Well, guess what... in September one of the fabric manufacturers will be making a line of OFFICIAL Shabby Chic fabrics. Not look-alikes, they will be designed by Rachel Ashwell herself.
It's a rather large grouping of damasks, floral stripes, simpler stripes, florals in several scales from tiny to large, and "solids".
White backgrounds, and then pink/green/blue/lavender florals/stripes/damasks.
I got a chance to see the sample cloth and it was wonderfully smooth and silky feeling.