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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
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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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LEFT Thistle Field,
one of Lindgren’s
earliest textile
designs, is available
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BELOW Lindgren’s
designs may
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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.