Fall is Here!

Welcome the fall colors and cooler temperatures! I wanted to send a recap of happenings here at Reproduction Fabrics. I hope all those fall quilting projects are starting off with a bang! Please follow and share our Instagram and Facebook pages. We share the very latest happenings on our socials. We can use your help, if you find our content interesting and think there is someone in your life that would be interested please send them this newsletter or share our social media pages. We greatly appreciate the support!

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We have new fabrics coming all the time from all time periods. Visit our What’s New page to see all the new fabrics added in the last couple weeks. 

Indiennes

The painted and printed cottons that appeared in the port cities of France early in the 17^th century were known as indiennes---meaning imported from India. These lightweight colorfast fabrics (bon teints) quickly became popular for curtains, wall hangings, seat cover and bed hangings as well as garments. 

Colbert, Louis XIV’s Secretary of State, supported the developing industry by encouraging Eastern textile artists and dyers to settle in Marseilles plus setting up tax-free statues for the port city. This enabled merchants to merrily import bales of woven cottons for their print workshop without paying import duties. 

In 1670, a Marseilles merchant included some indiennes in the cargo sent to the French colonies, les Iles (Martinique and Guadeloupe) in North America. A Creole market quickly developed for the fabrics along with the standard trading items: wine, olives, olive oil, figs, and raisins. The returning ships were laden with indigo dye, cocoa and sugar!

“A Marseilles merchant, P Labat, wrote of a 1704 shipment to the West Indies of the Marseilles textiles that sold as soon as the bundles were opened….”as for payment, the island women…brought sugar cane, indigo and cocoa by moonlights, products the women had their faithful slaves pilfer from the storehouse after dark, which they sold to pay for the purchases (of fabrics) without the knowledge of their husbands and fathers”. (Quilts of Provence, Berenson, pg 115)

Indiennes Fabrics

Petra Prins Dutch Heritage from Anbo Textiles in London. These are live on the website and I expect delivery this fall in the Sep/Oct timeframe. Place in your ‘wishlist’ and I’ll notify you when they are in stock. Reproduction Fabrics will be just one of a couple places in North America this amazing line will available.

We have several wonderful Indiennes available on our website. They are available as individual fabrics or in FQ Large and Small bundles.

Marcus Paula Barnes Villa Floral - American version of Indian Indiennes

Other Indiennes Samples:

New on Website! - Needle Case Sewing Kits.

Kits available in 4 different color combinations.

RECAP: New Summer Adds

Bucklebury Chintz by Michelle Yeo brings together many historic and timeless motifs in beautiful raspberry pinks, olive greens and ocean blues. Reproduction designs from the mid-19th century.

Temecula Quilt Company Liberty legacy. I have been seeing renewed interest in reproduction fabrics from the 1900-1930 and I’m really excited about this new line of fabrics from the Temecula Quilt Company called Liberty Legacy. We just loaded the 20 new fabrics from this line on our website and also have a FQ bundle available for all 20 fabrics.

Haberdashery by Marcus Fabrics. Early Colonial bedrooms often featured expensive imported Toile fabrics augmented with 'Domestics' (woven checks). Those fabrics were readily available in America at the time. This Haberdashery line has yarn dyed checks and stripes reminiscent of the 1775-1825 time period.

Whistler Studio Circa: Sharp Cheddar - Wonderful Oranges and blues perfect for those fall projects. Available individually by yard or FQ Bundle. 18 lovely prints in this 1865-1900 Late 19th Century line. Post Civil War fabrics had a variety of designs that included paisleys, stripes, and florals. Predominant colors were madders, browns, greens and pinks.

#ScottSentMe2024 Challenge

Finally - We LOVE getting vistors to our store in Northfield, MN. We are partnering with Scott Fortunoff, VP of Henry Glass Fabrics in the #ScottSentMe2024 challenge! We are offering an incentive from Sep 1 to Nov 30 for all new visitors to our store. Just say “Scott Sent Me" and get 10% off a purchase of $25 or more. Check out all the participating stores. Hope to see you in the shop soon! Some great prizes are available for the top visitors. Check out the website for all the details and prize.

Don’t forget to have sew much fun! And lastly, please spread the word about the details of the contest to all of your quilty friends.

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