Customer Response to New front Porch Vignette

Theresa said a customer came in yesterday looking for exactly what we just made as a display for the front porch. Using remnants as we did, we worried about this, that a customer would come in looking for fabric of which there is no more available. The solution is that many companies now offer fade resistant fabrics, designed specifically for outdoor use and interiors that are flooded with sun (such as a sun porch or atrium). Some of these fabrics have a lot of body, and are best suited for something like seating. Others have a softer hand and are perfectly suited to valances and other soft treatments. Most of them are 100% polyester. We have books of them in the shop from Waverly, Kasmir, Robert Allen and Thibaut to name a few. The colors we used on our display are popular this year, so those colors also are available through those other vendors.