Bedroom Refresh and what I made with the leftovers........

I wish that I had taken a before pic of my bedroom. It was very blah, take my word for it. My windows are so weird. Wide, short and high on the wall, I had put curtains that I had made that went only to the top of the headboard ( it must have another name if it's made of metal) on my "Atomic Betty" bed. They went on a rod that went across the full width of the window. I wasn't sure what to do, and I probably still don't, but I liked this treatment a lot better.

I always wanted to incorporate blue into my room and thankfully the childhood mantra of "blue and green should never be seen" doesn't hold a lot of water anymore. That's good considering my walls are green.

I made drapes and put them on shorter rods with matching wooden hold backs. The drapes are a blue/green gold shimmery fabric, with a microfibre topper and, my favorite, moss fringe.





With the same fabric and fringe I made a rectangular pillow.


Using a tutorial I found at Mama Says Sew for folded fabric flowers I was able to make two roses pillows. This lady is so inspirational thanks sew much!



For two button pillows I used a mixture of vintage buttons from my grandmothers button box and a few Tim Holtz buttons. I should have sewn the buttons further to the side, they appear to be straining like someone wearing an ill-fitting blouse. I will be correcting at some point.



I made a coverlet out of a larger piece of the button pillow fabric and some heavy damask sewn together with strips of the light blue faux silk used on the rose pillows. The lace was expensive filet crochet that I only purchase enough to do the coverlet. Mostly all the fabric I buy is bargain, but sometimes I will splurge on trims.


The comforter, bedskirt, pillow shams and two center pillows were purchased at a very reduced price at Superstore. The colors in the set are what started the whole ball rolling. I will very likely be making a new duvet cover and shams soon.







The overall effect is a refreshing change from what it was. Someday maybe I will get some pretty new furniture.

After all the pillows and drapes that I have made for living room, dining room and bedroom, I had a lot of scraps! I needed to make something with them.

I have had this old flour sack quilt of my grandmothers for about 20 years now. I had a very plain sheer cover on it held in place with buttons from her button box. I decided it needed a new cover.


This quilt is so neat. It is over 80 years old and you can still see the labels on the sacks. It has held up amazingly well.



I was inspired by a quilt in this book.





So I made my own layout and started sewing.




I did not want to actually stitch on the quilt, so it is just placed inside. It's very weighty, I tacked it with embroidery thread at many junction points.

.......and this is what it looks like.


I do not have it covering my couch normally, that's just for the picture, it is just folded up and draped over the arm of the couch waiting for someone to cuddle up under.

Thank you Grandma Meyers!