Ticking 101 | My favorite blue ticking fabrics

I recently had a blue ticking slipcover made for the wingback chair in our office, which by the way, is essentially finished.  I have one bare wall begging for some art but I just haven't found the right pieces yet.  The changes that I have made though, really make me happy, I love how it has turned out.  It has a very relaxed New England cottage feeling that makes me want to spend time in there.  With the seagrass carpet, the mix of dark wood and pine antiques, the folk art portrait (that we are convinced is a whaling captain since our visit to the Nantucket Whaling museum that was filled with very similar portraits) and the English floral romans... I can almost pretend to walk outside and be close to the sea. Almost. Lately, I'm smacked in the face with heat and humidity

Originally I had planned for this wingback to serve as a desk chair, but once we had it in place it looked so perfect in the corner paired with a reading lamp and footstool, so stay in the corner it did.  I added a white slipped parson's chair to the desk instead.

I found the chair at a consignment store for $50.  It is brand new.  It came from inventory in a furniture store that was going out of business.  I knew I wanted a blue ticking slip, but a fresh ticking not a homespun country ticking. So, I ordered lots of samples and settled on an inexpensive white and blue that feels perfectly fresh and just country enough, without conjuring up images of shops filled with cranberry and cinnamon scented candles. You know what I mean?  Maybe it's just a midwestern thing, but we have lots of those shops!

It really helped to see all the samples side by side, as well as paired along with the other fabrics I used in the room. I also did a lot of pinterest searching to see examples of some of these fabric in use.  I happily found several really pretty options that would have all worked well.  Hopefully, these pictures are a helpful guide for your next ticking project! I love some of them for their names alone, Wellfleet Ticking, Nantucket Chambray, see why I conjure up visions of a seaside cottage ...

^^ See left (Covington Classics New Woven Ticking 55 Navy) is more cream and navy and right (Covington Classics New Woven Ticking 51 Denim) is more white and lighter blue?  The fabric on the right is the one I ended up using because it felt crisper in this room against the darker walls.  It looks a little lighter blue in this picture because of lighting, see pic below for more accurate color ^^

^^ zoom in to really see difference in each of these samples.^^

1. Ian Mankin Ticking 01 Sky

2. Serena & Lily Indigo Pinstripe Cotton F2-3019A

3. Magnolia Home Fashions Ticking Stripe Denim (decorativefabricsdirect.com)

4. Ian Mankin Ticking 2 Sky

5. Covington Classics New Woven Ticking 51 Denim Blue (my slipcover fabric)

6. Serena & Lily Oxford Stripe Cotton F2-3025A  || same as Lee Industry Nantucket Chambray

7. Ian Mankin Ticking 01 Indigo

8. 47 ACA Blue Ticking (Online Fabric Store (dot) Net) - very thick cotton)

9. Ian Mankin Ticking 2 Airforce (I almost chose this one)

10. Trend, pattern #02977, Indigo

11. Covington Classics New Woven Ticking 55 Navy

12. Schumacher Wesley Ticking Stripe, Delft

13. Essex, French Blue, DE01, Housefabric.com

14. Robert Allen, Ticking, Caviar

15. Magnolia Home, Ticking Stripe, Navy ( decorativefabricsdirect.com)

16. Schumacher, Wellfleet Ticking, Ocean

17. Magnolia Home Fashions, Polo Sail (decorativefabricsdirect.com)

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