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You all must be gripping your chairs in anticipation of an upholstery tutorial, RIGHT, RIGHT? Wellllll, it’s still in the works. Bear with me, I promise it’ll be good!
While making the decision of which fabric I wanted to use to reupholster my French Bergere chairs, I conducted what felt like a billion web searches for spotted/snow cat fabric. There are a ton of options out there, but I was looking for fabric less than $20/yard (actually less than $10/yard, however some of you might not be as cheap as me!). I picked out my 12 favorite fabrics and am sourcing them for you today!
For my chairs, I bought 5 yards from a fresh stock of snow leopard velveteen fabric from Fabric.com, which was only about a month ago, and now it’s unavailable! GAH! Why!!!! Now I feel like I need to hoard my remaining supply. Although, really it’s not a big deal because these 12 other fabric options are mighty comparable.
From top left to bottom right:
// ONE Rescue II Dalmatian Spots fabric from suzzettesfabric.com at $7.50/yard // TWO Flutter Peachskin Spots fabric from fabric.com at $7.98/yard // THREE Charcoal Dots fabric by Domesticate from Spoonflower at $18/yard // FOUR Spots fabric by Hey Tangerine from Spoonflower at $18/yard
From top left to bottom right:
// ONE Dalmatian Dog Skin fabric by Marcus Brothers from inhomedecoratingservices.com at $5.99/yard // TWO Leopard fabric by Creative Cuts from Walmart (!!!!) at $7.97/yard // THREE Snow Leopard Spots on White fabric by Timeless Treasures from Fabric Paradise at $8.25/yard // FOUR Animal Print Leopard fabric from fabric.com at $8.98/yard
From top left to bottom right:
// ONE Large Leopard Gray Black fabric from fabric.com at $6.98/yard // TWO Snow Leopard Textured Velvet fabric from J&O Fabrics at $24/yard (OK, I broke the $20 rule on this one!) // THREE Seeing Spots fabric from Designer Fabrics Online at $19.99/yard // FOUR Cheetah Microsuede Fabric from Online Fabric Store at $17.65/yard
The fabric with a pattern most similar to the one I used on my chairs is the leopard fabric from Walmart! Who would have thought! I had no clue Walmart sold fabric. I never shop there (imagine going to a Walmart in Oakland, CA *shudder*). The second closest option is the Snow Leopard textured velvet fabric from J&O fabrics. Sorry it’s over the $20 threshold, but it’s definitely worth the few extra dollars if you want a velvety texture on your chairs. All the other options were real contenders, the decision was tough!
haha, sorry! It really will be good – I just gotta finish it!
These options are so great! Thanks for sharing Brittany! xo Kristin
I think my favorites are the first 4. I want them.
(I actually have been trying to find a way to use the Ikea spotted TRÅDKLÖVER fabric because it reminds me of those fabrics and is of course super cheap)