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paw · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 1176 Location: Arvada, CO

Clarence
I know you found your fabric for you HT walls on ebay. How the hell did you search for it? I get between 30 - 1000 pages no matter what categories I look at. There has to be a better way. Crying or Very sad

Clarence · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:46 pm Post subject:

There's no easy way to search for it, but the search terms I used were "upholstery fabric" and "drapery fabric".

Calculate how many yards you need... include plenty of extra for spares, scraps, and mistakes. I wish there was some search filter that would show only "x or more" yards.

Also visit your local fabric shop. It's a lot easier to pick your fabric when you can see the colors, weight, and stretch in person. They have a specific section for wall fabric... called designer fabric, upholstery fabric, or decorator fabric. Several of the chains run 50% sales or have coupons.

paw · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 1176 Location: Arvada, CO

Darn! I was hoping for a magic solution. Crying or Very sad

Time to hit the fabric stores. Thanks Clarence. I appreciate it. Thumbs Up

lovebohn · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 181 Location: Wisconsin

I had the same problem and my local JoAnn's fabric did not have the best selection.

Clarence, I love your choice do you have any record of the ebay seller you bought from?

Clarence · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject:

No, unless it's in my HT Construction thread somewhere.

FWIW, I'm also still very happy with my fabric choice. It is holding up VERY well... still nice, clean, and tight as a drum with the 1" linacoustic behind it.