Today, I ventured over to Ikea to look for something (that they didn’t have) for a project I’m working on. More on that another day. But, I had some time to kill before picking up Zack from preschool, so I thought I’d take a look at their fabric selections (after eating a healthy serving of Swedish meatballs and Lingonberry sauce). I must say that I was pleasantly surprised!
I’ve never taken the time to check out their by-the-yard fabrics, because I always just assumed that the prints were not my style. Oh, how I have been wrong! Not only are the prints fun (and I was told that the more modern, graphic prints will be in stores soon), but the quality is great and the price is right. The fabric is decorator weight and is $8.99/yard at most, so if they have something that fits your style, that is a hard combination to beat.
I’m trying to inject more color into my home, and I was delighted to find this fabric for $7.99:
The colors are much brighter in person than they show on my screen (for instance, what looks gold here is really bright orange) and the print is very large. The blue is the same color as my dining room walls AND it showcases my unhealthy obsession with birds and birdcages. Really. You should talk to Susan about the number of bird cages I found at Round Top this weekend that I really wanted to buy. It was obnoxious, but I still wish I would have bought one of the 4-foot tall ones we found.
Anyway, I was very excited to find this great fabric, and I can’t wait to run it through my sewing machine. I’m not going to tell you what I’m going to do with it quite yet – because I’m still not sure myself – but it’s going to be cute!
If you have an Ikea nearby, I recommend you take a gander at their fabric choices the next time you need a bold print. Here are a few more that I like:
They even have solids, such as this beige linen (for just $5.99/yard):
Have you ever used Ikea fabric in a project? Tell me what you did with it!
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I have always wondered what IKEA fabric was like in person. Glad to know that it’s as impressive as the rest of their products. Let us see the finished project!
Great fabric! You know we totally could have fit one of those bird cages in the car!!! I am kicking myself that we didn’t get a picture of that creepy baby curls picture….
I bet you $1 million that that the creepy baby picture will be there when we go back to the Fall show. Scary.
Next time, I am totally buying one of those birdcages.
We’ll have to stop at that place to see if it’s still there! Mark your calendar – the fall show is 10/1.
No way!! I was just at Ikea yesterday (and I only get there less than once a year so this post is such a coincidence!) and almost bought that exact fabric! Well, truthfully, I almost bought so many of the fabrics there, but instead just bought some plain yellow and a creamy taupe I found in the as-is room! But I haven’t stopped thinking about that fabric all day now! So regret not buying it and now you go and post it!! Drooling again!
I’m such a big fat meanie for posting it! LOL
Oo la la!! I loved the title of this post. 🙂 Anyone who’s been to an IKEA would get that! Shopping the fabric section is definitely on my to do list! 🙂 Love your selections.
I’ve been looking for just the right wall paper for a closet (I know it’s silly to paper a closet), but I think I’m going to have to check out the IKEA fabric section first. Thanks for the tip!
I actually use Ikea fabric for loads of things: curtains obviously, bedlinen for my soon to arrive baby, cushions, skirts for my 4 year-old little girl, homemade bag for church things, pajamas for my 2 year-old little boy, etc! It is really hard where I live to find good quality fabric at a reasonable cost so it’s usually the first place I look…
I have used Ikea fabric and its a must-check-out every time I visit the store. The last thing I used Ikea fabric for was to recover a tiny little ottoman… we use it for foot-propping while sitting at the computer 🙂 I actually blogged about the ottoman if you want to check it out… http://living-lucky.blogspot.com/2010/03/mushroom-makeover.html
you have great taste! I love your blog! The birdcage one is so retro looking lol-love it!
I love using it for making easy wall art and stapling it fabric stretchers.
I LOVE Ikea fabric. I use it in my teething rails because of its canvassy strength. I was an idiot and moved away from Utah, and now I am Ikealess and Grandma Sycamore Bread-less. Free teething rails to anyone who will send me a box of that dang bread!
It feels nice to have others appreciate IKEA fabric! It is one of the affordable fabric sources for me here in Portugal. I used the same bird fabric to cover a bookcase in my craft area: http://sharedfromwayoverhere.blogspot.com/2010/09/shelving-solutions.html
We love to eat meatballs there and buy them frozen in the grocery section as a quick dinner too!
I grabbed some of the oil-cloth like red polka dot fabric to use as a summer table cloth. I may try to make a few pillows for the porch, but that may or may not actually happen. There’s also a really pretty/graphic-y black white & green bird print that I made into a skirt a few years ago.
My boys just picked out Ikea fabric for the curtains in their new room! They chose Frederika, which surprised me, but they both love it. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90185527
I have used Ikea fabric to cover a canvas frame. It was a wild, retro-type fabric with pattern – actually there were two matching prints so I made a set and sold them on ebay. Made a nice profit! I made a little girls basic pinafore type dress with the remainder.