The last of the blue touches. Some new cushion covers. The pretty patterned ones were made from vintage sari fabric with a linen lining,
The Scotty dog came from a vintage embroidered antimacassar. That cover is backed with blue and white ticking and the Scotty was given a checked blue ribbon bow!
It’s all come together quite nicely. The origami Paper hanging is reconfigured from last year’s Christmas tree.
Here some vintage tablecloths make pretty pillow covers, with no cutting and minimal sewing.
I have used these covers in my guest room as a decorative and useful way to store spare pillows.
If you would like to make one yourself, you will need:
Fold the table cloth neatly in half, right sides together.with the fold at the bottom and the edges at the top. Centre and mark the position of the pillow. [Measure the width of the tablecloth [82cm], and deduct the width of the pillow [70cm] . Divide this amount [12cm]in half. This will give you the measurement for placement of the side seams in from the edge of the tablecloth.] Mark this stitching line. Centre the zip on the top edge.
Mark the beginning and end of the zip. Place a pin at these points.
Stitch from the edge of the tablecloth to the pin. Back stitch to secure. cut off the thread.
Repeat of the other side, stitching from the pin to the edge. Pin the right side of the zipper to the right side side of the seam allowance for the zip.
Stitch all the way down the one side of the zip. Then turn around an begin stitching the second side of the zip.
On both sides of the zip, as you are stitching, you will have to stop just before you reach the zip head, lift the pressure foot, close or open the zip, to get the head out of the way, then continue stitching.
This is what the zip will look like once attached.
Turn the right sides out. Position the zip in the centre, if you want the pattern on the front centred,
or position the zip at the base. This is the way I may this cover. Now stitch the side seams on the right side. This will form an Oxford-type border.
Finish off neatly, and insert the pillow. The pillow cover will be a little smaller than the pillow, which will result in a nice firm fit.
The exciting point about this is that the table cloth is not damaged, and can be unpicked and restored to it’s former life. Enjoy!!! And let me know if you try it out!
A dishcloth to add to your collection. Finish this quick and easy cross-stitch pattern in an evening and satisfy your need to create something with your hands!
Use a black crochet thread and a budget checked dishcloth.
The crosses on this one were worked into quarters of the square of the pattern, ie 4 crosses per sqaure.
The pattern is available free online until the end of August. If you would like us to email you the PDF, please click on the Contact Tab at the top of page and fill in a request on the form.
Happy Stitching!
This pretty polly was a stray from the SPCA. I knew I could give her a happy place to stay, so took her home with me, and set her free from the mouldy frame she was trapped in.
She brightens a corner of my living room now. I can leave her cage door open and don’t have to clip her wings, clean the cage or give her food and water. The perfect pet!
New Freshly Found Products –
Embroidered Jewellery originating from Vintage Table Linen!
Available at The I Love Pop-up Shop and at the i heart market!
Available online here or at local markets!
I decided to take them to the Wondermarket at Umhlanga on Sunday, and now there is only 1 left!
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The other 2 will be winging there way to the UK in a suitcase!
It’s what I love about markets – the delightful people you meet – from all over the place!
Last 1 in the shop now – here
Freshly Found is also heading in some new directions. I can’t say too much about that yet. But I have completed my time at The Caboodle for now. Still operating online and at the i♥market, Wondermarket and some products at The Fringe in Cape Town, and feeling excited about 2012!
The embroidered beauties were created by Claire Norden and inspired by some exercise diagrams from a vintage Vogue book on health and beauty.
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