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.com), an online seller of custom fabric. Gart Davis and Stephen Fraser started

the company, based in Durham, N.C., in 2008, after their creative wives asked

why there wasn’t a source for custom fabric design for home furnishings.

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create a fabric design online, either from a personal design or from one of

more than 350 ,000 available, and receive printed fabric in very short order. “It

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search by style: typing the word “craftsman” turned up more than 100 designs.

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soft furnishings—pillows, table linens, tea towels, and placemats—all from

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make excellent pillow toppers. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP Solomon

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Scalloped Pine, which began life as a notecard, transitioned into a

dramatic pattern for wallpaper or textiles when treated as a repeat.