Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Framing Fabric and First Pillow


This is where it all began...I was beginning to feel a little antsy with my long summer and, how should we put this--lots of "free" time at work.  I decided I needed a project and wanted to do something for our living room.  We have this amazing row house with a long, white wall right when you walk in.  No furniture on that wall since it acts as the walkway, and we've always had a hard time finding art for it.  I had read somewhere about framing wallpaper as a solution to buying expensive art, so I thought, why not fabric?  Of course, this obviously isn't a new idea as I ran into on All Things Orange as well...I found this super-cute fabric on Pottery Barn, of all places (who knew they sold fabric?) under sales.  It only came in 5 or 10 yrds, so I bought 5.  Let me tell you, that is a lot of fabric.  I bought four 16x20" frames at A.C. Moore and the rest is history!


Since I had so much fabric I also decided to sew a pillow. I don't have a sewing machine (yet), so it had to be done by hand.  Since it is just a plain square that was obviously easy.  I'm going to make a second, larger one for the couch (this is 16").  I love the green with the deep purple. Let me know if anyone wants some of this fabric or wants a pillow made....I have plenty to spare!

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