Close but no cigar? There are about 5 yards of this fabric in polyester, available from Little Veggie, possibly my favorite ebayer for novelty print fabric.

This newsprint circus lets the animals run amok. It reminds me somehow of Alexander Calder's circus. The energy really stems from the torn bits of newspaper, the fragments of words, that animate these tiny tents and animals.

Ms. Lizzie: I know it's not the street scene with newprint blouse, but does this at all evoke that feeling?