Fabric Porn: Sal Beressi Field Trip

I took an unexpected trip to Sal Beressi Fabrics today.  This morning, my husband blew up at me over something stupid and trivial.  I don’t appreciate being used as an emotional punching bag, so I told him “you’re on your own today” and stuck him with the kid to punish him.

Pretty fabrics always put me in a good mood, so I decided to peace out at Sal Beressi Fabrics in San Francisco.  They specialize in upholstery and home decor fabrics, and they offer an AMAZING assortment for all your home decor needs.  If they don’t have what you are looking for, they have tons of fabric books for special orders.  Here’s a random sampling of my favorites fabrics.

This is a photo real print from France.  I chatted with one of the sweet sales ladies about what we would make with it.  She’s making pillows for a friend.  I would make a crazy trench coat with hot pink lining for spring.

This would be perfect in my imaginary beach house.

How fun would this be in a kid’s room?

I’m seriously thinking of reupholstering some cat-damaged dining chairs with this fabric.  The red pattern is embroidered.  The $50/yard price tag is holding me back.

I was delightfully surprised to see they had vintage fabric.  These fabrics were used to upholster seats for commercial airplanes like Pan Am.

This fabric is from the 1940’s.

Not sure which decade this is from.  Maybe 80’s?

Yes, that is really fabric.

I came this close to buying a couple yards of this one, but the $100/yard price tag made me hesitate.  I know I will be obsessing over this one for a while.  You can learn more about Sal Beressi on their website http://sanfranciscofabrics.com/

I eventually made my way home and patched things up with my husband.  We brought up our under-the-radar issues that were gnawing at us and resolved them.  In a f’ed up kind of way, this fight turned out to be an effective means of communication, though I don’t recommend it for everyone.  Who knows, I may come out of this with a new garment or reupholstered dining chairs from this drama, so it’s not a total loss.