If you missed Part 1, see it here.
Many stains come out of Crypton fabrics with just water, but for tougher stains, see the video below.
It is important to rinse all soap from the fabric as any leftover soap can attract new dirt. Continue reading
If you missed Part 1, see it here.
Many stains come out of Crypton fabrics with just water, but for tougher stains, see the video below.
It is important to rinse all soap from the fabric as any leftover soap can attract new dirt. Continue reading →
We absolutely love Crypton’s line of home fabrics and we are excited to share more information with you. When a customer mentions that they have kids or pets and they are looking for something easy to clean, they are the first fabrics that we recommend.
Crypton fabric has the stain protection woven into the fabric, not just applied on top, so don’t worry about it wearing off. The solid and jacquard fabrics in the Crypton line have a moisture barrier that protects the fabric from spills seeping through and is guaranteed to never separate. Continue reading →
There are few color combinations that are as timelessly chic as black and white. We are excited about the new Duralee Black and White wovens that we just got in recently. Kalah has been very popular in blue and is now available in black and white.We can’t wait to see what people make out of it.
The girls in the shop have been oohing and ahhing over Alberi, which has a touch of silver in the branch print. Continue reading →
We are excited to show you the new fabrics that we just got in by one of our favorite designers, Nate Berkus.
Indigo, Grey, and Citrine have all been very popular colors and we love how they are used in the patterns in this new Nate Berkus collection.
The new collection also plays well with the Nate Berkus Fabrics that we already carry. Here you can see some of the new patterns paired with Safi Slate.
This is only a selection of our new Nate Berkus fabrics, see the rest on HouseFabric.com and on our Nate Berkus Pinterest Board.
Order your samples today and pre-order your fabric for early April delivery.
John Robshaw’s collection for Duralee has been one of our best sellers. He approaches textile design as an art and is often traveling the world finding inspiration for new designs.
Our 2 top sellers in his collection, Mani and Danda, are in his signature color Indigo.
The next 3 spots are taken by his favorite Pattern Kedara.
Find the rest of our John Robshaw fabrics at Housefabric.com and on our Pinterest Board
Check out the rest of his interview with Duralee after the jump.
Alice Guercio the Vice President of Product Coordination at Kravet answers your questions about Ikat Fabrics
One of the most popular trends in interior design today is ikat. The word ikat comes from the Malaysian word ‘mengikat’ or to tie, bind or wrap around. The proper pronunciation of the word has long been debated; however, the correct way to pronounce is ‘ee-kaht’ not ‘eye-cat.’ This ancient style of weaving uses a resist dyeing process similar to tie-dye where the warp and/or the weft yarns are dyed before the fabric is woven on the loom. The result of this process is a motif which is “blurred” in appearance. This ‘cloudy’ look comes from the slight bleeding of the dyes into the resist areas.
Click here to hear how to pronounce “Ikat”
Today we are featuring one of the designers that we carry Tilton Fenwick. Find their collection at HouseFabric.com
What is your favorite pattern from your collection & why? So difficult to pick just one! “Rocat” is one we think greatly represents our collection and our decorating style, incorporating a rich variety of patterns and colors in just one print. We love the versatility of this fabric as well, with a border design that can also be used for trimming and other coordinating details in a room.
If you weren’t a designer, what would you be? We both started careers out of college in advertising but today if we weren’t designing at Tilton Fenwick, Suysel would be a hotelier in Tulum, Mexico and Anne would be a real estate broker.
What was your favorite part about working with Duralee on your collection? The collaboration with the design team was incredible. We had such synergy throughout the design process and looked forward to walking up to their studio (just a few blocks from our office!) for meetings. We learned so much from them about textile design and in addition to our working relationship we developed a true friendship with the whole team. We know our collection was only improved by this incredible collaboration.
Start online, and shop by color (with 65,000 items at Anatol’s Fabric Outlet, you can find plenty of delft blue). Shop by label—Robert Allen, Waverly, Tommy Bahama, maybe even the hot bright stripes of Annie Selke. Study all the toiles. Click the link for polka dots. Or multi dots (a separate category, for dots of different sizes). Or dottie dots (which are tinier, and not to be confused with bubbly circles).
If you’re not sure, you can buy a swatch—but most don’t. “Only 25 percent of our orders come from people who ordered a sample,” says owner Bob Tamsky, who was surprised by the result. “They are either impulse buying, or they know what they want.” St. Louisans, though, can schlep bits of whatever we’re matching to Anatol’s new store in Hanley Industrial Court and hold them up to real bolts of fabric.
For fresh designs, Mr. Tamsky likes “a mill in Argentina—this kid, he’s about 30, inherited it from his family. He’s doing some of the coolest things, and he can deliver from scratch in six weeks with a one-roll minimum.” One pattern is blocked with the faces of iconic Americans who died before the age of 40; another has hands doing American Sign Language in every square.
Anatol’s still sells the bridal fabrics that Mr. Tamsky’s father popularized. His grandfather, Anatol Tamsky—a Russian émigré by way of Cuba—started with a stand in Soulard, then opened a shop on Washington Avenue, selling leftover fabric from hundreds of apparel manufacturers. And now Mr. Tamsky does 90 percent of his business online, with fulfillment cen-ters all over the country.
Their business is like the fabric itself: All that changes is the way the threads are woven together.
Anatol’s Fabric Outlet, 1328 Strassner, 314-968-0090, housefabric.com