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Do you ever find amazing fabric on old mattresses when you are 2nd-hand shopping? I do, because for some reason mattresses often have the best designs. Bu I never like them enough to buy the actual mattress and they are usually covered with plenty of dodgy stains (like these three above) so I just take pictures of them instead. This is something that Helen has blogged about before and that's how I got the idea to photograph them with my phone. I quite often get strange looks from shopkeepers and fellow shoppers, but that doesn't matter. It's all in the name of print and pattern.

So here are three fabric designs I saw last week while out opshopping. I will be sure to collect more in the future. Aren't those blues and greys beautiful together? And just imagine a taffeta dress from the middle one. 

See you tomorrow!

 

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7 responses to “prints and patterns”

  1. Desiree Avatar
    Desiree

    Love the circus one! I once stood looking at a bed base on the side of the road thinking long and hard about cutting the fabric off. I decided it probably wouldn’t have washed up well. Such a shame. In future ill take a picture too!

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  2. Prom Dresses Avatar

    I love the design on the third one. It is so elegant looking.

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  3. Things to do in London Avatar

    In terms of pattern i will be selecting 2nd one in the middle it is nice and colorful. Im sure no matter what decoration do you have in your room it is still matching.

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  4. Tammy Bruce Avatar
    Tammy Bruce

    I totally agree, maybe I will start taking photos of them too!

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  5. Littleminx.wordpress.com Avatar

    “all in the name of print and pattern” has to be one of the best quotes I have heard in a while x

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  6. Lyndy Avatar

    I was thinking the same thing a couple of weeks ago, but the dodgy stains are a deal breaker. I is amazing that they put such fabulous fabrics on something that was going to get covered.

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  7. Trish Blair Avatar

    This is a neat little post. I am so glad I am not the only one who is so desperately into vintage textiles, that they will look at mattresses. My favourite is the Circus one too. I blogged about loving mattresses over at:
    http://quietvintagesewing.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/op-shop-brain-snap/

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