Featured Tips on selling vintage fabrics?

I’ve got all of these vintage fabrics but I’m having a hard time finding out anything about them, let alone pricing them. Most of the fabrics are 10-20 yards of fabric cut off from the original roll, so they don’t have the tags or anything on them. I’ve tried google lens to see if it can pick up the patterns and find a match but it’s always just SLIGHTLY off. It’s like I’m taking those IQ tests that ask you to spot the difference between two patterns, and suddenly I’m in middle school feeling like a loser cause I couldn’t tell a triangle from a square fast enough, as if a triangle isn’t just a wider square.
Anyways, anyone got any pointers on finding this one?

 

Cowan & Tout comes trippingly to the tongue, but...there are quite a number of English and American companies which make similar traditional designs. I have seen yours many times, but certainly can't swear to C&T. However, looking up that and similar companies should answer your question.

 

I'm lost on this, LOL... surely you mean a rectangle, not a triangle...?

Anyway, about the fabric... how "vintage" is it? What width is it? Fabric content? Is it a garment fabric or a heavier home decorating fabric?

 

LOL! I know EXzactly what she means about those tests! Personally I'm ok with spatials, it is what comes after 6x6. (And that was in fourth grade!

 

I hadn't even worked that out, I was lost when Aleutia said that a triangle is just a wider square. I was about to ask my old school to take me back.

 

I would think identifying manufacturers would be an almost impossible task.

Debora

 

Is this you on etsy.com? (I found via Google Images.)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/123898...38989466&click_sum=561feac8&ref=hp_rv-1&sts=1

Debora

 

I feel your pain.
Are there any edges? Sometimes there is an edge with a makers name on it. Apologies if that sounds obvious and I’m sure you have already looked but with 10-20 yards there could be something.

 

Agree. It would be odd if none of your yardage had a selvage.

Debora

 

Are "fat quarters" for quilting?

 

That’s the word that was escaping me!

 

Here's Martha Stewart on "fat quarters."

https://www.marthastewart.com/7617959/what-is-fat-quarter-of-fabric

Debora

 

O M G! That's a definition I am forgetting before I finished reading it.

 

Yeah, my takeaway was... A "fat quarter" is a small piece of fabric cut from a bigger piece.

Debora

 

A "fat quarter" is simply a yard of fabric cut into four squares (they're not exactly square, but you know what I mean). Each "square" is a fat quarter. You're getting a quarter yard of fabric when measured in square inches but it's not the typical quarter yard... which would be 9" of a full width of fabric off the bolt.

 

Thank you for the (clear) explanation. I just hope there isn't a quiz after!

Debora

 

Lol

 

Then why didn't they SAY that?? Mutter, mutter...

 

Why is it called 'fat'?
Or shouldn't I ask (don't want to be insensitive).

 

Quilting cottons are generally 44" wide.
A typical quarter yard of fabric is a 9" cut of a 44" wide fabric... so it's basically a thin strip measuring 9" x 44".
A "fat quarter" is made by cutting a 36" piece (one yard) of 44" wide fabric, then this piece is cut into four equal blocks, each measuring 18" x 22". In square inches, it is still a quarter yard of fabric... but the shape is a fat block, rather than a thin strip.
In crafts and quilting, a fat quarter can be more useful than a standard quarter yard of fabric, which is a rather thin strip.