I bought half a metre from The Eternal Maker and therefore only had one whole bee in the piece of fabric which I put to use in a mat to sit underneath the glass top of this washstand I have recently renovated and painted for my bedroom. I hand-sewed a simple running stitch hem with perle thread and some lazy daisy stitches over some of the printed details on the fabric.
Along with a roll of wallpaper by Rob Ryan that I spotted in Grand Designs magazine while I was in the hairdressers, my bedroom has a very welcome splash of colour to compliment my super-colourful ripple.
With the rest of the half metre (and part of another bee!) I made a big square cushion to sit on my bed. The coordinating fabrics are from fat quarters from the rest of the Ruby Star Spring line and some plains I had in my stash. It was always going to be a difficult to make something that wouldn't get overpowered by the ripple, but I think this bee holds its own marvellously.
I am camped out in my sewing room crafting to my heart's content this week (and last week too!) as my kitchen is being decorated and so I have been booted out of my usual haunt! It looks like this today and I'm looking forward to seeing the finished new look by the end of the week.
*This little video made me smile so much when I first saw it last year.
Loving the fabric, wallpaper and your kithchen - oh and that fab link :-)
ReplyDeleteYour bedroom looks fabulous and you can see that your kitchen is going to be too! I need to extend my creativity from just knitting - I need to get back into the sewing room! Lucy x
ReplyDeleteDon't suppose you fancy coming and telling me how to decorate my bedroom do you? And the hallway and possibly the kitchen too while we're at it.
ReplyDeleteOh so cheery in every way! And I am loving your kitchen even in its current state!
ReplyDeleteYou bedroom looks like such a beautiful and peaceful haven and it sounds like you could use one right now with all that work going on in the kitchen. It's going to look fab though!
ReplyDeleteUtterly beautiful! I love the runner and those stitches look so cute!
ReplyDeleteThe wallpaper is divine - my husband gives me a Rob Ryan tile every year - I'm hoping to collect enough to cover a table top or something!
The cushion is wonderful too - can I have your house?!
That hand stitching is so neat! Love the bedroom wallpaper and hope we get another peak at the kitchen once it's finished.
ReplyDeleteOverwhelmed by need to see all this in person.
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Tracey!! love everything. That wallpaper is a stroke of genius, the fabric is modern and just perfect... and the kitchen?
ReplyDeletewell, shall we have another '3Cs' meeting to christen it?
You must be very happy!!
Your stitching is so beautifully neat! Cannot wait to see how the newly renovated kitchen turns out - it's looking fab so far.
ReplyDeleteOh I love the wallpaper! Well actually I love all of it :)
ReplyDeleteAgree with Monica re 3C meeting (still feeling so sad about missing the first) and with Dottycookie re your most perfect stitching!
K x
What lovely wallpaper, especially set against the pink jug. But it's the cushion I really want! The flashes of plain colour against the patterns are lovely. Feel very inspired, thank you!
ReplyDeleteWow -- that's an awesome bedroom. I LOVE that wallpaper. And your kitchen -- I can't wait to see it -- I'll bet you're beside yourself with anticipation!
ReplyDeleteOh the bee! The impossibly perfect lazy daisy! The way the ripple coordinates with the cushion. Oh and the wallpaper. I'm in danger on having too many exclamation marks - did you notice I turned them off back there? I can hardly wait to see your new kitchen scheme.
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