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I love bark cloth and also its' sister pebble cloth. Both these fabrics were found in abundace in my DGMs home. The large scale leaves and flowers always fasinated me and I thought them very exotic. I would love to use these fabrics in a quilt. They are very durable and were used for all things decorative in early 20th century. Feather pillows, curtains, hand bags, etc. Enjoy it as much as I would.

JAN: Thanks for the pic. I think the vintage is a much better product than todays reproductions but it is still all fabulous.
peace

I know the fabric but never knew what it was called! Thanks for the information.

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Originally Posted by Z (Post 5378363)

Bark cloth is loosely woven but you could use some light weight iron on woven interfacing on the back of the fabric.
If you are going to use a lot of the interfacing Joann's has it in 25 yard rolls when you use the 50% off coupon.

thanks for the tip, I will be looking into that to see how well it will work!