HBF Textiles has collaborated with Elodie Blanchard for the third time with an upholstery collection of anything-but-basic textiles. The New Basics collection of upholstery fabrics celebrates patterns like geometrics. To inspire the line, designer Elodie Blanchard first experimented in another medium: paper. Blanchard tested folding, cutting, and hole-punching paper to find the shapes and sizes of each of the three textiles designs. From there, her vision was translated to fabric, using weave structures and tufted textures to mimic their original effects.
Blanchard has a history of textile design. New Basics is the third collection in her ongoing collaborative series with HBF Textiles, and it acts as a continuation of her first two. Two of the new designs, Dot Grid and Moving In, are plays on best sellers from her award-winning 2014 line, and the New Basics upholstery fabrics act as complements to her earlier Winter 2016 collection of wrapped panel textiles. All of the collections link together through Blanchard’s approach to texture, fiber, and pattern.
Fabrics in the New Basics collection are:
- Folded Line: This geometric floral pattern is made up of layered triangles with outlines. By altering the weave structure, the design achieves color changes that create a second layer to the pattern. Folded Line is suitable for both upholstery and wrapped panel applications, with a 100 percent recycled content construction that is also bleach cleanable. Folded Line is available in 12 colorways: Chalk & Black, Taupe & Brown, Yellow & Taupe, Red & White, Melon & Blue, Sky & Coral, Grey & Aqua, Navy & White, Indigo & Orange, Beige & Green, Charcoal & Gold, Black & White.
- Dot Grid: Dot Grid was created by layering three grids to form a single design. Large dots are set inside a grid of lines, with diamonds at each intersection. Dot Grid is a continuation of Dot Structure, Blanchard and HBF Textiles’ NeoCon Gold winning fabric from 2014. Dot Grid shines in nine distinct color combinations: Gold & Lavender, Red & Orange, Melon & Red, Blue & Orange, Apple & Blue, Silver & Aqua, Grey & Orange, Iron & Blue, Black & White.
- Moving In: Inspired in part by Blanchard’s HBF Textiles fabric Moving Blanket, Moving In features a matelassé construction. The textile displays an isometric pattern that creates a grid. The stitched texture transforms the classic dot design into a high-tech material. Moving In is available in nine colors: Magnolia Ln, Mellow Dr, Sunset Blvd, Lake Shore Dr, Ocean Dr, Spring St, Prospect Ave, Main St, Miller St.