So. Everybody knows that ‘old people’ love their routines,
which explains why every morning, like clockwork,
I head to Pinterest + gaze at whatever I’m currently obsessing about.
Today I enjoyed all sorts of Frenchie striped linens;
here are but a few:
If these initials are K K, as I suspect they are, that’s my monogram!
I think I need that pillow, don’t you? (As if I could afford it.)
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Yes, most vintage French stripe linens are over my budget, sadly.
What to do, then, when one is me?
Well, there are some lovely reproductions out there.
Here’s one:
I’m a fan of the new upholstery fabric
with what appears to be an authentic vintage linen pillow!
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And attention, all my St. Louis-area peeps!
This yummy shop, Gingham Buffalo, is in Edwardsville, Illinois.
Their gray wall + pair of striped chairs rules my world!
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Meanwhile, ’tis quite often that my obsessions find their way
to my pillow making biz.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/redbirdvintagehome
Yesterday I blogged about all things Hudson’s Bay . . .
. . . + I shared that I’m obsessing about making my own version
of Hudson’s Bay style pillows. YUM!
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But wait!
I have been making my own versions of Frenchie stripe pillows for years;
here are 3 that I sewed just last week!
I always use vintage buttons for my closures; these are black metal.
I cut my own stencils of Frenchie stripes + hand stencil them on canvas:
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Another side closure with more gray vintage metal buttons.
You can just glimpse the ticking stripe fabric lining:
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Finally, this rectangular Frenchie measures 21″ long x 12.5″
+ has a button + loop closure that I made for the first time!
I think it turned out well:
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Well, that was fun!
Sharing with the class always is!
Time for me to get my nose to the sewing grindstone!