Stitch Style Sweet Dreams: Fabulous Fabric Sewing Projects & Ideas
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Why not make your bedroom a haven of loveliness this Fall with these 8 fabulous warm and cosy bedroom accessories!
Each gorgeous make is demonstrated using two differing fabrics from Westminster Fibers fabulous Free Spirit fabric designers - feminine & funky Tula Pink and the curious and anachronistic Tim Holtz, showing you how easy it is to create a different look and feel to your room simply through your choice of fabric patterns and colors.
Easy-to-follow instructions with step-by-step illustrations and lots of detailed photographs will guide you through the creative process from preparing your fabric and cutting it out to sewing and adding finishing touches.
The fabulous projects featured in the book include a duvet cover & pillow slip, sumptuous bed pillows, a laundry bag, pretty pleated curtains, snuggly pajama bottoms, a hugs & cuddles quilt, Roman blinds and a light-up lampshade.
So get sewing and create the bedroom of your sweet dreams!
Margaret Rowan
Margaret Rowan has been making, designing and teaching for over twenty years and is passionate about the art of making things. She is the author of many previous books including The Complete Guide to Hand sewing and Embellishing and has worked closely with Kaffe Fasset as advisor on many of his books.
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Stitch Style Sweet Dreams - Margaret Rowan
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Sweet Dreams, where you will find stunningly gorgeous fabrics by Tula Pink and Tim Holtz. Every new collection they produce brings another cornucopia of inspiring designs to use to decorate your home.
Tula Pink now delights us with her lovely Foxfield Collection, which hides all sorts of surprises amongst the flora. Take a close look Foxtrot, used to make the Sweet Dreams Duvet Set: at first glance you see a wonderful balance of flowers and leaves, but take a closer look – is that a rabbit? And over there, a shy fox? You will never tire of looking at Tula’s fabrics.
CHANGE YOUR STYLE!
Check out the Change Your Style! pages of the book to see how you can create a completely different look and feel with the same project but using an alternative material. Tim Holtz’s Eclectic Elements fabric collection provides a fantastic mix of timeless tonal hues and typography, together with collections of clock faces, labels and other nostalgic ephemera. Now you can read in bed without getting covered in newsprint!
Sweet Dreams is all about comfort and cosiness, and also about creating your own style by making home accessories with your chosen fabrics rather than ready-made shop-bought items.
The projects require a range of different skills, from creating simple patterns to adding finishing touches such as a zipper and covered buttons and ruffles. The snuggly quilt is made from large rectangles of fabric, so it pieces together very quickly. It is easily made in a day and is a great introduction to quilting.
I hope you gain as much enjoyment from making these projects as I did, and that you will have your very own special projects to curl up under, put on display or wear very soon.
Margaret Rowan
SWEET DREAMS DUVET SET
SWEET DREAMS DUVET SET
A well-dressed bed is the crowning glory to any beautifully decorated bedroom, and by making your own duvet set you can ensure yours reflects your own personal style.
This project combines Tula Pink’s Vintage Stars and Foxtrot fabrics to create a subtle but decorative shabby-chic look and, once you get used to handling large swathes of fabric, it’s so simple to make you’ll be dressing every bed in the house!
YOU WILL NEED
Makes one double duvet cover, 190 x 198cm (75 x 78in), and two pillow cases, 48 x 70cm (19 x 27¹⁄2in)
Duvet Cover
250cm (98¹⁄2in) of Foxtrot in Sunrise
420cm (165¹⁄3in) of Vintage Stars in Sunrise
19mm (³⁄4in) buttons x 9
Coats cotton thread no. 2427
Pillow Cases
170cm (67in) Foxtrot in Sunrise
Coats cotton thread no. 2427
Other
Sewing machine buttonhole attachment.
Preparation time
1¹⁄2 hours
Sewing time
4 hours
Foxtrot
Vintage Stars
PREPARING YOUR FABRIC
Cutting the fabric
There is a 1.5cm (⁵⁄8in) seam allowance included on the pattern
Duvet Cover
For the Front and Back Panel, cut two full width lengths of 120cm (47in) from Foxtrot.
For the Front and Back Border, cut four 43 x 200cm (17 x 78³⁄4in) strips from Vintage Stars, cutting the ends at 45 degrees (to mitre).
Cut four 43 x 214cm (17 x 84¹⁄4in) strips from Vintage