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Vintage Dyetopia at the Opera! Die Fledermaus in Memphis Jan 2012 01/23/2012
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Unusual application of tablecloth by a costume designer
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I really love when this happens - when I find a customer who thinks like I do. Though not my fave Mid Century, I enjoy rocking old damasks and embroidered cloths with outrageous color.

 Fabric is fabric, and with imagination this Art Nouveau tablecloth (in my signature weird colors) became part of a costume for Die Fledermaus

The costume is designed by Christianne Myers, an Etsian from Ann Arbor Michigan who was invited to be a guest designer for Opera Memphis:

"Thought you might want to see how your table cloth got used! I'm the costume designer for Die Fledermaus at Opera Memphis. I painted into the pattern to bump up the color and then the draper assembled it into the overskirt."

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Great Tablecloth Database & Fantastic Tablescapes! 07/13/2011
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I'd been trying to identify this cloth, and found this great site called The Little Round Table (note great tablescape) and there she was, in all her colorways (except mine).  The website is open to i.d. suggestions and will certainly get my input as I learn more.

Below is my colorway ("absinthe") for what turns out to be "Butterfly" by Roslyn - will list today on Etsy.  I also snagged the label from The Little Round Table...

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Vintage Fabric Tablecloth with Large Ruffled Border 07/13/2011
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BEYOND SHABBY CHIC
Rather than relist some fabric that didn't sell, and since these fabrics were dyed the same color, I decided to combine a vintage and a retro fabric to make this tablecloth - the retro makes the ruffle, which is a generous 12 inches deep!  
I had vintage rick rack which I dyed to match the red colors, have ordered more to finish the napkins, then will list on Etsy.
An easy project for someone like me who really doesn't like to sew!
Below is the same fabric someone else made into a tablecloth, which I dyed and made the napkins for.

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New Restoration -Vintage Paris French Street Scene Tablecloth 07/08/2011
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Don't know who the designer of this tablecloth is, but it was really inspiring to re-ink the graphics - brush and pen strokes just flowed naturally within the lines...Available on Etsy, for closeups, and the original colors,  click the pic.

I used a tint of Chinese Red (Dharma), which is a warm peachy pink I would call sandstone, rather like a Frank Lloyd Wright desert tan. Flamingo, dark green and chartreuse complete the color.
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A Keeper - Vintage Reverse Print Wool Child's Blanket 06/29/2010
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These vintage reversible blankets (this one wool) are really charming, especially with a 20's print like this one.  Mama duck with an umbrella or parasol pushing a stroller with her other duckling hurrying to keep up.
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DYE NOTES:  I used Procion MX fiber reactive dye, Sky Blue, instead of the usual acid dye for wool.  I did not want to risk felting the wool with high temperatures, but still wanted a predictable color.  Since this blue is a pure, unmixed color, I can be sure of the results. Otherwise when dyeing silk or wool with cold water dyes, the color will "shift" to an unexpected hue.
The blue overdyed the orange to an interesting secondary tone of aubergine.

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Pantone Fall Colors 2010 06/12/2010
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Here are the fall colors from Mount Pantone - on this site you may  download a pdf.
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