~ruffles & stuff~

Happy Friday friends!!

What an amazing, beautiful day

here in the NW......

it is clear & sunny

and pretty mild ~ maybe 45 degrees heading

up to the 50's....

so lovely!! :)

I've been feeling like ruffles lately....

maybe it's the hope of spring...{oh love me some spring...}

and the lighter look of springtime & ruffles....

but, I've been sewing them....lots of them....

I guess I've been a little obsessed with ruffles ....

maybe it is the nice sunny weather

but maybe it's the huge stack of

yummy white fabric sitting here....

begging to be played with.....

so I said "ok"  let me see what I can do

with you ~ yummy white softness....

so I sat down & began to play around...

you know ~

 the most wonderful part of this

yummy, delicious fabric is....

it can be torn in a straight line....perfectly....

right along the grain...

ahhhhhh....a seamstress's heaven...;)

and don't you just love the torn look?

I sure do....torn everything...

torn ribbons, torn paper, torn books,

and of course....torn fabric...

and because of that ~ I left the ruffled edges

raw ~ and frayed....and I'm loving it!

so new to the Ticking and Toile Linen Shoppe

is the The French Prairie Collection "Layered Ruffles" Pillowcase

made of the softest, highest quality

premium muslin....

and ready to add some springtime

shabby chic, romantic charm to your

"boudoir"

{love that word....boudoir....so fancy & romantic! :)}

if you'd like to take a look click

here

so of course ~ I couldn't stop there....

{nooooo....sun's still out ya know! ;)}

 I thought maybe we needed another

shabby ruffly chair slipcover...ya?

 I named her "Cecilia"

another swedish name to honor my swedish

heritage....

love that name!

so I did hem her edges....although I'm still thinkin

I might make another one with torn edges...

but here we have Cecilia

 light & ruffly for spring ~

romantic shabby chic yumminess for your home...

I'm also working on some designs for

chair backs....

the challenge is making them "one size fits all"

so I'm playing with it & coming up

with some ideas...

if you'd like a closer look at Cecilia

you can see her here

well do you have wonderful plans for

the weekend???

I'll leave you with

 a little something to dream about...

a little hollyhock love...

a little path to stroll down...

a little nature to admire...

a little porch to relax on...

have a wonderful weekend!!!

hope the sun is shining wherever

you are! :)

xoxoxo,

Shellagh

{garden images from here}