I bought one yard of melinamade.com’s “celestial aqua” barkcloth to make the valance in my kitchen — and the fabric was just awesome. It is really nice and heavy-weight…great “hand”, or feel…and the colors are rich and beautiful. I love it, it makes a huge difference!
In the photos you get to see Melina herself. If you read the “about” section on her website, you can see that she got into the business out of passion — which we totally identify with!! The site also notes that she was able to identify one of the few remaining companies the still weave barkcloth in the 40s-60s way, so this is the real deal.
Link: Melinamade
I love Melina’s fabrics. About six years ago I had her make four pillow in the Atomicburst fabric. The fabric is fabulous, she did a beautiful job and they still look great after several washings.
It’s really unfortunate that this site is no longer available. Those were some cool designs.
just tried to send email via their online contact page. yes: nonfunctional.
We ordered some sample fabrics from her sometime back. The envelope has her actual address, which is:
Melinamade
1235 Watson Ranch Way
DIxon, Ca 95620
Have no idea if she’s still in business or not. If not, a real shame!
That is such a shame! I’ve used Melina’s fabric for my living room sofas, my dining room chairs, and my kitchen curtains. I’ll be doing a bathroom remodel in the future, and I was looking forward to using Melina again (for the shower curtain). Hopefully she’ll renew the site, or make her fabric available elsewhere.
Guess what Shane – Melinamade.com is BACK!!!!
The site is back but it looks like a lot of stuff is sold out. Some of her wallpapers were a very decent price but they’re no longer available it seems.
That’s certainly a possibility. I just noticed that the fabrics that I’ve used (Boomerang Mushroom and Boomerang White), and the fabrics that I’m considering for future projects (Atomicburst White and Celestial Aqua) are both still available and at the same prices as before. Perhaps she’ll be updating the website with more offerings soon.
@ melinamadefabrics.com
Don’t despair… Melina’s fabrics are available at her new website… MelinaMadeFabrics.com !
Someone had swooped down and bought up her other website address before she had a chance to renew the domain name.
I hope she makes her fabulous fabrics for many years to come!~
I’ve just snagged a lovely couch & chair set similar in line to one my aunt had and that I loved in 1958, and want badly to recover it (this will be its 3rd life) with fabric like hers. But I’ve looked until I’m nearly blind, and can’t even find a photo/description of it, let alone a supply.
I’m referring to a very durable weave that was textured and had silver sparkle threads running through it. Hers was black, and that’s what I want, though I did see it on other people’s furniture in brown. Does anyone remember what I’m talking about? Am I in the wrong decade on this?
Thanks for any help!
Is this going the be the same story as the gold flecked Formica?
Perhaps you are talking about what we call “frieze”. The world of fabrics is SO HUGE that I can’t say whether or who makes this anymore. My reco: Go to a large upholstery / fabric store and start going thru the books, especially major manufacturers like Duralee and Robert Allen. With all the Mad Men craziness out there, SOMEONE must be making this stuff again.
I have done two posts on vintage fabrics with gold running thru them: Vintage rhino cloth, yum: http://retrorenovation.com/2009/12/21/vintage-barkcloth-rhino-cloth-waverly-golden-glo/ and vintage Las Vegas cloth: http://retrorenovation.com/2009/12/23/vintage-las-vegas-capricedrapery-fabric-from-waverly/ … Fun to look at, but alas, not available anymore. Even so, I’d say these were more likely chosen for pinch pleats rather than upholstery.
Good luck, and let me know what you find.
Here are a few fabrics that have the “sparkly” threads running through them that I think you are looking for:
Manufacturer: Beacon Hill
Pattern Name: Flashpoint
Colors: Beige Shimmer, Copper, and Silverscreen
http://beaconhilldesign.com/searches/search_fab_color.aspx?type=fabric&pattern=FLASHPOINT
There’s also –
Manufacturer: Maxwell
Pattern Name: Indulgence – Smokescreen
Color: #50 Treasure
http://www.maxwellfabrics.com/p/SY6050
The glittery threads don’t necessarily show up too well in the online photos, but I got swatches of all of these and they definitely sparkle. Covered 2 lounge chairs in the Flashpoint “Beige Shimmer” and they look great.
MelinaMadeFarics seems to have gone out of business. The contact page on their site is non-functional, as is the newsletter sign-up form. The telephone number listed is answered by a machine and a voice named Jacqueline, but calls go unreturned. Postal mail sent to the street address in Dixon is returned as undeliverable. If anyone knows what happened, I’d be curious to know.
Argh. The second time this has happened….
Melina seems to still be in business.
Here is a link to her website:
http://www.melinamadefabrics.com/index.html
and she is on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/MELINAMADE-FABRICS/153780966148
melinamade is definetely still in business, I just received the Tiki print through an order through Jacqueline and am thrilled with the quality and service. Phone number 707-365-5618.