~french farmhouse stylin’~blue ticking and lavender

Hello friends,

Ready for some more raggygirlvintage french farmhouse stylin”? I sure am!! 

Although french farmhouse stylin’ suggests a more neutral palette, it’s okay to include some color. Really.

And what is more french and farmhousey than striped blue ticking {or any ticking for that matter}.

Use as a feature pillow...

 or stack together with white pillows.

Doesn’t ticking look yummy with lavender, I cut this fresh and it dried out in the the jar.

There is something so classic and vintagey about blue striped ticking.

 Of course I couldn’t leave you without a ruffle too!

Happy french farmhouse stylin’

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Tracey

 

other RGV french farmhouse stylin' :

~vintage milk carrier~

 

~making french decor bottles~

Hello peeps,

I wanted to show you a really easy and effective way you can transform ordinary thrift store glass bottles into elegant french bottles. I had fun making these ones up for a vintage market. 

I don’t have step-by-step photos for you, but I’ll describe how I did it.

1. Keep a look out for nicely shaped glass bottles on your thrifting adventures. I especially like bottles with a squareish shape, but you can use any really. Give them a really good wash, I run mine through the dishwasher.

2. Make friends with someone who has an awesome vinyl cutter or buy yourself an awesome vinyl cutter. As I don’t own an awesome vinyl cutter I went the friend route! Decide what you want and pick out your fonts, sizes etc. I chose eiffel towers, fleur de lis, paris…..You could also use premade vinyl stickers if you find some you like.

3. Apply the vinyls to the bottles.

4. Wind jute tightly around the bottle neck and secure with a knot. I also added some wrinkled seam binding to some of mine for a more romantic look.

And that’s it, they look great with a couple of different sizes grouped together, or a single bottle on a mantel, and they also make a fab gift!

Have a great weekend!

Tracey

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~sweet webbing pillow~

~i always love feedback from my customers~

one of my customers sent me a photo of how she used this natural feedsack style pillow in her decor

i made it up in a 12x16" size for her

~doesn't it look great on her paisley upholstery~

 the jute webbing goes well with just about any decor

16x16"

 it looks fabulous paired with ticking too

here's another photo posted by a customer with my french chanticleer pillow

great work gals!

and finally i thought i'd show you the blue ticking pillows i made up in standard pillow size for a sweet customer

~big shabby ruffley ruffles~

sewing is so much fun!

Tracey