Southern Hospitality: Burlap: What have you done with me lately?#links

Southern Hospitality: Burlap: What have you done with me lately?#links
(edited on 12/30/09: i think these shower curtains were definitely the most favorite shower curtains of 2009 in bloggyland. i'm so happy i found them & was able to join the fun with them! this post started all my fun with burlap, which continues! yeah birdy toile & yeah burlap!)
so it all started when i kept seeing these shower curtains on different blogs.


i was so in love! that would be a perfect choice for the jack & jill bathroom that sits between the grandchildren's room & the guestroom/nursery in our house.

the brown toile & pretty aqua blue birds would look great. i was already using aqua blue towels & rugs in the bathroom & i already had toile(black) in the guestroom/nursery.

the search was on! and i managed to score 3! the salesclerk was marking them down to 4.87 as i approached the clearance rack. corrie couldn't believe i found exactly what i was looking for at the 1st store & at that price!!!!! what a find!


(but - what does that have to do with BURLAP?

well, i always have multiple projects, problems, issues, illnesses, you name it, all happening at the same time. and i've been planning a coffee for the gals in my CBS core group. i wanted to do a "beach" theme for the table, since we live so close to the beach. ha, ha! i live in gahanna, a suburb of columbus, ohio. no beach.
i thought it would be really cool to have a BURLAP runner for my table. so i was going to buy some BURLAP.)

i was now the proud owner of THREE
brown toile shower curtains. i decided to see just how far i could stretch that fabric.


one entire curtain was devoted to (surprise): the shower. how clever of me!

i decided to make a roman shade for the bathroom out of the second one.

that left one more. then i thought "what if, when i bought some BURLAP, i bought enough to make a curtain for the grandkids room & added some of the shower curtain fabric as the bottom?" brilliant idea. oh, by the way, i'm not very good at sewing. no big deal.

i wasn't sure how much to buy - but since it was so inexpensive & i had a 40% off coupon, too, i did the logical thing. i bought a bolt. yep, 20 yds. of burlap.

started unrolling the burlap, started itching. got a headache. got discouraged. walked away. next day - rethought the curtains. i just couldn't let my grandkids nap in a room full of this stuff. i know, i'm a little crazy. came up with another scheme.

went back to joanne & bought several yds of eggshell broadcloth that matches the shower curtain just perfect. i still wanted to use burlap somewhere in the room so check out the burlap trim on the curtains.




and the book basket


and the lampshade



then i took some of the left over fabric & made a couple of pillows for the bed.<


i'm going to make a rocking chair cushion, too, just waiting on the donated cushion to be delivered via ruthie, my sister (who thinks i'm nuts to be working with burlap, by the way)

i still have some other things to do in the room before i reveal all of it. maybe next week. i'd love to paint but..........not right now.

on to the bathroom -

see my roman shade?



& the shelf below? i used BURLAP on the back & stamped some canvas with a toile bird, then hot glued it on.


i'm still working on the bathroom. maybe next week......

more BURLAP -

made some BURLAP gift bags - to put these rocks in - that i found at the freetrade store(10,000 villages) at easton (sounds like an oxymoron to me! - local joke ;) ) aren't the rocks cool? 2.00 does seem like a crazy price to pay for a ROCK but it came all the way from india & someone got paid to scratch those words on them. i bought all they had & i'm going back for more when their next shipment comes in. what a great little gift.





took a black sharpie and did the initial on the front for my friend, "s", as a hostess gift for the coffee i'm going to today at her house.

also - did a little thingy that i framed. needs a black frame, don't ya think?


started to do one more project & decided it would take too long. i'm going to make BURLAP chalkboard tags. i have 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of canvas that i'm going to spray with chalkboard paint & then encase in burlap.

finally - back to my original idea for the burlap. i've been rounding up all my "props" for my coffee tablescape.


& that completes my frantic last few days of scheming, sewing, gluing, itching, etc.
all done to participate in my first "linky" party.

thanks for stopping by. make sure you check out all the others linked up to Rhoda's Burlap Party.

thanks, Rhoda, for hosting & for inspiring us everyday in so many ways. you are a must read every morning!

now back to sorting junk. i'm having a garage sale this friday & saturday with corrie.

oooooooh, and the closing on my "little house" is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. this friday. still praising God for His perfect timing!

blessings -