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.
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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.
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.