Reproduction Chintzes 2020

Anne's English Scrapbox by Di Ford

Fans of reproduction prints are celebrating the current crop of early repros. Several collections echoing pre-1850 chintzes (and rainbow stripes as above) are now available.

A vase with a crackle background and some Asian influence

Anne Varley by Petra Prins and Nel Kooiman,

Dutch Heritage

Dutch fabrics require a little more searching to buy them (and a little more cash)

but they are worth it.

Jane Austen at Home captures the look of the Indiennes in

the Jane Austen family quilt in the collection of her Chawton home

Indiennes---the look of prints from India, fanciful flowers scattered about.

Reproduction of the Austen quilt

 Christopher Wilson-Tate has also captured the look of Indiennes in his 

Regency Romance collection.

Regency Romance includes a PANEL!

The large print from Betsy Chutchian's Elinore's Endeavor

is another Indienne---the white background was common

200 years ago.

On line auction---quilt 1830-1850

It's time to go shopping and buy fabric for an authentic-looking

medallion repro.