Inbox Delights :: Fabric Roll

Hello folks- today we feature several wonderful customers’ projects we’ve recently received in our inbox- to our delight of course! The vintage Airstream restorations by Brandon Bell and Bob Burditt are very exciting! Please keep them coming!

We’re also including one of many re-upholstery jobs we’ve completed for several local Charlotte retail-shop customers.

Enjoy!
Ewa + James

Karen’s Bags: Mint Workshop

Karen Balcom of Chapel Hill’s Mint Workshop has done it again, making exquisite handbags from reclaimed and vintage fabrics!

The Mint Julep tote: 10- 1/2″ X 4- 1/2″ X 13″

The Doublemint tote: 6″ X 4″ X 6″

Travel Trailer Heaven: A Pair of Wonderful Restorations

Friends and fellow “tinkerers” Bob Burditt and Brandon Bell of Memphis, Tennessee set out to restore several Airstream treasures they found for sale. These two projects took many months and meticulous craft and detail.

They also used several of Modern Fabrics reclaimed fabrics to finish them off! The results are amazing! Check out these photos of their projects:

1967 Caravel 17′ Brandon & Layla Bell

Day 1 : Brandon & Layla Bell purchase the Airstream from the previous owners

Restoration underway: completely gutted to the frame

Before & After: New gaucho seat with storage, new cushions / curtains

New folding door: Designtex Wire from Modern Fabrics

New front gaucho with cushions / curtains

1965 Safari 22′ Bob & Laura Burditt

Bob’s ’65 Safari before restoration

The original bones during renovations

WOW! Look at that HBF fabric!

A job well done!

Laura and Bob settle into their new traveling home

Reupholster: Now Open

Modern Fabrics is now offering reupholstery services for our local Charlotte, North Carolina customers.

Below is a great consignment store find brought to us by Annie Vereen, dancer and teacher of Viscera Dance Theatre.

Before

After

After

After

After

We continue to strive to bring you wonderful designer fabrics reclaimed from local furniture factories.

We are also currently redesigning our website and online store to make finding and purchasing your fabric easier than ever. We encourage you to contact us with your suggestions and comments.

Thanks again for shopping Modern Fabrics!

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