::New Sponsor:: Online Fabric Store.net

We have a new sponsor!!  I am really, really excited to work with our newest sponsor, Online Fabric Store, if only because they've been our biggest supplier of Amy Butler.  They have a great selection of AB fabrics at very, very reasonable prices.

BUT, when I was preparing this post, I started searching the deep nooks and crannies of this site, and WOW they have everything I need and then some.

Need pillow forms?  Done.

Need a new blade for your rotary cutter?  Done.

Felt, thread, quilt batting, Rit fabric dye?  Done and done.

But, let me tell you, though.  Beyond all those amazing supplies, they have a ton of other cool stuff!  

Like printed sisal and burlap bags?  

Yeah, that's right.  REAL authentic ones.  Kinda cool, right?

And btw, as I am typing this, Court (who is visiting) just asked me to make pillows for her couch out of these bags.  As Molly would say, make sure ya blog it!

Well now maybe I need pillows, too?

Need cheesecloth?  Done.  (I know, cool, right?)

And, fun, fun, fun oil cloth.

Last and certainly not least--CHALK CLOTH.  OMG.  I have about a gazillion ideas for that running around in my little brain.  

So, seriously, I don't know what you are waiting for. They have got really, really fabulous supplies and materials and the prices are good.  Oh yeah, and tell them we sent you (tee hee).  And certainly look for some blog posts coming your way with this cool stuff.

Bedroom Makeover with Drop Cloth Pillows

What do you get when you mix two sisters, four kids, a bottle of wine and a bag of Starburst jelly beans?

You get the most amazing bedroom makeover ever.

Remember my bedroom inspiration post a few weeks ago?

I really wanted my room to look something like Miss Mustard Seed's guest room: 

Molly came to visit and we set to work making drop cloth pillows that were inspired by all of the feedsack style pillows that you see in blogland and, of course, Pottery Barn:

I'm pretty sure I like ours better.  As in, can I hang in my room all day?  

Take a look.

We made two Euro size pillows with stripes.

Then we added a smaller pillow with my last name initial "B".

Seriously, admit it.  They really are pretty cute.  The little red pillow is tied with creamy grosgrain ribbon.  We sewed that one a little bit differently than the others.  That tutorial will come shortly.  It's shockingly easy.

We initially set out to really, truly mimic the feedsack and have faded stripes but as we got to painting, we decided we wanted a stronger statement so we painted the stripes on pretty heavily.

We used a super easy pillow tutorial from Lemon Tree Creations.  Takes all of 10 minutes.  It would be a great beginner sewer project.

Here is the bed layered up.  There's a creamy white Pottery Barn duvet under there.  The red quilt is Pottery Barn outlet from a few years back.

The bird prints were handed down from the Buchanan's.  The mirror was picked off the trash here in Longmeadow (rather shamelessly by my mother).

This is my side of the bed.  NOT.

So sweet on my grandmothers red chair.  Have I mentioned yet that red is my favorite color?

Tutorials for the pillows to follow soon.  

In the meantime, tell me, what would make your bedroom more inviting to you?