What are the ingredients for a perfect trip to the beach? The recipe might include a hammock, a strawberry daiquiri and, of course, a Hawaiian shirt. Hawaiian shirts have now become collectible and prices for vintage examples can be pretty high. If you don’t want to spend a lot of money on a Hawaiian shirt, J&O Fabrics offers you a reasonably priced alternative. With a little time you can make your own unique Hawaiian shirts using our cotton novelty fabric.
We have over fifty novelty fabric categories for you to choose from! So where can you start? You can try some fabric from our Lighthouse & Beach collection. Our Ocean View novelty fabric is a great example of what you can start with. You can find this fabric by its product number: lig00071
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A more subdued fabric is product number car000172 called “Sailing Fabric”. These are just two examples of the many novelty fabric we have listed under the Lighthouse & Beach category.
Because of Hawaii’s proximity to Japan, many of the first Hawaiian shirts were in fact manufactured in the Orient. Therefore, some of our Oriental fabrics would look great as shirts. Asian Koi Symbols fabric is a wonderful example of what fabrics can be used. The product number for it is sea000311
Dragon Princess Japanamation (# com00089) is a light-colored, summery fabric that will attract attention on crowded beaches.
Our customers have also shared some of their creative ideas with us. One of the best we’ve seen involves using Retro or Tropical Barkcloth fabric to make Hawaiian style shirts. Particularly good for this use are the lighter weight barkcloths, like Boomerang Beat (bar00004)and Geometric Beat (bar00079).These decorative barkcloth fabrics will provide you with a designer style unlike any other Hawaiian shirts on the market.
Other fabric categories you can browse for ideas are Elvis Presley and Sea Life. From the first category we suggest Elvis Presley Picture Retro or The King White (elv002 & elv005 respectively).
You can almost imagine him wearing a Hawaiian shirt made from one of these fabrics.
From the Sea Life category we recommend Dolphins Realistic for an attention grabbing look (#sea00029).
Make your next trip to the beach one to remember with J&O Fabrics’ great selection of cotton novelty fabrics.
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