The Affordable Fabrics Interior Designers Swear By
Alice Leigh Designs
“185 Linen from Merchant and Mills is a lovely lightweight, tumbled linen, with great colours and a lovely, soft feel. If you want to use it as curtains, a lining will help it hang better and prevent fading. Little Compliments from Ian Sanderson is such a versatile, affordable collection, too, with some classic patterns and useful colours. Not only are they good for lampshades, curtains and cushions, they can also be used for curtain linings – especially if you're using a plain fabric on the face. Seen from the exterior, it can add another level of interest and detail.”
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Anna Haines
“This pretty small print from Tinsmiths would work well upholstered on a sofa with a contrast piping. This gingham coral would also be beautiful on a single headboard with some cream piping.”
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Rosanna Bossom
“This Ian Sanderson print would make the perfect lining for curtains. In fact, we just had it paper-backed and used as wallpaper in a girl’s bedroom. The Tinsmiths ticking fabric would also look amazing on a giant sofa in a playroom. Striped sofas are one of my favourite things to do.”
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Jessica Buckley
“Ian Mankin’s Ticking 01 is endlessly versatile: we’ve used it for curtains, upholstery, cushions, linings – you name it, we’ve done it. Meanwhile, Tivoli is a bold, high-impact stripe from The Cloth Shop: use it for a simple lumbar cushion or a Roman blind. If you want to go all-out, then it would be perfect for a tented room – so fun.”
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Laura Marino
“Tinsmith’s Large Check in Black is timeless; we love large checks (especially in black and white) for upholstery, curtains or batten walls as an alternative to a stripe. As for this Palm Tree block print by Camilla Costello, it’s lovely as a full-length table skirt over a console, or bedside tables, or even made up into a table cloth with matching napkins.”
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Bee Osborn
“This super chunky cord from Yorkshire Fabric Shop is good quality and great value – we’re covering a sofa in it, currently. Although Zoe Glencross’s prices are sometimes higher, you can often get off-cuts from her beautiful range at a discounted rate. She also uses old samples and remnants to make lovely bags, to ensure nothing goes to waste. It’s always worth checking out online.”
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Anna Hewitson
“This Tinsmith’s pretty scallop design is perfect for scatter cushions or a blind for a small window. I also love this Nile & York Raffles design and their Macita print. I've used the stripe for curtains and Macita for cushions and blinds.”
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Harriet Ashton
“Gingham is a staple of any country interior. Contrast it with more modern fabrics to stop it feeling dated. This would look great in a young boy’s bedroom made up as a bedspread. The scale of this Tinsmith’s Lantern motif also makes it the perfect fabric for roman blinds.”
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Laura Stephens
“I love Camilla Costello’s delicate pink and green flower print. Use it on a roman blind, possibly with a pink fan edge trim – but it would also look amazing as a pleated lampshade. This pink Ikat fabric would be lovely as curtains, but I can imagine it on scatter cushions, too, which could be done with red piping.”
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Sarah Peake
“Tinsmith Mansur is a great one for country house bedrooms. I love it on the inside of bed half testers or lining a bed nook. It’s a great starting point for a scheme as it has lots of colours. Equally, it can work well on gathered lampshades. I’m also planning to use Tinsmith Florentine for a pair of eiderdowns in another country house project. It’s a colourful and cosy fabric – traditional but not dreary. I love all of Nile & York fabrics, and they often find their way into my schemes. I use them for curtain linings. We are planning a wardrobe at the moment with gathered fabric panels in their Raffles design.”
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