mattress ticking

Halfway into his show he sent out an elegantly cut coat made of mattress ticking.

I pick apart the mattress ticking with my fingernails.

The walls - and the walls of the bathroom - are covered in mattress ticking.

The women in the photograph were as pretty as catfish wrapped in mattress ticking.

Sequins are tossed on T-shirts or sprinkled over fabrics like mattress ticking.

Blankets were tangled in a ball and the bottom sheet had come loose, exposing the mattress ticking.

For those who insist on stripes, there are new offerings more reminiscent of mattress ticking than beach umbrellas.

But these days, mattress ticking, a striped fabric with a checkered past, is being put to more urbane uses.

"In the 40's, she was already using mattress ticking as upholstery," Mr. Irvine said.

His wife Rosemary, who had been a draftswoman during the war, sewed the pattern for the flexible surround out of mattress ticking.

My fingers were digging into the mattress and I could see the mattress ticking through the huge rents in the bedclothes.

Earlier in his career, the artist stretched mattress ticking over armatures to make sculptures that, by all accounts, were violently expressionistic.

Wide bands of printed lines, blue and black and as regular as mattress ticking, emerge in the pink painting.

Still, there are areas that overlap, like his series of styles in blue-and-white mattress ticking (including jacket, long coat, small skirt, short dress and pants).

She wore a loose sleeveless dress, striped black and white like mattress ticking, and white sandals.

In the cold months, their guest beds were stripped bare behind locked shutters, their mattress ticking haven for mice.

Mattress ticking has been abandoned by some bedding manufacturers who prefer the more luxurious look of damask and brocade for their customers.

The desk was basic black (with a data port in the phone) and the king-sized bed was covered with a spread of mattress ticking.

Dressed in mattress ticking and blue and green trade cloth, the puppet wears a fierce mask framed by spikes of brown human hair.

I spotted three saleswomen, all wearing wraparound aprons made of mattress ticking, with the store's name embroidered in maroon across the bib.

Sportier styles include suede shorts with ruffled hems, jackets made of mattress ticking and creamy knitted tops.

The Traditional Futon is a four-inch mat covered with cotton mattress ticking, with two ties for rolling and storing.

The label was sewn on to the crinkled, elasticated hem of the pants, which were boxer shorts, blue-and-white-striped like mattress ticking.

What I have made are very simple frocks from mattress ticking, which leave a lot of scope for you, anyway you will enjoy playing about with them.'

His decorating innovations included using mattress ticking as a wall covering, and he originated the concept of wall groupings of paintings and prints.