Burlap: A Multipurpose Fabric

Posted on March 1, 2012

Burlap fabric is loosely woven jute, which is very easy to fold or cut or use as per your requirement. You get to see burlap in a lot of decoration materials and accessories. The most important being the use of the fabric to give a rustic and nostalgic look to an event. Used mostly to decorate wedding venues and parties, burlap, is also used as a fabric for home decoration and usage.

Burlap is also used for Christmas decorations, be it burlap stockings, or burlap table runners or even burlap Christmas trees. A variety of artifacts, which are made from burlap, find their way into our day-to-day life. Burlap favor bags, burlap tablecloths, burlap bed skirts and burlap curtains are just to mention a few.

The other day, I had been to a wedding of a friend of mine who had the entire venue decorated with the help of burlap fabric. The burlap aisle runners and burlap ribbons seemed so very appropriate to create a very memorable and rustic feel to the entire setting. I was really impressed with the fact that the burlap decorations improved the ambiance while at the same time did not really cost much when compared to other materials used for decorations.

Burlap fabric is perhaps the most innovative of fabrics for use by artisans, professional crafters and is the ideal choice for making backdrops, costumes or even for matting purposes. What you should actually look for in the burlap is that the burlap fabric is of the correct thickness desired and contains no dyes.

Anyways, burlap is probably the most versatile fabrics around and is to stay as the most desired fabrics for artisans and even for household use as well.

Some pictures to give you an idea of our operation

burlap flower headband at recent rustic wedding

this is where it all starts burlap rolls