I have a great post for you
today; I want to share the darling hand towels I made for my new kitchen
makeover. Just a bit of background about
my recent decorating projects, I decided I did not like the coffee shop décor I
chose for our newest home, it was something I had actually picked out for
another home and just dropped everything into place when we moved in, without
really thinking things through. After
living with it for almost three years I was not a happy camper, I started to
think about what would make me happy and the answer was to go back to what I originally had in my first/favorite home. I
really adored my wine/Tuscan inspired home, the colors really spoke to me and
everything complemented each other nicely.
Time to decorate with what I loved no matter what anyone else thought or
what the decorating trends and colors are now, no more brown, gold and
red. I decided to use my sage
green, burgundy, cream and Tuscan gold, all elegant colors when put together in
small doses. I did not have to purchase
much since I had all my décor items in those colors in storage, all I had to do
was go get everything and put it out. I
was short on curtains for the kitchen window and the family room windows, lucky
for me Bed, Bath & Beyond still had more of the same drapes for the windows
in the family room and I had great fabrics in my stash which would pull it all
together for the kitchen window.
Most of my kitchen
accessories were a bit worn out making it time to create some new ones using
one of my own patterns. Since it is a
pattern I sell I won’t be doing a tutorial here but I will share that the tops
of the towels are machine quilted and they also have some really sweet pleats
on the back side and I was able to sew up four in just a couple of hours.
Aren’t they darling! I just love the rich colors which are repeated throughout
the kitchen through accessories and artwork. You will be seeing photos of the
whole kitchen makeover when I share the kitchen valance tutorial next time.
I hope you enjoyed your first
peek at one of the projects I did for my kitchen makeover. Keep reading to see
the new kitchen window valance tutorial I will be sharing in a few days.
See you soon.
Laurette
