Holidays

We are really looking forward to the our holidays. We have been working so hard on the website for 2 years that we felt a little R & R was just what the doctor ordered. So in July, we are all off for some sun. We cannot wait!!

June 2010 in Brighton

sightseeing and also

visiting

Arts & Crafts House

at Standen

We have been off looking for new summer goodies

and have sourced a great stash

of summer patterns from the 50s and 60s

team with ditsy fabrics and vintage lace.

We now have started a new range of

Vintage Inspired Fabrics.

We have also been busy updating our Facebook Page

with ideas for sewing.

We would LOVE to see what you have made.

VINTAGE STYLE FABRICS

Coming soon!!

We are starting a new range of fabrics by makower

These exciting new vintage style fabrics will be with us ASAP.

The Sponsored Walk

Hazel, Ash and the Little Emperor recently took part in a charity walk to raise funds for the local school PFTA. In short it was freezing, windy, muddy and The Little Emperor had to be carried for most of the 3 mile(which felt like 10!) trek around the village farm fields of Harston, South Cambridgeshire.

Rain that fell that week and logged on the field froze so hard you could have skated on it!

The sun did come out to play but we didn't feel any of the rays because of the icy breeze coming from Norway.

After the walk back at school HQ, we supped hot chocolate and feasted on scalding soup and delicious jacket potatoes, cakes and treats. Yummy! Hopefully lots of money will be collected by the walkers to be used for funding for the school.

Apologies

Sorry once again for our lateness in posting recently. We have been so busy in the shop with our New Year sale that the blog has become rather neglected, but fear not! We are back!

We have just been to the Birmingham trade show looking for new goodies and ideas. We found a good new supplier of vintage style goods, who we are hoping to deal with in the future.

We have added a new page on Facebook, where we will be featuring hints, tips and advice on all things vintage. Take a gander here.

We were once again pleased to be in Country Homes and Interiors (March Issue- Sweet Memories), please have a look for us if you have the magazine.

We trust you all had a wonderful New Year and were not trapped in all the snow and bad weather. Hazel will be posting some of our snow pics soon.

Merry Christmas!

Corset Laced Mannequins

Please take a look at these fabulous mannequins by Lucy, which have been covered in various wonderful fabrics! Lucy is obsessed with mannequins and has a great antique and vintage collection of them. These unique beauties are just delightful!

You can see all of Lucy's mannequins on her website.

And you can see all her day to day shenanigans on her blog. We would love to see a collaboration of our fabrics and her mannequins one day!! A match made in heaven!

December Vintage Vogue Fair

On Sunday 6th December,Anne and Colin attended the ever more popular Vintage Vogue Fashion Fair in Brentwood, Essex. The fair is fast becoming the most fashionable place to be seen outside London, especially with celebrities joining the masses and seeking out a bargain or two! The day was a great success and we hope to return with our wares for the next fair in the new year. You can take a better look at all the information and see all the dates for 2010 here.

On Friday 27th November, we took part in a fabulous Ladies Only Spa and Shop event to help raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

We held a stall along with several other ladies who were selling jewellery, handbags, make up and other lovely girly products. There were also ladies giving hand massages and advising on colour therapy. Also on hand were 2 wonderful men dishing out hand made canapes and delicious mini desserts! All the various stalls and organisations donated gifts for goody bags and raffle prizes for the 50 women who attended the party. It really was a great night with over £1000 being raised. Our heartfelt thanks go to Sophie Brown, the amazing woman who organised the whole thing, for inviting us to take part and help in our own small way to make the evening such a success!

BBC Homes and Antiques Christmas Issue

Once again, we are proud to say we are in the current issue of BBC Homes and Antiques. This time it is in the Christmas Guide. Please take a look and see if you can spot us!

Belated Halloween Pictures

Hello everyone! Sorry for not posting for so long, The Vintage Fabric Market has been a hive of busy bee-ness since November. Here are just a few of the many, many, many photos taken on Halloween of Hazel and The Little Emperor. They had a fantastic time at a party and then went trick or treating! It was great fun and lots of sweeties were collected for consumption over the following days!!

Halloween Pumpkin Cake

Halloween pumpkin cake

Ingredients

• 300g self-raising flour
• 300g light muscovado sugar
• 3 tsp mixed spice
• 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 175g sultanas
• ½ tsp salt
• 4 eggs , beaten
• 200g butter , melted
• zest 1 orange
• 1 tbsp orange juice
• 500g (peeled weight) pumpkinsor butternut squash flesh, grated

• 200g pack soft cheese
• 85g butter , softened
• 100g icing sugar , sifted
• zest 1 orange and juice of half

• Cuts into 15 generous portions

  Preparation and cooking times

  

  Prep 20 mins

  

  Cook 30 mins

  

  (without frosting)

  

  1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line a 30 x 20cm baking or small roasting tin with baking parchment. Put the flour, sugar, spice, bicarbonate of soda, sultanas and salt into a large bowl and stir to combine. Beat the eggs into the melted butter, stir in the orange zest and juice, then mix with the dry ingredients till combined. Stir in the pumpkin. Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 30 mins, or until golden and springy to the touch.
  2. To make the frosting, beat together the cheese, butter, icing sugar, orange zest and 1 tsp of the juice till smooth and creamy, then set aside in the fridge. When the cake is done, cool for 5 mins then turn it onto a cooling rack. Prick it all over with a skewer and drizzle with the rest of the orange juice while still warm. Leave to cool completely.
  3. If you like, trim the edges of the cake. Give the frosting a quick beat to loosen, then, using a palette knife, spread over the top of the cake in peaks and swirls. If you're making the cake ahead, keep it in the fridge then take out as many pieces as you want 30 mins or so before serving. Will keep, covered, for up to 3 days in the fridge.

  

  Try this

  Pumpkins can vary dramatically in water content, so keep an eye on the cake towards the end of cooking - yours may take less or more time to cook through. If you're not carving out a pumpkin this year butternut squash works brilliantly, too.

All of us at The Vintage Fabric Market would like to wish all the Ghouls and Gals a Happy Halloween!

Get to some Trick or Treatin' and have a great time!!

Royal Mail Postal Strike

This is an informational message regarding the Royal Mail postal strike. As ever, we will do our very best to ensure that your purchases get to your door as quickly as possible.

On all orders over £10, we will send them as Recorded Delivery, this will enable you to track your order more easily.

On all orders over £40, we will send them as Special Delivery.

The Vintage Fabric Market strives to achieve the best in customer service and satisfaction, if you have any queries whatsoever, please don't hesitate to contact us at info@vintagefabricmarket.co.uk

Ladies Indulgence Evening

On Friday 27th November, The Vintage Fabric Market will be contributing to a special evening for Breakthrough Breast Cancer in Newton, Cambridge.

Lots of ladies will be attending for a night of pampering, preening and most importantly, shopping!

If you are in the area and would like more info about the event, then get in contact with us and we'll do our best to help. We are certainly looking forward to it, it will be lots of fun!!