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I love beautiful fabrics and I am always looking for ideas to incorporate them into my home\u2019s d\u00e9cor. I am talking not just about using them as home furnishing fabrics like upholstery or bed linen and pillows but about displaying them as art to create an individual and striking look.<\/p>\n

The next time you bring back that yard of ikat or batik fabric from a trip to Bali, a vintage suzani from a Silk Road tour or a block print scarf from Jaipur and are wondering what to do with it, consider these ideas for showcasing your finds.<\/p>\n

Frame them in simple and elegant frames or stretch them like canvas and create a masterpiece of your own!<\/p>\n

\"Framed<\/a>
Source: Country Living Magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Displaying your favorite fabrics evokes the wonderful memories associated with it and creates a relaxing atmosphere in addition to adding a global flavor to your room.<\/p>\n

You may pair similar shades of color like in the picture above from Country Living- the neutral colors work well together or use it as a bright contrast accent like the pink and white suzani in this picture from Elle D\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n

\"Pink<\/a>
Image from Elle D\u00e9cor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vintage everyday fabrics like handkerchiefs, scarves, a scrap from a favorite childhood dress or any fabric remnant can also be displayed as art.<\/p>\n

\"Everyday<\/a>
By Keith Scott Morton for Country Living<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You could even go a step further and create a whole group to hang together. My all-time favorite is the Swatch portraits from The Purl Bee<\/a>. Visit them to get the full how-to for creating your own swatch portraits,<\/p>\n

\"Swatch<\/a>
Source: The Purl Bee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do share your ideas with us- we would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for my next post where I use the Saffron Marigold fabrics to create a fabric art masterpiece of my own!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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