Dobby Dot

Posted in Bed Comforter Sets on 06/07/2004 03:11 pm by admin

Dobby Dot

Wholesale Fabric For Designer Drapes and Upholstery

The wholesale fabric scene today for designer drapes and upholstery is a great market. Many people want the trendy fabrics to decorate their homes in contemporary upscale style. When you want to stock cloth in your store for this crowd you need to know what is hot. These styles and patterns can be gotten wholesale.

For instance, there are many vintage fabrics that are perfect for upholstery, drapes, and slipcovers. There are Old World patterns like vine in which the weave is of a heavy texture. Another one is the grid pattern; it is traditional. For something a bit historical, but more up-to-date, a retro pattern works well and it is very popular. The retro fabrics have an energetic feel and let’s have some fun attitude. They come in stripes, flowers, dots, circles, funky, hound’s-tooth, groovy, and scrolls. All of these come in different patterns and color schemes. Before the sixties, the fifties retro in bark cloth and cotton canvas is popular for the vintage fifties drapery and upholstery look. Whichever look someone wants to create in their home is possible with today’s abundant fabrics, colors, and designs.

Other choices in drapery fabric include: cotton scrim, sheers, crinkle, sequin, flocked, and velvets. When you’re looking for high-end material for drapes velvets like Contentment Java or Bordeaux work well. Satin prints in zebra stripes, paisley, and cheetah are trendy. Upholstery fabric in styles like Wellington Blue or Camille Parrot are upscale and in vogue.

Some other choices in upholstery fabric designs that stood the test of time and are still popular includes: medieval and renaissance. In this scope the fleur de lis in different variations is a big hit today. These designs are presented in pretty muted colors like green, brown, gold, and orange.

Many people prefer Hawaiian fabrics. The lovely island prints make wonderful drapery and upholstery material. The canvas printed fabric is good for upholstery and the cotton dobby for lighter upholstery and drapes. Oriental prints are also very “in.” These extremely happy, bright, and colorful prints will dazzle your home with their decorative effect. Searching online will empower you to find these great fabrics at wholesale.

Fabrics that have been laminated with vinyl are recommended for upholstery and drapery. This material has the stiffness that makes it stronger and the draping ability that makes it form the curves in drapes. The laminated backing makes this material more resilient. Upholstery and drapes made from it will be long lasting…keeping a good shape.

Shopping for these gorgeous fabrics can be done by color, design, name brand or style such as traditional, retro or modern. Of course, when you want wholesale that will be your first consideration, but all of these can be gotten wholesale.

You can find these fabrics and other wholesale fabrics online close to where you live by looking in a directory and finding the wholesalers in different cities in your state. There are many online upholstery and drapery fabric wholesalers.

About the Author

Mitch Gleason has been a business writer for the past 15 years contributing to many business periodicals. Read some of his articles about
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