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Posts tagged “Fabric”

DIY Rag Rug

Here's a great project if you have spare fabric lying around... and want a rag rug in your home. Create a pattern in the rug or use the perfect accent colors to help bring a room together. ...

Look! Lovely Pillows from Thailand

Last winter, we shared some beautifully printed pillows that were made in Bangkok. This year, while doing some holiday shopping, we stumbled upon these pillows at one of our favorite local Portlan...

Osborne & Little Color Inspiration

We often first think to introduce color to a room with paint. Fabrics, too, can liven up the scene, be it in upholstery, drapery, or smaller objects like pillows. For a little color inspiration from...

Color a Room With Fabric Panels

This room foregoes artwork all together in favor of walls covered entirely in fabric. The vibrant blue hue is just about the color of evening light, making this feel like a relaxing retreat at day's...

Otomi Patterns Throughout the Home

click thumbnails for larger pics Apartment Therapy Chicago recently did a post on Otomi textiles, handmade fabric produced by the Otomi Indians of Hidalgo, Mexico. The style has seen a surge in popul...

New Fabrics at Reprodepot

click thumbnails for larger pics Reprodepot has always been an inspirational source for reproduction vintage fabrics, great textiles, and notions. Their newest fabrics are no exception, and while loo...

How To: Cover Your Switchplates With Fabric Scraps
Tiny Decor

This weekend we braved the absurdly long line at the closing sale of Whizbang Fabrics in the Mission (sob—they will be missed!). Came home with a lot of fabric bits we didn’t need but couldn’t r...

Marimekko Fabric on Sale

If all the DIY talk around here lately has you itching to start a project of your own, we found the sale for you: Marimekko regular and upholstery fabric on major markdown......

How To: Attach Fabric to Ikea Bookcases

One of the joys of simple Ikea products is that they lend themselves so well to the creative process. Case in point: billy bookcases. We've shown you all sorts of ways to make them your own, and here'...

Etsy Find: A Stitch in Dye

Color! That is our inspiration for home this new year, and it seems to be an interest we share with Malka of Etsy shop A Stitch in Dye. Her handmade pillows and batik fabric come in bright, super-satu...

Pillows from Etoile Home

We're always looking for ways to quickly and inexpensively update our decor, and have found that in general, pillows offer the most visual bang for the buck. These punchy designs from Etoile Home make...

Spoonflower Customizable Fabric

Yes! We are very excited about this idea. There's a new website where you can upload a pattern or picture of your choice and they'll work their magic and print it onto fabric for you. The possibiliti...

Ikat Pillows

Accents pillows are a great way to introduce new trends in fabric, as well as to ease in patterns that you might find to be too busy in large doses. Ikat has been a trend for a little while now, but d...

India Rose

We first heard about India Rose while checking out the annual Sample Sale at the American Industrial Building on Third Street. Their showroom was definitely one of the highlights of the day - a lovely...

Marimekko Fabric at Textile Arts

We love online retailer Textile Arts, and Marimekko is the best for offering striking prints that can be used both functionally and as art. While checking out the website, we fell hard for a few of th...

John Robshaw Pillows

We pretty much love everything offered by John Robshaw, but the yellow bolsters at the top are just what we've been looking for lately to add a punch of color to our bedroom, and the fabric is vaguely...