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Feel as if you've been spirited to an island with pink sands, soft green foliage and honeysuckle in bloom with this appealing group of fabrics that can transform any room. The dramatic Bansuri ikat print fabric can anchor a bed, an upholstered screen, a large chair or big pillows -- use it to make a design statement! Then coordinate it with the delicately drawn Toile Shanghai or the paisley print fabric Sugar Baby -- all complemented by a sprightly woven stripe fabric and a dressy textured…

From Suzanis to ikats, paisleys to tribal motifs, there are dramatic designs inspired by cultures far and near in both prints and jacquard wovens, mid-scale to large-scale. These are the fabrics that create a focal point on a piece of furniture, the designs that trigger the question, "When were you traveling on the Silk Road?" www.calicocorners.com/category/landingpage/ethnicinspirat...

As you all know, Calico Corners is my first choice when sourcing fabrics for clients and my own home. I love their stores, the friendliness of the people, the knowledge! There's nothing quite like walking into a store and knowing the staff by name! So, when I found out that they had a new blog, Design Defined I immediately added them to the left sidebar, and caught up on all the posts I missed. Charlotte Moss via Calico Corners A design icon, and a legend really in her own right, Charlotte…

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The prettiest Black and White Buffalo Check and Black & White Floral Print Fabrics from Calico Corners. "Elwood Thunder" and "Ralph Lauren Ashfield Floral", buffalo plaid fabric, buffalo check fabric

Paisley motifs and peacocks are pictured in the richly drawn Jewel Tower cotton print. It's complemented by the homespun Primative Stripe and the jacquard Looping Lines that would be perfect for a pillow or centered on a chair seat or back. Rounding out the mélange is a petite allover floral and a woven tissue-pick upholstery fabric, so called because of the dot of color picked up from the weft and because the French word for fabric is tissu…

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An upholstered headboard my kids wouldn't destroy? Too good to be true? Custom headboards using performance fabric from Calico fabric saved the day!

Muted aquamarine blues and soft linen grays marry here for a serene, calming room. Chipper is the ikat print fabric that complements the large Ajanta Handprint floral. Both work beautifully with Island Stripe, all woven in India. We've added texture and contrast with Primative Stripe and Small Houndstooth, plus a pretty embroidered cotton on a flax ground to complete the picture. www.calicocorners.com/category/landingpage/tranquility.do

The Jacobean floral print Darjeeling is the standout fabric in this collection, in classic chinoiserie blue and indigo on an ivory ground. It's complemented by jacquard wovens in indigo — the ikat design Samani, the paisley Basira and the ottoman stripe Mulsanne. The smaller-scale embroideries April Flowers or Unlinxed would make lovely window treatments, pillows or a tableskirt. Completing this mix of fabrics is a subtle diamond-pattern solid; a textured linen would also play well with all…