Bedroom Curtains

May 2, 2013 by 4 Comments

One of the projects I tackled in April was to make us some decorative curtains for the bedroom. We installed shades when we first moved in, but I never was crazy about how they looked all alone.

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First I made easy shades by hemming large pieces of linen/burlap fabric. I hung them and was not enthused with the plain look. (That dog in the picture is Roxy – she was a house guest of ours for a few days – isn’t she cute?!).

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I decided to make them faux empire shades, and and was able to do them while the curtains were hanging (talk about dead arm!). Overall I am really happy with the way that these turned out!

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Fabric Mission

October 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment

As I mentioned yesterday, I am in Houston to attend the International Quilt Festival. While I am here I have one “mission” in particular. I am making a very special quilt that needs to be done in the next month or so, but have been struggling to find the “right” fabric for the project. This is a bit more of a masculine quilt than I usually make, so my bright fabrics aren’t cutting it.

This is the main fabric of the piece, and I am thinking that I will use solid fabrics for the rest, in olive green, blue, red, and gray. I have a few fabrics that I can use, but I need some of the olive green, blue, and red fabrics to make it fun. More about this project in a few weeks!

As a side note – the internet here is subpar at best, so I apologize that I am not on my usual blogging schedule. Everything will be back to normal next week!

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A Gift for a Wedding Anniversary

July 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment

My brother and sister-in-law just celebrated their first anniversary. Last July their wedding was the highlight of the summer. The fiancé and I had an amazing time, and I loved catching up with old friends (I went to the same college as my brother and sister-in-law… go BC!). The fiancé caught the garter (yes, I know, funny that we are the next to get married) and I held onto it for a year with a vague idea that I wanted to make something out of it. I got some inspiration from my Sarah Symes collection that we hang in our bedroom. It isn’t anything like her pieces, but the vague idea came from there. I hope they like it!

I made three small quilts, using blue fabric with a pop of orange (our bridesmaid dresses were orange, and the garter was blue). I added the garter to one When they were complete I used my staple gun to attach them to canvases (about 5 x 8 each). They can be hung in a collection, or separately. After a long absence it was great to get back into the studio and make something!

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Tins for the Kitchen

April 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment

I drink a lot of tea, and therefore have a lot of tea tins lying around waiting to be used. In order to add a little decoration to our kitchen, I decided to use some fabric to cover the tins and turn them into decorative containers. The full instructions on how I did this can be found here.

(Photo taken with Instagram)

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