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Bradbury vintage wallpaper designs now available as fabrics, too

pam kueber - July 18, 2012, Updated: July 18, 2012

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bradbury wallpapers available as fabricsIf you’re thinking of using one of Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpaper’s reproduction vintage wallpapers in your kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, office… or wherever…. now you can also consider getting all matchy-matchy and use the same design on window treatments, pillows, an apron or… you think it up. Yes, you can now get Bradbury designs on fabric, too. The company has recently launched its 18 of its wallpaper designs as fabrics for sale on spoonflower.com. These first fabric designs come from Bradbury’s Mod Generation line of 1960s and 1970s inspired wallpapers. You 1940s and 1950s fans, sit tight, the company tells me that they will continue to introduce more designs moving forward.

Interestingly, you can get the Bradbury fabrics in either “full-sized” or “petite” versions of the wallpaper. So, you could use the full-sized wallpaper design on your walls… the petite size on a window valence or make-your-own fabric window shade. This makes particular sense as a design strategy, I think, when you are using the op-art 1960s design. It would be great fun to play with the scale of these designs.

Spoonflower offers their prints on 10 different kinds of fabric. I like the idea of the organic cotton sateen — otherwise known as chintz, always an excellent retro choice. Spoonflower says this fabric is “appropriate for clothing and pillows.” The linen-cotton canvas also looks like a good choice for window valances — sort of heavier duty, like a barkcloth. Spoonflower says the linen-cotton is “appropriate for table cloths, tea towels, dresses, bags, and pillows.” Want even heavier duty? Try the heavy cotton twill, “appropriate for upholstery projects, home decorating, pants, tote bags, banners, coats and jackets, window draperies, tablecloths, and place mats.”

I do caution that, in my experience, printed fabrics are tricky for upholstery, they will wear much harder and are harder to clean than a woven design (in which the color is in the threads themselves). I have successfully used printed fabrics on curtains, pillows, seat cushions and slipcovers, but I wouldn’t use them on “real” upholstered pieces.

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  1. Paula says

    July 20, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    Did you check out some of the other mid century fabrics on Spoonflower? There went my bedroom decorating budget.

  2. Kristy says

    July 18, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    That’s so funny, I was just looking at those designs the other day, when they were only available as wall paper. Seems like years ago!

  3. Lindsey C. says

    July 18, 2012 at 1:54 pm

    OMG, these would make THE CUTEST bathroom tiles EVERRRR!!!

    http://www.bradbury.com/boi_710_gray.html

  4. Lindsey C. says

    July 18, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    Okay, where’s the link to the wallpaper? Off to Google!

  5. Lauryn says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    Way cool!! Fabulous way to get some of these designs without having to commit to wallpaper (though I DID commit to their wallpaper and couldn’t be happier!).

  6. Terri Hunter-Davis says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    Ooh, this just made my day!

  7. Becky says

    July 18, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    Oh, thank the decorating gods! I adore those wallpapers, but we live in an apartment and thus can’t cover the walls. Now I can make pillows for the couch in my favorite prints! : D

  8. Heather says

    July 18, 2012 at 9:58 am

    What a great find! I am not a fan of wallpaper (I know, I know – a shocking admission!) but I love the patterns and colors. This is a great way to incorporate these awesome retro designs into a room without using wallpaper 🙂 And it’s a great option for retro-renters, too! Thanks!

  9. Wendy M. says

    July 18, 2012 at 9:47 am

    Ooooh- thanks for the information! Those prints are great (and I can never have too much fabric!)

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