How to give fabric an antique look 8 Articles

by Di Reiter

Creating a new handcrafted fabric with an aged look Many brand-new craft items found on the market today have been created to appear old and antique, as if they were found in the trunk of an attic or buried in a forgott...read more

by Liz Westlake

One of the fastest ways to create a more interesting project, be it quilting, cross stitch or needlepoint, is to use an "antiqued" fabric. You can easily create an antique-looking fabric at home with a little time, and you...read more

by Cindy Hartzell

Do you have a project that would look more authentic if your fabric is antique? Have you looked around and found that true antique fabric is either: a) impossible to find. b) too expensive, or c) too fragile to withsta...read more

by Eileen Hughes

How to give fabric an antique look Aging fabric to look antique is a sought after craft by many. Whether you need the fabric to place behind the sepia printed photo or to make garments resembling the pioneering age, you ...read more

by Kelly Selzle

No attic to raid for some of Grandma's antique fabric? We've all heard the term "yellowed with age" and now you can create "vintage" fabrics right in your own kitchen. A large pot, some fabric (cotton and linen accept dye ...read more

by Danelle Karth

There is something to be said about the feel of antique. It is the warmth that it offers, the sense of home, and somehow a feeling of love. If it is fabric it is often felt in the warmth of the color, the age that has sett...read more

by L. A. Hardt

Aging fabrics to make them look older can be done in a number of ways; it depends on the effect that you are going for. Before dying any fabric it is best to do a color test to see how quickly a fabric absorbs the color, ...read more

by Jen Bishop

There has been a recent increase in novelty fabric in the last few days. The quilting store in my community actually has a section of fabric from the 1920's. While those fabric may be recreations of the fabric of the time...read more