Poufs

Trendy or timeless?  We shall see, but for now, I am totally in love with my pouf from the Zazzle website!

Its an exra seat, a footstool, a side table for a tray with tea.  
So many possibilities!!
Use at a wedding shoot for a lovely bridal perch, or in photo shoots to display product, or a very comfy seat at your craft and sewing room work table.   (my current use)
Also would make a fabulous, durable seat for a children's play room.

I am creating several versions for my LilyOake shop on the Zazzle website.
Click here for the direct link to this one.
Jane's Rose Bouquet POUF
The pattern is Jane's Rose Bouquet in sorbet pink.
The top is solid pink with a lovely English rose bouquet.
The sides are pink and white wide stripes with the same rose bouquet while the base is faded basil green gingham.

Best yet, the polyester canvas cover is removable and washable!

Tea Towels!

I love pretty linens and have collected pieces here and there over 25 years now.

But the prettiest printed pieces are hard to find, usually expensive and not always in the colors that match my decor.

That's one of the reasons I got involved in designing my own fabrics, through Spoonflower.

here

I am slowly decorating my way through my own home, sewing slip covers for furniture; pillows and curtains for every room.

I also love to make simple tea towels in delicious

florals and patterns.

I sell them through my ETSY shop, here

I will also offer them for sale during the Arts North Studio Tour

I am participating in, in September.

here

As a fabric and wallpaper designer, I am going to have slip covered furniture, decoupage storage boxes, throw pillows, lavender-filled sachets, fabric baskets and tea towels for sale,

in a myriad of patterns I designed.

If you live in Seattle, I'd love to meet you!

I will also be hosting 3 local artists who

are all talented painters!

And of course, the other neighborhood artists will have their studios open to the public as well.

Come see how we Seattle artists live and work in our home studios!

Back to the tea towels - they are roughly 18" x 27",

55% linen and 45% cotton.

They are SO absorbent, you will be amazed!

No lint or wipe marks left behind!

And they look so pretty hanging on your rack.

Some people use just for display!

Spring Colors

I love the clear, fresh colors of spring flowers, and how the light brings a crispness to interiors after a long, dark winter.

Ames Chinoiserie linen-cotton in peony pink

Lake Emily Summer Roses linen-cotton curtains in blueberry blue

Rococo Garden wallpaper in blueberry blue

Dreaming of Spring

Some poetic musings, on a dreary winter's day in Seattle.

In preparation for my participation in an up coming artist studio tour for North Seattle, I am washing and drying fabrics before sewing them up into pillows, scarves, aprons and napkins!

The public will be touring my studio, and subsequently my dining room too, which one must pass through in order to reach the studio.
They get to see my master bedroom along the way.
So all 3 rooms will be getting make over.

I can't help photographing a few of my fabrics with the bouquet of tulips I brought home yesterday.

Oh, and here's the link to my artist studio tour, scheduled for September:

Arts North Studio Tour

"Caroline" in blueberry blue, on heavy weight cotton canvas

"Lake Maria Summer Roses" in peony pink, on cotton poplin

"Summer Garden" in peony pink, on cotton poplin

"Watercolor Roses" in blueberry blue, on linen cotton canvas