How many of you are still interested in finding all things fabrics Chintz for a bit longer?
For today, I have discovered more sites on the web and these sites are based out of North America, why I would find that amazing, I don't know! I realize that I am on a "chintz" junket, so if your bored with it all already, you just go ahead and delete me today.... Yesterday while writing about Hindeloopen it made me reconnect with the desire to find more information on Chintz.
Lo and behold I believe I hit the motherlode of Chintz related sites!
I realize I may have sparked an interest in summer travel with my memories of the past few days, but, think about this! Convincing your better half or yourself that instead of spending a thousand or more dollars on a plane ticket, more money on hotel and food bills, and additional transportation and sightseeing costs! You can just shop for these fabrics online and save, save, save! Why the fabrics wouldn't be near as expensive as the actual trip and foraging for fabrics across the ocean.
This wonderfully stocked quilt shop can be found right here, well, not exactly right here in Ontario, but here in Texas, honest to goodness authentic Dutch Reproduction Fabrics and WOW is all that I can say! Like the Program on the Food Network "You Gotta Eat Shop Here"!!!
Happiness Is...Quilting, nah, don't wait to read the rest of my post, if your interested in reproduction Chintz go there now! I have already made a long list of the fabrics I want and truth be told, their cheaper ordering from here that across that huge pond they call the Atlantic! I know for a fact this is number 1 on my Must Have fabrics >
Isn't it beautiful? There are at least 6 more I just have to have!!! hmmm wonder if Piggy can handle it even at the savings of travel?
A different slant but still finite quilting is Collector With A Needle, not only is the post from close to a year ago about Chintz but also shows you a wonderful collection of dutch wooden show pin cushions. I honestly think you will enjoy exploring this site, for its wonderful sense of balance with the old and the new.
If your a Quilt history buff, you may already have been to this site more than once, however, for those of us with a newly acquired interest in the historical this site is fascinating. 1812 War & Piecing and it has a lot to do with Chintz in its own fashion and span in that time period. I can spend a long time exploring this site.
For those of you with a love of fine china, you may well be interested in "Chintz" by Susan Scott, I never knew about this stuff until today, I have seen reproduction pieces, but never dreamed how collectible the originals could become. Now I will never look at a piece of Chintz patterned fine chine without wondering about its authenticity and value! LOL
The Charleston Museum has some beautiful Chintz quilts pictured here from its Historical Textiles Gallery which may interest you.
If your still interested after being saturated with this "Chintz" after today I will happily continue on and share more sites I found.
This internet of ours is a wonderful and far reaching place. One second your at home in your own little world and with the click of your mouse you could be visiting outer Mongolia....or scaling the heights of the highest mountain peak in South America....this all still gives me a rush.
Thanks for visiting today, I sincerely hope you haven't been bored, for myself, I have been excited to find these links and exploring each one.
God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily. ~Author Unknown
Yesterday I took you on a tour of some of Holland's quilt shops!
Today, I am visiting Brummen, in the Province of Gelderland. The name of the shop is Atelier Bep (meaning Beps Quit Shop)! THIS ladies is a paradise to visit, and, if your like me you'll need the better part of the day to explore and visit. It brags of WOW!
As Bep so aptly describes her shops' location, you cannot help but smile, "in a pigsty in the garden in a gypsy wagon" she sells her wares. Everything relating to the making of dolls and bears, to quilting essentials (meaning fabrics)!
If you are not simply fascinated by this shop, you'll definitely be awed by the beauty of the gardens.
I forgot to mention to you, most quilt shops have coffee and tea on the go and biscuits or cookies to go along with the sip! Such a very nice tradition, don't you think?
I find it interesting to note the various degrees of interests quilters have, well, Bep is no exception to the rule! Her antique looking fabrics make for interesting outer clothing for her dolls, her bears rank in the top position of her favorites to create with clothing of cloth and knitted wear to give the certain character its appeal.
For those of you with a yen for history there is also huge Estates with flowing lawns and luscious gardens, (some of which may be visited by the visiting public) among which is the Kasteel (castle) Engelenburg! Whoa, you should look around this place for sure! It is now a posh hotel, but not that posh that you couldn't afford to stay a night and while you shop fabrics your other half can take in a round of golf! All in all, as with many villages in The Netherlands and Europe, the area is rife with history and those who speak English to explain it all to you.
History, especially my own heritable, is simply too kewl! There is a place in Hinderloopen called Glashouwer or in English, "The Dutch Fabric Shop", specializing in traditional Dutch Hinderloop clothing! Take a long look around, the chintz patterns are so intricate and look so delicate that you just have to have a portion of a meter if for no other reason than to have it! If your interested in the traditional garb of the Hinderloop then flit on over to P8 Buttons & Frbrics there you will find a great article on where Hinderloppen is located as well as a pictorial selection of the olden day costumes and chintz! Those wooden shoes all painted in traditional Hinderloopen chintz are spectacular, don't you agree? To me the Toille fabrics and Chintz fabric patterns of yesteryear are coveted, why, because their simply artistically beautiful. One last place for you to see Hindeloop artwork in the traditional is to take a look around Folk Art & Decorative Painting Artezan and it is here where you can get a sense and feel of the actual love of folk art.
One last foray into the interesting Dutch Quilt shops is De Naaidoos! Located in an old farm house, the shop represents anything but old! It is bright, modern and filled to its rafters with fabrics and notions, and their line of clothing and more!
There you have it for today, some more memories shared and places to visit.
Thank you for stopping by and for your interest. If you have a comment on today or yesterdays posts, please, feel free to leave it, I am interested in your thoughts and ideas for possible posts in the future.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. ~Albert Schweitzer
