I Love Fabric Too
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It goes perfectly with the lovely stenciling Gretchen did for me a few years ago when we painted the living room a lovely light lilac color.
It all makes me so darn happy.
I finally got my act together today and hemmed this yard of fabric I bought a few weeks ago. Every summer I buy a yard of fabric to use as a wall hanging on our deck. It gets faded by the sun, then I recycle it into something else - and next year buy something new. In previous years I've hung it from a dowel inserted in cup hooks. This time, I just stapled it to the house. So far so good!
Isn't this fabric beautiful? It sat on my work surface in my studio for a while and every time I looked at it, I wanted to cut out some of the leaves, stuff them with batting and add them to the fabric as additional embellishment. Maybe sew some beads on it. Paper, fabric - I'm all about cutting tiny pieces and embellishing, aren't I?
Remember the Postage Stamp Quilt I bought for $7.50 that I showed you the other day? This is the other one I bought that day from that same garage sale. (It was really more of an antique sale than a garage sale.) Guess how much. $35.00! Again, it's brand new, never been used or washed. The tag said it was made by an Amish woman and the original price was $70 or something. I've spent a good deal of time in Amish country over the years and it sure looks authentic. I don't even want to tell you how much I spent on an authentic Amish quilt - wall hanging - same size, back in the day. $200. That was when I was a DINK (dual income, no kids, for the uninitiated) and desperate to own a real Amish quilt.
I bought this quilt to hang above the fireplace but with our slanted ceilings, it didn't fit. So I hung it on another wall in the living room and it looks perfect.
Isn't this fabric beautiful? It sat on my work surface in my studio for a while and every time I looked at it, I wanted to cut out some of the leaves, stuff them with batting and add them to the fabric as additional embellishment. Maybe sew some beads on it. Paper, fabric - I'm all about cutting tiny pieces and embellishing, aren't I?
Remember the Postage Stamp Quilt I bought for $7.50 that I showed you the other day? This is the other one I bought that day from that same garage sale. (It was really more of an antique sale than a garage sale.) Guess how much. $35.00! Again, it's brand new, never been used or washed. The tag said it was made by an Amish woman and the original price was $70 or something. I've spent a good deal of time in Amish country over the years and it sure looks authentic. I don't even want to tell you how much I spent on an authentic Amish quilt - wall hanging - same size, back in the day. $200. That was when I was a DINK (dual income, no kids, for the uninitiated) and desperate to own a real Amish quilt.
I bought this quilt to hang above the fireplace but with our slanted ceilings, it didn't fit. So I hung it on another wall in the living room and it looks perfect.
It goes perfectly with the lovely stenciling Gretchen did for me a few years ago when we painted the living room a lovely light lilac color.
It all makes me so darn happy.
posted by Stefani at 11:49 AM
4 Comments:
Omigod, I love that fabric! May I have a piece of it when you are finished with it to make a mailbox cover? Wouldn't that look faboo with my burgundy door?
If you ever run across a Sun Bonnet Sue quilt snap it up for me will you? Of course not if it is 200.
Pretty is as pretty does, and you are doing pretty well making pretty.
Kudos madame Stefani !
I actually have a Sun Bonnet Sue quilt that my mother made so it is about 55 years old but it is not for sale. It is an heirloom to be passed on to my daughters when I pass on or even before if they want.
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