Sewing beautiful fabrics

Cranked up the trusty old Singer last week and stitched the deep ruffled toile de Jouy European sham.................... at long last.

I special ordered the fabric in this colorway over two year's ago when I decided on the bedroom makeover colors. My paint is a perfect blue gray which changes in the different light during the day, and then deepens at night to a really relaxing, sleep inducing, chalky shade of warm blue.

The chocolate brown accent color is great with this blue and gold. The damask cloth on the round table (temporary nightstand until I paint an old sewing machine table I inherited) was aqua! Dyed in RIT dark brown it came out a really stunning shade which you'd never find on a bolt of fabric in a store. I've fallen in love with burnout velvet at the windows - so romantic and Bohemian - and when the light shines through the shadows cast on the walls are lovely. Loveseat is slipcovered in cream quilted cotton with seat cushion in cream matelasse.
At my favorite funky SuzAnna's Antiques, this already painted blue tin piece called out to me. Thought it perfect balanced on this little shelf where I display a favorite photo of me with Mother, and chocolate iron letters in those always wonderful "L" words.
I love this room - warm, romantic and feminine for me, with the chocolate accents making it comfortable for masculine hubby.

I guess this look could be called "Bohemian Cottage" for want of a better description.