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Fabric: Flip It Over

I love to buy fabric. Even when I don’t know how I can use it, it’s fun to buy because I know that sometime down the road I will have the perfect use for it. There have been many times that I’ve used fabric I already have for projects and I’m so happy that it’s there. Because of this, every time I’m at a place that sells fabric (be it a thrift store or a craft store) I have to check it out, just in case I find something amazing. But on a recent trip to Hobby Lobby (a craft store chain for those of you who live out west) I found myself looking at fabric in a whole new way.

I don’t know what made me do it but I was checking out the home decor fabric, most of it I didn’t like, and I flipped one over to see the reverse and… it was amazing! The reverse was so much better than the front side. I ran around the fabric section looking at all the backsides and found some really cool fabric. I went home, told my Mom about it and we went back together later. Here are some examples that we found:

The red is the reverse on this one.

My Mom thought this one was fun even though she’s not into roosters :) The red is the reverse.

I love this one, both sides actually. The bolder colors is the reverse side.

The fabric on the right is the reverse. My Mom actually bought this one and recovered a little bench with the reverse side and it looks amazing!

The blue/green is the reverse side. I’m thinking this just might make an appearance in my living room.

The light color is the reverse. Isn’t it fun?

Now you can look at fabric with a new eye too. Head straight for your local fabric store and check out the home decor fabric and you’ll see for yourself!

Also, don’t forget to comment on my previous post to be entered in the calendar giveaway!! Again, you have until Sunday night :)