DIY Tutorial: Scrappy Strip Rose

As an arts and crafts enthusiast I love this DIY rose made of fabric.  For the full tutorial chech out Cluck Cluck Sew.
 

I Love Cath Kidson Designs

For many years I thought of opening my very own home decor store.  I love interior decorating and just about anything related to the home.  I even went so far as to register a name with the IRS for my store in 2005 and started attending trade shows at Jacob Javits Center in NYC.  I enjoyed the trade shows so much.  I learned a lot and met so many wonderful people in the industry.  The name that I chose for my store was Victoria tea.  I wanted a name that was unusual and not necessarily a name that one would associate with a home decor store.  Then I thought of adding my name to it to make it Xenia's Victoria Tea. My store was going to have a section where customers could sit down for tea, pastries and finger sandwiches.

Unfortunately, Victoria Tea never opened.  I had just recently purchased my brownstone which required so much of my time to restore.  I am just now finishing up with that project in 2012.  Anyway, during my time trying to plan Victoria Tea, I found out about Cath Kidson at the trade shows.   I immediately fell in love with Cath Kidson products and you can easily see why.  The Cath Kidson brand feeds right into my shabby chic, feminine, girlie girl image.  I just LOVE this stuff!
         

Cath Kidson fabrics are so beautiful.  They are great for quilting, making curtains, pillow covers, etc.

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Lampshade made with Cath Kidson fabric.

Cath Kidson fabric makes a great floor pillow.

Cath Kidson tins for buttons and pins....so cute.

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Accessories that any girlie girl will LOVE.

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Cath Kidson even has carpeting too.

 

England's Cath Kidson.

Click HERE to go the the Cath Kidson's online store.

Pretty Fabric Coasters

Here are some photos of pretty fabric coasters that I purchased about ten years ago from Marshall's Super Store.  When I first saw them on the shelf I had no idea what they were.  They looked too small to be napkins, but I did finally figure out what they are.  I had never seen coasters made of just fabric before.  These are made of linen and has a fancy embroidery design on the bottom of them.  There were lots of them on the shelf being sold in sets of 4 and I purchased 2 sets.  Each set has a different embroidery design.

There were actually on clearance because they were not selling.  I think that maybe many others could not figure out that they are coasters.  I wish that I had purchased more than two sets of them.  They really are very pretty.

Here are some photos of other fabric coasters that I found online.

 Someone with an Etsy shop is selling these.

These coasters above with the eyelet fabric is by another Etsy seller.

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These round fabric coasters are made using re-cycled CD's.

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Click the link under this photo to see the tutorial on how make this lovely floral coaster.

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I really like these knitted coasters as well.  Click the link for the tutorial.

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