My Ruffled Curtain

Yes, it's just one curtain so far, two more to go but I was so excited about finishing it that I wanted to show y'all. I give all the credit to the tutorial given by Rachel at Maison De Pax   Her curtains turned out so cute that I had to give it a try. The best part is it only cost me $10 for one panel, you can't beat that! They were made with regular old muslin from Joanns Fabrics. They were so easy to make, just a little time consuming for the ruffles but overall not bad. So here we go with the pics....

And this was the sneak peek I showed you a couple of days ago. Did you figure it was a curtain?

I decided to make one wide curtain for the window rather than two panels.

Here'a a pic I took last night with it closed.

My hubby is being quite nice about all these white ruffles in the master, he just says, do whatever you want. Wow, I've been given free reign, watch out hubby you might find yourself sleeping in pink Cinderella sheets lol.

I love the softness the white and ruffles bring to the room. Super soothing!

I made little ties instead of a rod pocket, I think it added to the flirty look of the curtain. I'll probably be getting a different rod but I just wanted them up!

This room is finally taking on the vision I've always had for it and I'm super excited to show you the full reveal soon.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to give a shout out to Rachel for her awesome tutorial!

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My Valentine Heart Pillow and Blog Changes

I did a little redecorating of my blog last night....I think it looks a little cleaner and more pleasing to the eye, what do you think?
Now on to the post.....right now there are so many Valentine's pillows out there in blogland. So I received a couple of emails recently asking if I would show my Heart Valentine Pillow again. I made some a while back and sold them in my Etsy store. Here is the one I kept.

I usually keep this on my bed.

The fabric is a poplin from Rachel Ashwell

I made little pleats all around.

and a hidden zipper in the batten box part.

It has a coordinating fabric on the flip side.

I may be making some more for my Etsy Shop if there is enough interest. Email me at magazineyourhome@yahoo.com if you would like one.

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What I'm Working On

After making this grain sack table runner I was in the mood for sewing.

I started  working on a project for my master bedroom a few months ago, got part of the way finished, hit a snag then took a break from it. So the table runner got me back in the mood. When I'm facing a difficult sewing project I like to warm up with something simple to build my confidence up haha. I tell ya, sometimes  I feel like I have to re-learn every thing about my sewing machine each time I use it!

So here's the teaser on what I've been working on.....

Any guesses?

I have big plans for that bedroom that include redoing every thing except the floor covering, that will have to wait. Seriously, I haven't done a thing to make that room comfy and cozy in the three years since we moved here, other projects keep pushing it further and further down the list. But the time has come, I'm sick of looking at it and keeping the door shut so the uglies don't show. So I'll be showing you bits and pieces as I get them finished.

And just for fun, I found this picture of what our mobile home looked like when I first saw it....this is taken from the dining room looking into the kitchen. That far door you see on the upper left leads to our master bedroom, the ugly but soon to be pretty master bedroom.

And the same view in the pic below, closer to the kitchen, we removed that ridiculous counter that was closing every thing in.

See what I mean about white paint? It's darn near miraculous I tell ya, makes even laminate mobile home cabinets look awesome! 

This is where the counter used to be, it feels so much larger now that it's gone.

Whenever I get bogged down on a project, like my master bedroom, I like to look back at how far we've actually come in transforming our home. It was in pretty rough shape when we got it, nothing structural, all cosmetic but whoa did it need a face lift! Anyway, check back in a couple of days to see what I've been working on.
 Blessings,

Teresa

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Easy and Cheap Grainsack Table Runner

I bought some dish towels that reminded me of grain sack with no particular thought in mind of how I was going to use them.

I tucked them away until today when I was cleaning out my sewing room and voila! the idea came to me to make them into a table runner.

I just butted the ends of three dish towels together and sewed them with an Entredeux stitch, you could also use a zigzag stitch. It took about 5 minutes and that included threading the machine, a cinch!

I picked some Hydrangeas and Gardenia for the table and they look and smell wonderful!

Yes that's my ironing board in the background, still have a couple more projects I'm working on so it's staying out. I'll share those with you in a couple of days.

So the table runner, for $9, not bad huh?

Blessings,

Teresa
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Time in the Sewing Room

I've been playing around in the sewing room and created a little sheep pillow.

 Here are a couple of other items I've sewn for the house.

This one was a challenge but I think it turned out pretty cute. It has a hidden zipper so it can be removed and washed. 

So that's what I've been up to and lots more to do..........

Guess I'd better get busy!.
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My Frenchy Table Runner

Now I love burlap don't get me wrong, hey doesn't everyone? But my dark walnut table top looked washed out with my burlap table runner, brown on brown just didn't pop. So what's a girl to do? Why break out the trusty sewing machine and make like Betsy Ross of course! I contemplated making my new runner out of..you guessed it 'drop cloth'. But I opted for onasburg instead. It has a nubby texture and is a little softer and more refined than drop cloth. I measured the length of my table  and made allowances for a five inch doubled ruffle on each end. I also doubled the runner itself to give it more body. I  added a Frenchy graphic from where else...Graphic Fairy. Here's the completed runner.

You can see my bucket handles from my new Farm House Light Fixture hanging down. 

Here's the old burlap runner.

It wasn't bad I just wanted a lighter touch.

Yep, I like it!

So what's up next? Hmmm...maybe the ceiling??? Stay tuned.

Til then....Teresa
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Vanity and Skirt

Okay so this is the BIG day, the unveiling for all of our Imagine the Possibilities Challenge.

 I had BIG plans, I always tend to bite off more than I can chew. But hey, nothing ventured nothing gained right? I confess I didn't complete all that I had planned to do here but I did complete one of the projects and in my mind it was the hardest so I started on it first. Here is the before.........

This cute but sad looking little table was a $20 find at the flea market, I thought I could improve on her so home with me she went!

And here is the after...........

This was my inspiration picture.......

And while mine is a far cry from the inspiration photo I think it doesn't look too shabby. Here's some more pics.

After gathering the ruffled part of the fabric and sewing it to the skirt I added some velcro around the top inside. The other hook part of the velcro was stapled to the vanity. To finish off the top I added additional fabric held in place by velcro. You can see the steps here

Completing the vanity has given me the encouragement I needed to keep on going and finish all the plans I have for this room. Still on the list is , curtains, a slipcover for that chair with the heart pillow, paint amoire and birdcage.  Down the line I'll be adding wood flooring and between all of that (as if that wasn't enough) I'll finish up on the painting and beadboard. I say lets have 'Imagine the Possibilities Challenge II!

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And read all about it here!

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Sneak Peek progress for my Impossibility Challenge

Yes, I actually started on my huge project that you can read about here! I thought I would go with the sewing first as I thought that might take the longest. So I eyed the vanity and decided what fabric I had in my stash that looked similar to my inspiration vanity......

And I came up with this.........

 So that's what I used for the top ruffle, I choose unbleached muslin for the main skirt. After adding a lining to the muslin I sewed velcro onto the inside of the skirt and stapled the other part of the velcro to the vanity table. Here's a pic sewing the velcro on......

Then I used my gathering foot on my sewing machine to ruffle the floral fabric then sewed it to the main skirt.

Here is just a sneak peek of what it looks like velcroed to the vanity.....

I also started painting an old trifold mirror I've had forever to go on top of the vanity.....

Still not completely done with the vanity skirt but I'm getting closer. I need to kick things in to high gear if I'm going to finish everything by the end of the month, whew!

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