Shopping: upholstery and curtain fabric
From crafting cushions and making curtains to re-upholstering an old chair - choosing an interesting, beautiful fabric can make all the difference. Pick the right textile for the project in terms of weight and drape of the cloth: a heavy wool works for upholstery, but linen can hang beautifully as curtains. As for pattern and colour, the choice is yours, so pick from modern Liberty florals, chic geometric prints or charming illustrated designs. From floral and pretty to strikingly bold, we love these fabrics...
1/24‘Pattee’ hand-block-printed linen (blue on natural, pink on natural), £160 a metre, from Molly Mahon
2/24‘Nomad’ fabric (in green; also available in lemon, denim, and coral), by Martin Brudnizki, cotton mix, £115 a metre, from Christopher Farr Cloth
3/24'Indian Flower' (red/blue), by Carolina Irving Textiles, linen, £175 a metre, from Redloh House Fabrics.
4/24'Susani Yellow' linen, £210 a metre from Robert Kime
5/24Fabric, 'Palm Drop' pictured in sea green/chalk (also available: squid ink/brick, sky blue/plaster), viscose/ linen, £120 a metre, from Beata Heuman
6/24‘Gamcha’ (from top: birch, mayan, raspberry, mustard, kale), by Namay Samay, silk/linen, 130cm wide, £270 a metre, from Tissus d’Hélène
7/24Lewis & Wood Skittery Linen is a nice linen in a very specific, dirty-pastel colour palette that teams very well with their papers. £59 a metre.
8/24There's a reason this classic Liberty design has been so popular for so long - it's the sort of fabric you just can't stop staring at. The rich primary hues give it a modern update.
Viola B Tana Lawn, £21 per metre at Liberty
9/24'No2 Grenade' (custom blue), linen, 168cm wide, €460 a metre, from Antoinette Poisson.
10/24An outline version of a traditional Liberty print from the 1890s; we're sure this peacock feather print will also stand the test of time.
Blue and White Hebe Print Linen Union, £65 per metre at Liberty
11/24If you are after something with a flourish of Jacobean vines, 'Crewelwork', a linen mix by Bennison Fabrics, is a beautiful classic that will stand the test of time.
'Crewelwork' (jungle colours on beige), £197 a metre, bennisonfabrics.com
The man, his style, his textiles: Geoffrey Bennison's stye file
12/24‘Anacapri’, by Lars Nilsson, cotton canvas, €130 a metre, from Svenskt Tenn
13/24Linen from top: ‘Tristan’ (roux), £306 a metre; ‘Turnadot’ (roux), £322 a metre; ‘Carmen’ (neptune), £306 a metre; ‘Aida’ (aurora), £322 a metre; all by Rose Tarlow, from Tissus d’Hélène
14/24'Domingo Blue', silk mix, 130cm wide, £150 a metre, from Margo Selby.
15/24Top: 'Windsor Park' (palm), cotton, £26.60 a metre. Bottom: 'Lady Mendl' (indigo), cotton mix, £33.30 a metre; both by Madcap Cottage, from Robert Allen.
16/24'Mogul Flowers' (multi), linen, £145 a metre, from Iksel Decorative Arts.
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17/24'Tamara' (navy/emerald), by Jane Churchill, cotton/ viscose, £95 a metre, from Colefax and Fowler.
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18/24'Net Net' (01), by Dominique Kieffer, cotton/viscose, £155 a metre, from Rubelli.
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19/24Sanderson's geometric 'Ooti' cotton, £76 a metre.
Using this fabric, esigners Bunny Turner and Emma Pocock upholstered the Ben Whistler armchair in the sitting room of this Edwardian house. The bold emerald colourway enlivens the space. The handwoven tie-dyed fabric comes in seven additional colours.
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20/24Great Cactus' (from top of pile: blue blue on oyster, grey yellow on oyster, green orange on oyster), linen/cotton, £170 a metre, from Bennison Fabrics.
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21/24'Stripe' and 'Check' (duck egg blue, charcoal, pink), silk/cotton, £139 a metre, from Gainsborough.
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22/24Claremont's 'Armure Cannele' cotton mix, available in 18 other colours, £177 a metre.
Designer David Mlinaric chose Claremont's 'Armure Cannele' cotton mix in the seafoam colourway for the sofa in the sitting room of Flint House. The green is a nod to the fields surrounding the house. The fabric would also work well on walls.
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23/24'Angelica' (honey rose), by Annie Millar for Lewis & Wood, linen, 134cm wide, £80.40 a metre, from Lewis & Wood.
24/24Handwoven fabrics, from left: 'Ocosito Falseria' (blue), 90cm wide, £195 a metre; 'Catarina Ikat' (black), 94cm wide, £105 a metre; 'Toliman Ikat' (indigo), 94cm wide, £105 a metre; 'Lempa Falseria' (indigo), 90cm wide, £170 a metre; 'Volcano Ikat' (indigo), 94cm, £105 a metre; all cotton, from A Rum Fellow.
