50s style barkcloth for upholstery and draperies - from Melinamade
Mid Mod Pam on Oct 06 2007 at 1:00 pm | Filed under: attic & basement, bedroom, kitchen, living room
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.
[...] reasonable cost, the labor charge can be brutal. In terms of fabric, see my post on barkcloth from melinamade. There are definitely many other sources out there, I’ll look into [...]
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.