Last time we were in the big city, I went into a Jo-Ann Fabrics store that had recently opened there and found this fabric I couldn't pass up. Just the thing for the valances.
Here's a Before shot of the porch windows.
(Taken on a very frosty morning.)
And the After picture.
This little touch makes me happy every time I see it!
This is also the time of year that I put up this sign next to the door into the house proper. Maybe it's just me, but I get a chuckle every time I imagine someone going across the kitchen floor with snowshoes on. Ga-lump-shuffle, ga-lump-shuffle, ga-lump-shuffle . . .
33 comments:
I love that fabric!!! What a difference a small change can make. You are going gangbusters!
So pretty! Cute sign, too. You'll laugh at part of the post I'm working on now; apparently "snowshoes" is advanced vocabulary around here....
The valances are adorable, and the do indeed look so welcoming and warm it up! Is that the super-cool indoor/outdoor firewood bin?
Susan - Before I went looking for fabric, I figured out just how much I would need for the valances . . . and added a smidge. Had the right amount with that smidge left over. Now how I wish I had bought another yard or two of it! I like it that much. Durn!
Michelle - Thanks! When life gives you snow, use snowshoes?? ;o}
Erin - Yep. With lid closed in the first two porch pics, but "loaded for bear" in the last one 'cause we've been in such a period of cold, cold weather. Brrr.
Very pretty fabric & it did warm the porch up nicely. Is that knotty pine?
It's those little touches that sure "warm up" a space. Beautiful fabric.
I love to go to JoAnns-though it makes me regret my inability to sew. Such great fabrics!
Oh, I love your fabric and the curtains as so pretty. my nearest Jo-Ann Fabrics store is an hour drive away, but I stop in when I can.
DFW - Thank you! Yes, I've always loved knotty pine and we have a lot of it in the house.
Sue - With your ability with watercolor painting, I wouldn't worry about the inability to sew!
Anonymous - An hour away? I'll trade with you. We have to go 2-1/2 hours to get to ours!
Oh my goodness MamaPea coincidences abound. I took my Dad to fabric store Monday. He brought me that same fabric. He loves cardinals. I asked him what he wanted made. He said it would look good in curtains. Little scarey the similarities here. Still pretty fabric and does "finish" the windows I think nicely.
Mama Pea,
I love your fabric selection! Birds are one of my favorite especially cardinals.
Hugs,
Sandy
Lisa - Omigosh, that is a coincidence! Please be sure to post a picture of the curtains when they're made. The more I see that fabric, the more I like it.
Thanks, Sandy! I often wonder why we don't consider the Blue Jays as pretty as the Cardinals. Is it just that the color red is so much more . . . what? Prominent?
Mama Pea, I too have used that fabric. I love it. Made valances for my kitchen & used the companion fabric to make placemats. Still tying to decide what room to honor with the rest of the bird fabric.
Like others, I too, think your valances look great on your porch windows. Anything you sew looks great. Sandy
Sandy - What a popular fabric! Who knew? I didn't know there was a companion fabric. What does it look like?
Thanks for your kind words!
The fabric is available on-line from Joann's.
http://www.joann.com/legacy-studio-quilt-fabric-winter-birds-berry-
vine-words/11854726.html However, I have a 2 1/2 yard piece, a 3/4 yd. piece, and several large scraps. I'm not going to use them & would be more than willing to send them to you. I've been purging my craft closet & was going to take it to the Goodwill. Send me your address at asl40loman@gmail.com if you like. A small thank you from me to you for the pleasure I get from reading your blog. Sandy in CAlifornia.
Sandy - You are soooo generous! I've sent you an e-mail and we'll see what we can work out, okay?
The valances do look great. Cardinals, both males and females, against a winter scene are one of my very favorite images of winter. It never gets old.
And I love the sign. Snowshoeing is not a common thing in NE Indiana, but the image is still good and it is definitely hilarious.
They are absolutely lovely!
Mama Pea love the look you have achieved! Makes it more part of the home than a transitional space . Saundra with that info you may have started a run on Jo Ann's online. I would love some for comfort quilts.
Great fabric! I wouldn't have been able to resist either. I used to have a terrible weakness for fabric, fiber, and yarn. Still do, I just try not to indulge anymore. :)
Mark - Although we do occasionally see cardinals way up here, they're not a common sighting. Pity as they are so lovely! Well, now I have them on my porch anyway. ;o)
Your snow probably doesn't stay long enough to make snowshoes necessary. If it's anything like the winters we used to experience in Illinois, wait a day and the snow will melt!
Thank you, Fiona!
Goatldi - I'm making pot holders with some of my left over scraps. The fabric would make lovely pillowcases, too. Look out Jo-Ann Fabrics, here we come!
Leigh - Other things have taken precedence for you right now. Who knows? The fabric, fiber and yarn bug may strike you again!
How Cute! Love the fabric...
Nancy - Thanks! I really like it, too!
Oh no I was mean and steered Dad away without buying any. If I let him he would have brought home everything he saw.
Lisa - Well, you're a big ol' spoil sport!
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