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I Love Gingham! It is such a useful fabric - it can be blended with plain colours or added to florals or stripes to give a country feel to a project, room or clothing. Gingham is a medium-weight plain-woven fabric made from dyed cotton or cotton-blend yarn. The name originates from an adjective in the Malay language, ging-gang, meaning striped. Some sources say that the name came into English via Dutch. When originally imported into Europe in the 17th century it was a striped fabric, though now it is distinguished by its checkered pattern. From the mid 18th century, when it was being produced in the mills of Manchester, England, it started to be woven into checked or plaid patterns (often blue and white). Checked gingham became more common over time, though striped gingham was still available in the late Victorian period. Gingham is made of carded or combed, medium or fine yarns, where the coloring is on the warp yarns and always along the grain. Gingham has no right or wrong side with respect to colour. Along with muslin, gingham is often used as a test fabric while designing fashion, or used for making an inexpensive fitting shell prior to making the clothing in fashion fabric. Gingham shirts have been worn by mods since the 1960s and continue to be identified with fans of indie and mod music with brands like Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green, Fred Perry, Rough Trade and Merc producing gingham shirts. Whatever its history it will always be a great fabric and one that appears in my books often.
Cute Gingham jugs via hellomagazine.com
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Scrapbook paper pack as wallpaper - not really gingham but it works x
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Red gingham bucket chairs very 2011!
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50's style gingham dress brought right up-to-date!
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Tammy Chase This reminds me of Betty Draper! Love the dress!
Cross stitch wall painting - clever idea. Not really gingham, but it's fun!
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Julia Miller cover pots with gingaham material