Textiles by Melissa

Textiles by Melissa

We are still in the printing process, but the website is up and functioning! I wanted to share with you  the newest fabric line from Window Treatments by Melissa: Textiles by Melissa!!

This has been on ongoing project for almost 3 years now. To see it comes together has me a little emotional!

Yardage is available for use in your own projects, or these selections may be used on custom window treatments made by WTBM.

Here are a few of my favorites!

This is our Cherry Blossom fabric. It is available on both cotton and linen!

Turns out naming your own fabric collection is like naming children! So in some cases, I did just that! (Pardon the wrinkles on some of these. I was so excited to share when the samples came in that I didn't pull out the professional grade steamer).

I put a quarter in the images to demonstrate pattern size.

         

This one is called Miriam Medallion after my daughter, Miriam Belle. Great for cushions, pillows and other projects where you want to display the pattern in full.

                  

Marjory Belle! Named after my husband's sweet grandmother and for whom I named my daughter after. She always had the prettiest hibiscus flowers in her garden.

                             

The Kaylene Chain! After my mom simply because it's her favorite and she is my biggest fan ;)

                     

Berkely, because all things fun and pink remind me of my niece.

                      

And for my other niece, Gwendolyn,all things sweet and that tweet.

          

Kinsale Quatrefoil 

             

Bristol Diamond

    

Maidstone Diamond

      

The Places You'll Go. I read Oh, The Places You'll Go to my kids every year after the school year ends. This reminded me of that book. I think when they have gone on to college and made a name for themselves by punctuating the name I gave them with a few capital letters I will probably still read this book to them.

           

Ziggy

Bird Cage Silhouette. I haven't listed this one yet, but it is coming soon. 

What patterns are your favorites??? I'd love to hear!

Giveaway Tuesday! Holiday Pillow Covers!

Giveaway Tuesday!

Yesterday I posted a tutorial in One Yard Wonder on how to make an accent piece with a fabric that is too overwhelming to make a whole item out of. Today I would like to offer them as a giveaway item! These would make a great gift for that friend or family who member who is obsessed with Christmas!!! 

The giveaway is for a set of 16" square pillow covers made from white cotton for the base fabric and red metallic houndstooth custom made ribbon trim.

To enter, leave a comment below on the blog, Facebook or Instagram! In the comment, tell me which holiday decor item you plan to add to your collection this year.

Giveaway entries will be accepted through Thursday October 26th midnight ET.

Looking forward to hearing from you all!

One Yard Wonder Pillow

 One Yard Wonder

Pillow Cover

Do you ever find a fabric you love, but the pattern is too overwhelming to do one whole piece with it? I recommend making your own trim out of the overwhelming pattern an putting it on a solid fabric to make an accent pillow. And it only take a yard of fabric to make a pair! Here's how it's done!

First, measure and mark your pillow fabric. For a 16" cover. I do 16.5" by 16.5". Cut two of these for each pillow, front and back.

Then measure and cut your "overwhelming" fabric that you plan to use for your custom trim. For a 16" cover I did two strips of 4" wide by 18" long.

Because I am using a houndstooth pattern, I cut it so that when I lay the trims across each other the patterns will flow continuously in both directions,

Next, fold over the edges of your fabric and iron so that it is around 2" wide. Mine was around 2.25" wide. You can make it as wide or narrow as you want so that you can have as much of the pattern showing as you want.

(I have a layer of fabric in between my fabric and my iron because the fabric is metallic and the foil melts to the iron if direct contact is made).

Then mark on your fabric where you will place your trim. I put min inset 3". Then pin your trim in place. 

Sew on the trim. I sew as close to the edge as possible.

Sew in your zipper.

Erase all your marking with your iron. And if you're wondering how that works. . . . 

This is a product called "Frixion." It is an erasable marker. It is also available in pens. It erases because of the heat from rubbing the eraser against the mark. So I had the thought one day to see if iron heat wold erase it and it did! YOU'RE WELCOME! 

They are available at office supply stores. I buy them on Amazon.

Then turn your pillow out and fill it with the pillow form! Easy peasy!

These pillow covers will be offered tomorrow in GIVEAWAY TUESDAY!! Stay tuned to enter!

Kinsale Quatrefoil and COUPON

It's been a while since I've blogged. I've been working on lots of upcoming projects like

• Textiles by Melissa, a Window Treatments by Melissa fabric line

• Expanding our service area to other countries

• Expanding and improving the quality of our products

. . . and speaking of that. . .  if I have any followers in Canada that sew and would like to work with us, please email me! I'm in the market for more seamstresses!

 One of our new fabrics is called "Kinsale Quatrefoil." We currently offer it in metallics, but will be offering it in 13 other non metallic colors soon. Here are some projects we did in the Kinsale Quatrefoil.

One of my favorites!! This is black metallic Kinsale Quatrefoil. It looks great in this gray and white kitchen with black accents.

This relaxed roman shade is made from gold metallic Kinsale Quatrefoil. It is very soft and feminine in this little girl's nursery.

Silver metallic Kinsale Quatrefoil adds the perfect finishing touch to this teenagers retreat. And look at that light fixture!!!

Here's a sneak peak at the colors we will be offering soon in this pattern!

Are you entertaining for the end of the year holidays? Get your window Treatments order in now and use coupon HOLIDAY2017 in the Etsy shop to get 10% off. Coupon good through 10/22.

Thanks for stopping by!