Craft Stuff at Ikea

Last night I went to Ikea. As always, I came home with 30% needed stuff and 70% fluff (which is a pretty successful Ikea trip for me). I never really think about buying fabric from Ikea, as I’m usually there on a mission to redecorate my home with weird plastic items that I don’t really need and drink lingonberry juice. But this time, I found myself really liking the choice of fabrics they had for sale. While they don’t have a huge selection, Ikea fabric have bold prints with flowers, weird shapes, and lots of primary colors. I dug through the sale bin and got myself a few yards of nice fabric for crafting, for about $5 total.

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The other item I wanted to mention, was the Ikea Fixa… it’s a bi-level dollie that sells for $20.

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It can hold up to 60lbs., packs up flat and small and could be extremely helpful at fairs when bringing crafts to and from your car to your booth space. Now, I can’t vouch for the quality of this product, since Ikea has never been the place to find stuff that will last a lifetime… but it’s bright blue and cute, and I’m a sucker for both those things.

I wouldn’t recommend going to Ikea just for the fabric shopping, but next time your there it’s worth a look-see… there might also be some pre-cut fabric for cheap in the AS IS section. Happy Ikea’ing ya’ll.

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  1. Another idea for fabric at Ikea are the comforter covers. They are usually huge, in amazing patterns and $25 or so. It is a lot of fabric for $25. I also buy these to cover my living room futon since actual futon covers are usually boring and expensive.

    Also… the plushies at Ikea are insanely cheap and interesting. If I didn’t have kids I would buy them and cut off their faces to make stuff with. But no cutting up plushies in my house.

  2. I didn’t even know Ikea sold fabric!! That black and white checkered one with the flower print is to die for..I need to go get some!

  3. I tell people about Ikea fabric and no one knows they have it! Its funny I bought the same fabric you have on the left. I also got some fun stripe fabric and recovered some pillows for our front porch.

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