I am reposting this from January because
I LOVE Drop Cloth fabric and am participating in
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia's
Blogger Block Party !
I have been ruffling the world lately with
my awesome ruffler for my Bernina
(which I love too !)
There have been some wonderful tutorials
and ideas for drop cloths because
it is the coolest fabric with such a vintage look
and a great price !
Who would have known that drop cloths were good
for bags too !
I have been ruffling the world lately with
my awesome ruffler for my Bernina (which I love too ! )
There have been some wonderful tutorials
and ideas for drop cloths because
it is the coolest fabric with such a vintage look
and a great price !
Who would have known that drop cloths were good
for bags too !
Although I love it, I am not thinking I will do
more of these in drop cloth fabric just because
I kind of felt sorry for my little ruffler trying to ruffle it ~
But.... I know I want to make more
of these in muslin soon ~
I just wanted to show you a quick, inexpensive
and super duper easy ruffle curtain ~
This is what I am working on
today so I thought I would
show you the steps as I go ~
Curtains like these have been shown in
blogland before but
I am not sure where so if
you know let me know :)
Ikea was my spot to get the curtains because
they are a great price and
the fabric is awesome !
They say not to dry them in the dryer but
I did and the fabric came out kind of like a
lightweight drop cloth feel ~
First I cut the white set to the length
I needed because they come real long ~
Then I ripped 2 lengthwise strips of
the darker about
9 inches wide and sewed them together
to get the correct length for gathering ~
Then I used my handy dandy ruffle foot and
pleated them ~ If you don't have a ruffler just
gather any way that you would like ~
Next I measured and pinned
the ruffle to the bottom
and sewed it on to the curtains ~
I left the edges raw on the ruffle
because I like them like that ~
For the ruffle it just took one of
the darker panels
so I have another one left which is tons
to make pillows out of ~
It would be cute to add another ruffle too !
These are actually for my bedroom but
I would love some outside too !
The pictures kind of look weird but
I was having fun in grittiness with picnik :)
Later today:
I made a pillow with the extra
curtain panel ~
I love the ruffles and rose
{I bet it was hard to tell I LOVE ruffles :) }
You can find it on my website ~
With summer upon us
in full force Kristin and I
have been inspired by color ~
We didn't want to add
our new colorful things
to the creamy categories
so we created a category
just for them!
It is called
"Vintage Colour" ~
We still want the
tattered vintage look but
with splashes of color ~
We will be using
drop cloth fabrics,
tea dyed fabrics, vintage laces
and tattered roses in
our new creations ~
We also have a sale
going on now for
our entire website ~
Visit Katies Rose Cottage Designs
to find out more :)
I have had quite a few
questions on the pattern for the
bag that is in my blog and
website headers
so I wanted to show you
which one I used ~
It is super easy!! I used
muslin for that one but I also
love it in drop cloth fabric too!!
This bag below I just made up the pattern
but it shows you what it can look
like with just a ruffle of
lace in between~
Here is the pattern I used ~
I am pretty sure it is still available
because it has not been that long
since I made it ~
❤