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Handmade floral embroidered throw pillows
Beautiful and simply to make floral embroidered throw pillows.
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
Monday, December 9, 2013
Easy home decor projects: Acorn pin cushions
Easy home decor projects: Acorn pin cushions
If you are thinking of some easy home decor projects and you like acorn shape, try to make this one. There is something very appealing about the shape of an acorn and these little pin cushions make a useful addition to a sewing basket. Alternatively, stuff them with lavender and attach ribbons to make scented sachets that can be hung in wardrobes to deter moths or on door handles for a decorative touch.
These easy home decor projects need very little filling, so for a natural - and free - option, look out for sheep's wool that's been caught on briars and hedges. Wash it in warm soapy water and leave to dry before use.
YOU WILL NEED
paper templates
tailors' chalk or water-soluble sewing pen
two or three autumn colours of wool.
felt or blanket material
sheep's wool or toy stuffing
needle and thread
1 Lay the paper templates for the two acorn pieces onto your fabric and chalk around them to mark a sewing line. Allow an extra l cm on all sides and cut them out. Cut a strip in a toning fabric for the cup and
also some leaves in a contrasting color.
2 Place the two acorn shapes right sides together and machine- or hand-sew around the U-shape edge. Leave the bottom open and turn the right way out.
3 For the cup. place the short edges together, right sides facing, and stitch alone the seam.
4 Turn the cup the right way out. then sew along the bottom edge to make a drawstring. Pull it tight and tie the ends together to form the base.
5 Fill the top and bottom sections with wool, packed tightly into position.
6 Fit the two sections together, placing the acorn just inside the cup before sewing all the way round. Make sure it has sufficient stuffing before adding the final stitches.
7 Sew the leaves to the base of the acorn and attach a ribbon, if you wish.
We hope that you love our fabric acorn pin cushions easy home decor projects!
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Restoring Vintage Linens
How to restore vintage linens
Take a closer look at these great ideas on how to restore vintage linens and also don't miss our advises on displaying your favorite ones.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN VINTAGE LINENS:
- Try to find linens in good condition.
- Avoid those with large holes or fraying.
- Keep in mind that even fabrics in the best conditions will have small stains or yellowing.
- Keep severely worn vintage linens for sewing projects.
SOAKING FORMULA FOR RESTORING VINTAGE LINENS:
- Mix a little bleach into a basin of hot water.
- Be sure not to add so much that it is harsh.
- If stains persist, let linens soak in formula over several days.
- Mix in a bit of dishwasher detergent for really stubborn stains.
- Soak large vintage quilts or blankets in a bathtub rather than a washing machine.
DISPLAYING VINTAGE LINENS:
- Start by pressing vintage linens with an iron for a clean, crisp look.
- Avoid using starch. Instead, iron vintage linens when they are slightly damp.
- Incorporate the texture of linens to soften hard furniture.
- Decorate the top of a dresser or vanity with embroidered scarves.
- Layer doilies or crocheted linens under china and glassware.
- Use a quilt instead of a tablecloth to give it a cozy look.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
How to make fabric flower
Fabric flowers tutorial
If you are searching how to make fabric flower then our fabric flowers tutorial will help you to make this easy and beautiful fabric flower!
Easy fabric flowers tutorial that you can make
How to make fabric flower
Our simple fabric flowers tutorial will help you in your question how to make fabric flower!
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Wheat pillows
Heating pad homemade
Heat pad wheat cushion pillow
Snuggle up for a snooze and wake up refreshed with this heating pad homemade hand-quilted wheat cushion: you can even warm it up in the microwave.
For this heating homemade wheat pillow pad you will need
- 0.5m main patterned fabric
- 2oz cotton batting
- Tacking thread
- Wheat heat pad, around 40cm by 35cm
- Pink embroidery thread
- Matching thread
Heating pad homemade
NOTE: This cushion cover fits a 40.5cm by 35.5 cm heat pad and has an envelope opening. Adjust the measurements if your heating pad is a different size.1 Cut two 100cm by 50cm rectangles; one in main patterned fabric and one in batting. Matching raw edges all round, pin the batting to the back of the fabric. Baste the batting to the fabric diagonally in one direction at 10cm intervals, then repeat in the opposite direction.
2 Then do this for your wheat pillow. Thread an embroidery needle with pink embroidery thread. Neatly hand-work running stitches around prominent areas of the fabric design and finish off at the back.
3 Fold under 2cm then 3cm along the two short edges and hem. For heating pad homemade place quilted fabric face up, then bring the two short hemmed edges together ard place one edge over the
other to create a central 10cm overlap for the homemade heating pad.
4 Taking 25cm seams, stitch the two long edges.Trim the seam allowances and trim the batting back to the seam line. Turn heating pad homemade through, press and rnert wheat pad.
Remember to remove the cover before heating the pad in a microwave.
Easy curtains to make
Decorating with fabric
Easy curtains to make
Here is an easy curtain to make idea. Turn a shop-bought quilt into a heavyweight winter door curtain.
For this easy curtain to make you will need:
- Ready-made guilt large enough to cover tour door or window
- Tacking thread
- Velvet ribbon
- Matching thread
- Heavyweight curtain rings
Easy curtains to make
1. Workout the drop of your finished curtain. Measure the
quilt and fold down at the top so that it matches your required drop.Tack in place.
2. Cut a length of ribbon to the width of your curtain plus 4cm and pin in place along the turned
down edge of the quilt, tucking the excess between the two layers at either end.
3. Easy curtain to make. If your quit isn't too bulky, machine stitch ribbon in pace through all layers Alternatively, hand stitch. Remove tacking.
4. Using strong double thread, sew curtain rings in place along the top of the curtain at regular
intervals. Slip rings on to curtain pole to hang. And our easy curtains to make is ready! This is an easy way to decorating with fabric.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Craft apple
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Craft apple tutorial
Here is a very interesting and nice craft idea on how to make fabric apple.
craft apple ideas
Craft apple: making the leaves
Such a beautiful craft apple can be a very nice gift or present!
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Decorating with toile
Home decorating fabric
In the first of her new series, interior designer Jenny
Blanc takes a fresh look
at the decorating with toile, the classical fabric favorite,
Toile de Jouy, and creates a sophisticated interior decorating scheme that
reflects its best qualities yet feels in tune with today’s home interior
When approaching
this new series on the topic of classic fabrics, it seemed only right to start with one of
my most favorite and enduring decorating styles, a style which has been loved
by many for centuries. Toile de Jouy has always appealed to me, and my love of
all things French. Many of the original designs, and indeed some of the most
recently produced fabrics, provide a unique pictorial view on French history
and rural life exquisitely printed onto cloth. However you decorating with
toile, Toile de Jouy brings a wonderful touch of femininity to interiors.
What is toile fabric
I would like to
give you some ideas on what is toile fabric. The fabric was given the name Jouy
from the French town where the fabric was first printed in the 1700s to compete
with the rare and expensive printed cottons being imported from India. The most
commonly known Toile de Jouy has always been printed using a one color print
for a repeat design on a white or cream ground cloth. The most familiar print colors
of toile fabric are red, blue, black and grey.
Over the centuries
there has always been a demand for the look toile creates with Toile de Jouy
wallpaper being introduced to give yet more design possibilities. Historically,
interior decorators have used both toile wallpaper and fabric in one room, which
produces an ornate, highly decorative look. Today, by using less of the fabric pattern
in a scheme and blending it with sophisticated plains, Toile de Jouy can offer more
versatility and breadth of appeal. Looking to their archives as the starting point
for the design, many fabric companies are recoloring favorite toiles to bring the
style right up to date. They are also producing designs in reverse so that the
background color is the stronger color in the print. This gives so many new
options to explore from a design
point of view.
Toile de Jouy,
whether in the classic traditional style or as a new interpretation, always
looks good combined with a complementary checked or striped lining fabric, helping
to break up the print as a rest for the eye. Toiles also suit being trimmed with
a matching plain fabric or a decorative tassel, braid or bobble trim.
With each part of
this new series, I’ll be introducing you to a room scheme that celebrates a
classic decorating style, yet shows you how to integrate it well within a home that will be
elegantly now. Overleaf, I have chosen to use toile for a bedroom scheme as it has
long been associated with this room where a romantic look is often required. I
have used a beautiful new design on a high quality cotton from a collection by
Manuel Canovas as the starting point. This collection comes in a wonderful array
of vibrant hues including a burnt orange for strikingly contemporary looks, but
I have chosen this lovely color combination of chocolate and blue and used it
in a more restrained way to emphasize its beauty and create a sophisticated,
modern, yet still
timeless decorating
style setting.
Decorating home with toile
On the moodboard
(which has been drawn to illustrate all of the furniture to scale) you will
find plain and textured toile fabrics to temper the pattern as well as paint
and flooring. I have included some beautiful accessories, from drawer handles to
blind pulls, which illustrate the importance I place on attention to detail.
UNDERSTANDING THE TOILE FABRIC SCHEME
Employ the right finishes in the correct proportions for a
successful decorating result
THE TOILE FABRIC WINDOW TREATMENT
It is important to
use a Toile de Jouy fabric so that you can view the beautiful print well and
there is no better way than when used for curtains or a blind. By combining
full-length Toile de Jouy curtains with a contrasting Roman blind, these
windows are dressed with an interesting layering of fabrics. Fully interlined curtains
provide warmth and darkness at night, whilst the blind can be used to shade the
sun by day. This smocked curtain
heading adds a feminine touch and the curtains are hung from an imposing pole
with beautifully modern classic finials finished in nickel and twine. I’ve suggested
adding a blind pull for a decorative finish.
FOCUSING ON FURNITURE DÉCOR
Decorating home
with toile and use a bench stool placed at the end of the bed and covered in
the Toile de Jouy adds an imposing interior design
element and provides a link with the curtains. This particular
decorating style is buttoned, although it could be simply upholstered
using either a decorative braid or piped-edge finish. I recommend varying the
types of materials you use within a scheme, so here the stool has cherry legs,
the bedside cupboards have a sophisticated paint finish and are finished with
handblown glass knobs, and the Louis-style chair, which is covered in a
contemporary cut velvet, has a chalk-onwood antiqued paint finish.
DECORATING THE BED WITH TOILE FABRIC
The bed should be
the most important decorating statement. This bed head provides an eye catching
design as well as giving comfort. Work at layering the bed with different
fabrics. Here, a box pleated valance neatly conceals the bed base. A quilted
throw covers the bed yet allows the valance to show, and a bespoke throw neatly
folded at the end of the bed adds a decorative, warm feature. Bespoke square
linen pillowcases in two shades of tactile linen add the designer look and link
the blue touches.
DECORATING ELEMENTS
A beautifully warm
paint shade sets off the Toile de Jouy, and is the perfect foil for the mirrors
and china inspired toile fabric prints. The carpet, a wonderfully thick cut pile
in a high quality wool and a rich chocolately brown shade, adds a luxurious
enveloping feel every time you step into the room.
ACCESSORISING WITH TOILE FABRIC
Pairing elements
can work well in most decorating style schemes, but particularly in a bedroom décor
where you want to create a sense of calm and sophistication. The glass table lamps
with off-white shades are elegant yet light and reflect beautifully in the
mirrors.
We hope that professional interior designer tips and ideas on how to decorate home with toile fabric will help you to create beautiful interior in your home!
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Fabric applications
Fabric applications
Fabric applications from Vanessa Ouche.
fabric applications
fabric applications
fabric applications
fabric applications
fabric applications
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