Archive for the ‘Wedding Fabric’ Category

Wedding Centerpiece

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

My family and I are planning the decorations for our niece Sarah’s wedding.  Today we set up a guest table centerpiece. 

We started with a white tablecloth, then a runner of sea-foam blue organza.  That was topped with a bunched square of sea-green organza under a 12″ by 12″ mirror. 

The sheen of the sea-green organza is a perfect match for the sea-foam blue.  Sea glass and small glass ‘diamonds’ were sprinkled on the mirror.

Three calla lilies were tied together with ribbon and placed in a 24″ tall square vase.  We may add coffee beans to the base of the vase.

What do you think?  I will have more updates of Sarah’s wedding decor as we continue to prepare for the spring wedding.

Trim Uses.

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

  We’ve been dang busy in the store trying to catalog, display and price our lovely new trims.  Did I mention Julie bought 30,000 pieces!  30,000 little and not so little beauties!  And I will let you in on a little secret,  she bought 15,000 yards of new fabric yesterday!  We don’t have the complete scoop from Julie on the type of fabric etc. but I will let you know when I get the full story.

Back to the trims, here are some uses I compiled.

  • Bookmarks
  • Looped around the spine of programs or menus
  • Around a candle centerpiece or a candle on a mantle
  • Napkin holder
  • Table runner ends
  • Wedding decor:  Head table decor, Guest table centerpieces, Programs, Ring bearer pillow, Flower girl basket, Cake table, Guest  book table
  • Wine bottles
  • Gift or wine bags
  • Potpourri bags
  • Graduation caps and honor cords
  • Chair cushion corners
  • Pillows
  • Lampshades
  • Lampshade pulls
  • Bedding
  • Curtains
  • Purses
  • Zipper pulls
  • Christmas tree ornaments
  • Tree skirt
  • Christmas stocking

I hope to make samples of some of the uses listed and post pictures.  Let me know if you think of additional uses.  I’m sure I missed some good ones.

P.S.  I thought of  more

  • Fancy display towel edging
  • Chair tie backs
  • Upholstered furniture accents
  • Door knob pulls
  • Church robe cords
  • Church banners and displays

Easy Fabric Rose Tutorial

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

These roses would make cute hair accessories, table centerpieces in your home or wedding.  Our online Antique Satins are 50% off right now and would make lovely roses!

Tulle Wedding and Bridal Shower Decorations

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
 

I thought you might enjoy these projects I found on Sewing.org.

 

Tulle Wedding Pews

Materials

  • Tulle on the bolt or by the yard
  • Wire-edged ribbon for bows: 3 yards per bow (for a 4-loop bow with tails)
  • Ivy and either silk or live flowers
  • Florist wire

Directions

1. Make as many bows as needed for pews. Attach ivy and either silk or live flowers to bows with florist wire.

2. Drape tulle on each pew allowing 1-1/2 to 2 yards per pew. Attach to pew using rubber bands or florist wire. Note: if using 54″ or wider tulle, cut in half lengthwise.

3. Attach bows and flowers to pews with florist wire.

Tulle Bridal Shower Decorations

Materials

  • Tulle on the bolt or by the yard
  • Wire-edged ribbon for bows: 3 yards per bow (for a 4-loop bow with tails)
  • Ivy and either silk or live flowers
  • Florist wire

Directions

1. Wrap “guest of honor chair” with tulle (if using 54″ or wider tulle, cut in half lengthwise) and tie into bow.

2. Make bow with ribbon and add flowers and ivy. Attach bow to chair with florist wire.

3. Use additional tulle to wrap presents or a centerpiece. Tulle can also be added to gift bags as fillers, or cut tulle into circles or squares and wrap favors. 

Tulle Staircase Decorations

Materials

  • Tulle on the bolt or by the yard
  • Wire-edged ribbon
  • Ivy and either silk or live flowers
  • Florist wire

Directions

1. Loosely drape tulle around staircase banister, starting at top and ending in a flowing “pool” of tulle at the bottom.

2. Make bows with flowers and ivy and attach to banister spaced evenly along entire length.

Wedding Decor for Krystal

Saturday, September 18th, 2010

My cousin Krystal was married last night.  Aren’t they cute?

I decorated the ceiling over the dance floor for my nieces wedding about 5 years ago with fabric from Inweave.

We ditched the disco ball and substituted a hanging bouquet with matching ribbons cascading down.  I will do an in-depth post about how to recreate this easy project in a future post.

For Krystal the head table had a row of icicle lights hung on the edge of the table, covered with a gathered skirt of white tablecloth fabric.  That was overlaid with an embroidered organza.  The backdrop was swagged with the embroidered organza as well.

It was a very pretty wedding.