{"id":3628,"date":"2012-03-07T13:47:07","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T18:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliverands.com\/blog\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2018-11-28T13:44:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T18:44:48","slug":"it-was-the-70s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2012\/03\/it-was-the-70s.html","title":{"rendered":"it was the 70’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know how you can look back at photos from the 1950’s or the 1980’s and just tell from a glance when they were taken? I mean, tiny waists and bullet bras are an easy indicator of the New Look “Mad Men” era 1950’s, right? And bell-bottom pants are a dead give-away for the 1970’s. (Personally, I had a killer pair of purple bell-bottoms with silver studs running up the side seams. And a pair of plaid bell-bottoms too, now that I think about it.)<\/p>\n

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Well, have you ever noticed how different decades have their own “look”, even in printed quilting cotton fabrics? I was rooting around in my mom’s scrap bin during a trip home and came across all these swatches from my childhood. They bring back memories for me. So many of these fabrics became dresses for me and my sisters. And to me these prints all scream “1976” or thereabouts. The little calico florals and the color palettes together say it all.<\/p>\n

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I think about this a lot. (Not sure why, but I do. Maybe because I’ve been around sewing for so many years now?) In the past decade or so we’ve seen the trend toward the really traditional Asian-influenced prints, the batik trend (which seems to be on its way out, yes?), and what else? I can’t remember without digging through my Mom’s scrap bin, I guess. But what is the trend for this decade? Designer prints? Lots of vibrant color? Both?<\/p>\n

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I think it’s fun to see trends change, but I don’t keep a lot of scraps around. We generate so many scraps in our studio that we quickly run out of space, and with such severe budget cuts in the school system I’ve found many art teachers who are thrilled to receive a box of scraps whenever we need to clear out some space. So I may never have a bin of old scraps for S to sort through. But I’m curious to see where printed fabrics go next: what color palettes and themes will define each decade.<\/p>\n

Have you seen any themes recently in your own purchases or interests?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You know how you can look back at photos from the 1950’s or the 1980’s and just tell from a glance when they were taken? I mean, tiny waists and bullet bras are an easy indicator of the New Look …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20701],"class_list":["post-3628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-fabric"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/calico4.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-Ww","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6515,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2013\/04\/take-a-nature-walk-this-digital-release-thursday.html","url_meta":{"origin":3628,"position":0},"title":"take a nature walk this digital release thursday","author":"Todd Gibson","date":"April 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Today we are releasing our popular boy's sewing pattern, The Nature Walk Pullover + Knit Pants, as a digital pattern.","rel":"","context":"In "general post"","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/NatureWalk.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":75951,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/10\/sew-pajamas-with-liesl-co.html","url_meta":{"origin":3628,"position":1},"title":"sew pajamas with liesl + co.","author":"Masha Richart","date":"October 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Mire is stopping by from the Advisors Circle to show how she mixed and matched our patterns to sew pajamas. 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