Cath Kidston's In Print: Brilliant Ideas for Using Vintage Fabrics in Your Home

By Cath Kidston

Book Overview

Cath Kidston's cheerful approach to interior design has earned her international acclaim. Mixing the whimsical, the classic, and the nostalgic, shes created a completely fresh, signature style using vintage fabrics and prints. In this lavishly illustrated book, she shows just how easy and invigorating it is to use colorful patterns throughout the home. Grouped by fabric type, each chapter showcases Cath's own choice of vintage and modern fabricsfrom painterly florals and faded chintzes to cool abstracts and cozy patchworks. To help the reader achieve the look, shes included sixty simple do-it-yourself projects such as curtains, cushion covers, pillowcases, laundry bags, and more. Throughout, Cath shares practical tips on how to incorporate vibrant patterns into existing interiors along with brilliant ways to bring vintage prints up-to-date. Separate sections outline where to find vintage fabrics, how to spot quality, and how to master basic sewing techniques. With page after colorful page of inspiration, Cath Kidston's In Print brims with bright ideas to create an inviting home positively blooming with color.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811853586
• ISBN13: 9780811853583
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.6" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

So Pretty!

I just adore the pretty pictures and inspiring ideas in this book. If you love Cath Kidstons fabrics, you will love this book. Make yourself a cuppa, grab a plate of cookies and relax with this visually beautiful book.

A Feast for the Eyes

I just love to flip through this book before going to bed. The beautiful pictures relax me, or, give me so many ideas that I can't fall asleep! There are definitely projects that I will try, and some that I won't. That being said, it is worth the price for the photos alone.

Wonderous!

This was my first experience with Cath Kidston and I give her a "thumbs up". This book is a keeper with beautiful illustrations of fabrics and with inspirational projects, most of which anyone can do. It is well written with interesting inserts. Although I'm not "into" the bright, colorful fabrics from the 60's, I loved the faded and pastel ones shown from other eras. As they say: "Take what you need and leave the rest". Besides, in my minds eye I could see those same things in pastel.

If you love vintage fabrics...

...this book is for you. There are some great ideas about different ways to use all those wonderful vintage fabric scraps, tablecloths, and curtain panels you just couldn't live without but now need a home. Just the idea of scanning the fabrics (ingenious!) is worth the price alone!

New Life for Old Fabric Pieces

I love old fabrics and now there's this book to give me ideas for my stash of 1930s tea towels, old lace and 1940's bridge cloths. Think beyond the original use for vintage fabric. Turn dinner napkins into throw pillows. Lace curtains can be table runners. Turn tea towels into napkins. The photos are inspiring and the book also contains lots of tips for where to shop, sewing tips and techniques and project instructions.