With an increasing focus on slow fashion and living more sustainably, it's important to understand about the different fabrics we buy so we can make informed choices.
…In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back. - quote by Albert Camus None of these pictures...
My dears, this fabric is currently in production. I anticipate completing the printing process by the end of April, with orders scheduled to begin shipping out at the beginning of May. To ensure you get your hands on this beautiful fabric as soon as it's available, I encourage you to reserve a piece for yourself in advance. ❤️ Thank you for your understanding and support. - Morning Mist linen fabric feature a floral design with gray wildflowers on an ivory white background was created by Susan. She is a designer from Poland and owner of the Merely Susan brand. She runs a small creative business and herself packs all orders for you with love and care. 🌸 The unique pattern design was hand-painted in her studio using watercolour paints and then digitally printed using non-toxic, water-based pigments. ✂️ The fabric is sold by the half yard. It will be cut to your chosen length and shipped to you as one continuous roll with a width of 59 inches (ca. 150 cm). ✂️ Selected pattern designs also have the option to purchase fat quarters (1 fq = 18 x 28 in). Thanks to this, you can order a small piece of fabric for your project. WHAT TO SEW The softened, lightweight linen fabric has a weight of 150 g/m². It will be perfect for sewing clothing for women, children, and babies with retro or vintage style patterns. Whether you will be sewing a flowy dress, a charming blouse, or a blanket for your little ones, this fabric will help you create something truly special. This fabric will also work as a natural material for light curtains and summer bedding, as well as various craft projects such as quilting, bookbinding, and doll making. 🌸 Are you looking for sewing inspiration? Join our sewing community on Instagram @bymerelysusan and see what our customers have made with our fabrics. ABOUT THE MATERIAL The high-quality linen fabric is made of European Flax. It is Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified, guaranteeing that it is free from harmful substances and safe for human use. Digitally printed fabric has been expertly softened and pre-washed, creating a natural material that feels like a luxurious hug against your skin. HOW TO CARE To ensure your fabric stays in excellent condition, we recommend washing it at temperatures up to 40 degrees C on a delicate fabric program with a mild (preferably ecological and biodegradable) detergent. Spin at a low speed (preferably 400 rpm). It is best to dry it outdoors, but avoid direct sunlight. Iron at a temperature below 200 degrees C.
Beautiful new linen just in from France, All the devine shapes, sizes, colours and textures you would want for your bed!
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Laundry is one of my favorite subjects. . . When it's done like this. We're lucky enough to have fresh air and sunshine and a clothesline. Later in the season the air will be as hot as an automatic dryer. But on a mild day like this I can strip a bed at 8:30 and have it washed, hung, damp dry, and all ironed by 10:30 with plenty of time in-between to read a few blogs! The trick is to catch the linens damp for ironing so that the pressing is a breeze. It's a bit like cooking. You just have to stay with it (or at least have it in mind) until it's done. For those of you who hate ironing, all I can say is I feel that way about cooking! I have grandkiddos coming in a few days, so my guest room nursery, which is also my linen room, needs a bit of clearing out. That always gets me messing with some pretty linens and laces. All in all, not a bad way for me to spend a morning. I hope you're loving some Summer air! Ciao! for now! Jacqueline *P.S. I hope you'll follow me over to My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia Faded Charm Savvy Southern Style A Beach Cottage My Romantic Home
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Those of you who have followed our little home tour so far, will know that I've been on a bit of a mission to tackle one room at a time, changing things up a bit, re-organising and having a good old clear out in order to share our 'Home Sweet Home' with you. Today, it's the turn of the master bedroom. This has been the hardest room so far to photograph. I don't know why. Perhaps I find it a little difficult to share my most intimate space with you! This is my hiding place, my retreat. It's where I recharge my batteries, dream sweet dreams, and where my girlie side really come to the foreground. Poor hubby has never (well, almost never!) complained about sleeping in a pink, lace enveloped paradise of femininity! He has threatened to stick some surfing posters on the walls, but so far it's been empty threats! Phew... Please forgive me if there is a bit of repetition here from a previous post! I did share a little furniture move-around with you a while back, and it might creep in here again. But, I thought I'd be thorough with the new tour! I'm not going to do as much waffling on as in the previous instalments of our home tour. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves... A place of rest... A place to read... A place to reflect... Somewhere to write... It's where my shoes live...an 'oh so happy place'! It's where I play dress up, figuring out my own style, or lack there of! A place for happy memories... My veil from our wedding day still hangs happily in a corner of our room! The princess (and her pea!) have finally found a home to rest! A place for favourite things... Some thrifted treasures... Our retreat... So, a quick look into our 'Home Sweet Home'! I hope you enjoyed having a nosey-around! Until next time! Blessings, Tania ♥♥♥
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If you have a collection of Vintage Linens you will love this roundup of 15 Cute Ways to Repurpose and Upcycle Vintage Linens. (#9 is my favorite!)
100% French Flax Linen Fitted Sheet Queen - 152 x 201 x 40cm King - 183 x 203 x 40cm Our linen is pre-washed and easy to care for. No ironing is required, just a simple cold machine wash and medium tumble dry. Over time the linen will become softer and more beautiful. Please note: While we do our best to give a clear indication of colour, some computer screens may slightly change colours.
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Made in France bookIs there anything more beautiful than white stitching on linen?Well, there probably is but I am smitten with everything embroidered and even more so if it is vintage.white sense …
My eye is hungry for country white today. Not too bright. Just a homey, cozy, creamy, dreamy color, with a few flecks of brown mixed in. I want it soft and warm like what you get in the best quality melty vanilla ice cream with swirls of caramel, and a dollop of chocolate, and a lacy frothy whip of cream on top. Yum. . . . What cha got on your plate today? Hope it's turning out great! Jacqueline Join me at French Country Cottage Feathered Nest Friday Faded Charm White Wednesday
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Senior editor Sally Armstrong shares the best light bed linens. Now that it’s windows-open weather, and we can finally enjoy cool breezes at night, I’ve been thinking a lot about the joys of crisp sheets. There’s something so lovely about lying down on a new set of good-quality linens — and there are countless options out there to […]
I've been freshening up some of my stored vintage linens. I try to keep them rotating and make sure they each have their day in the sun. I like the look of them in their changing stacks and piles. Coverlets, quilts, and spreads just need a quick fold. But there's always a bit of ironing that can be done. Always. But that's the good news! I never feel like I have to iron a thing. It's all for fun and relaxation. If it's not your thing, I just can't explain what a relaxing pleasure it is. Some of you have told me you feel the same way about pressing linens as I do. For some of us it's just what we do, like others paint furniture or bake a cake or garden. Only there's not a single thing to clean up afterwards! I never even put the ironing board away. It's already right where it belongs. . . . Old laundry marks are just so beautiful. It's time for White Wednesday at Faded Charm! and Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage! See you there! Jacqueline
BONJOUR ~HELLO ~ GOEIE DAG! We are back from our visit to France and Belgium. I apologize for not keeping you up to date while travelling, but due to technical reasons, and being in remote villages where internet cafe's are unheard of, it had to wait until we were back home. It was a good thing . Since there is no direct flight from Cape Town to Paris, we always fly via Dubai with a 2 hour stopover, just long enough to freshen up, and have a cup of coffee at PAUL, the popular French patisserie at the airport. Arriving in Paris we collect the rental and by the time we are on the A6 , the excitement is high as we head for our first stop - Mont Louis sur Loire. Spring was in the air with trees and shrubs as far as you could see, covered with white blooms.. arriving at our first stop ~ our friend's Maison in Mont Louis sur Loire, familiar sounds, smells and garden still in winter mode. A good nights rest, and we were off and on our way to the first appointment I had with one of my suppliers who had been sourcing for me since our last visit. Very exciting, and the first boxes of linen were packed and put aside for delivery to the shipping company to collect later. I promise to share more detail of the linen with you once it arrives. We were unpacking and sorting outside, when all of a sudden a cloud burst and rain came pouring down. We had to rush to get all inside, and the choosing and deciding took most of a full day. It was getting dark by the time we left here, and we still had a 3 hour drive back to where we were staying. We stopped halfway in Chinon for dinner at a little Bistro, tired but pleased with my first day of shopping. All monogrammed, old French and divine! contents: 150 old French monogrammed sheets, 53 sets of napkins (sets include 6,8,10, 12 to 20 per set) 80 French dish cloths. all packed into banana boxes..I later discovered this to be the most used box for packing. At every Brocante, vide grenier or dealer, a banana box is hauled out to pack up. Once delivered at the shipping company, the pallets with boxes gets shrink wrapped and stored until packed into the container. Several of these trips with packed boxes were made to the depot from where it was collected for further handling. I prefer to pack straight after each market or dealer visit and deliver to the depot the next day. It makes it much less stressful than to leave it till the last few days. found these two old religious tapestries at a brocante near Tours..dated 1895 and1912 - from different dealers, embroidered by different hands, yet I think the colors and theme match so well.. Images of some of the French linen and bibelots I found old French linen, hemp and chanvre with monogrammes in white and red on it's way We visited Brocantes and markets in the French countryside as before, and then traveled north towards Belgium.We have never been to Belgium for buying, just as tourists, so I was eager to visit the markets there. The container I had shared space in, was leaving from Brussels so it made sense to travel there and see to the final admin from there.. This was a interesting sight..no relevance whatsoever, but en route.. We saw a lot of little private Chapels next to the road in the smaller villages of Belgium..I like that.. In Belgium one can literary visit a open market either indoors or outdoors somewhere every day! I am amazed at how many markets one can choose from, and when visiting a market here, there is always flyers being handed out on other markets and upcoming events. I have been looking for a bakers rack with boards like this for a long time.. buttons sold by the "scoop" 1 euro per initial...3 euro if you take 5 initials..(works out on 35 -40 euro per roll! very expensive) I started to negotiate to take the complete box...but she would not budge...pretty picture though a Lot of bisque and porcelain figurines to be found in Belgium I did not find the linen that I was after in Belgium (perhaps I was just unlucky) but loads of other pretties. There is a good selection of beautiful old handmade lace and loads of lovely old paintings, porcelain, old olive jars, zink, enamel ware and the "smalls" are still plenty around, with friendly dealers eager to negotiate. I adore this wood element that is used as a table. resting those tired little feet under a pink canopy.. if it had your name on it, of course you would photograph it... interesting neck line.. Leuven Gent taking a break from shopping back to Paris via Champagne and Picardi By now Dd was really homesick for her horse back home, and we stopped en route to hug this friendly carriage horse Yellow Canola fields Travelling back from Belgium towards Paris, we spent some time in Champagne~France Avenue de Champagne notice the creative "grapes" arrow on the road Visited vineyards and followed the routes to more brocantes..GPS is so convenient these days..you merely pin the word brocante, and various options in all directions pops up!... We stayed in a charming little hotel with only 8 rooms next to the canal. It is family run and the menu superb! Breakfast with a selection of compote, fresh fruit,eggs, pastries and cheese included. It is good to be back home, with fond memories of a lovely trip. Colx will share some more as we unpack and once the container arrives. ps..I wonder if this gentleman with his dog saw this sign?...
Today we are going to be talking about two more Irish beauties, Irish linen & lace :) They are often combined, but not always. I have been buying Irish linens for almost 30 years now. It started at an antique auction where I won and entire case of Irish linens for $20. I've been hooked ever since :) Here are spools of Irish lace in a bowl, think of all the towels, sheets, and dresses you could trim with these, the mind reels :) This dress is an exquisite example of Irish linen and lace at it's finest. It's a vintage piece from the Edwardian era. Here is a beautiful example of hand embroidered Irish Linen. A piece this ornate was probably a wedding gift or made for a wedding dowry. Irish linen and lace drying on the line, how divine. If you have an unwanted stain on vintage linens the recommended way to remove them is to rub a little lemon juice on the stain and lay (or hang) them in the sun, this is gentler on the linen than bleach. An Irish Linen loom from 1820 This is an Irish boys Christening outfit. This is almost exactly like my sons except his knickers were white velvet since he was baptized the day after Christmas, I wish I had more pictures of him in it, he was so adorable. With a name like Charles Patrick, he's all Irish :) I adore lace trimmed sheets. They're a beautiful luxury that every one should experience at least once. Consider shopping around for lace and add your own, it can save you a LOT of money. I've been doing this for years :) If you like the look of these sheet you can purchase them from Victorian Trading Co. They specialize in all things vintage (or that look vintage) http://www.victoriantradingco.com/store/catalogimages/19t/i119.html They also carry this lovely lace table topper for a touch of old world romance :) http://www.victoriantradingco.com/store/catalogimages/1a/i12521.html And last, but not least they offer these beautiful towels http://www.victoriantradingco.com/store/catalogimages/8h/i555.html So Top O' The Mornin to ya and don't forget to let a little linen and lace weave some charm into your home and your life. It has a way of making you feel like a true lady (or gentleman). It will also make your guests feel warm, welcome, and very special.
antique linens, probably a part of someone's diary about 100 years ago
Photography by Anna Williams
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petites croix, linge ancien,trésors du hasard...the simple things of my life.
A change of scene always makes me appreciate more of what awaits me at home. Getting back to the domestic life can bring everything here into sharper focus, and for a moment or two of time I can remember what it is that I am always meaning to do with my life. Dailiness has a way of crowding out the big picture, but just a pause in routine brings such freshness. And I like to allow an extra day or so at the end of a trip for finding my bearings again. I suppose it is the equivalent of a pet circling a spot before settling in for awhile. Just before leaving, Christina Strutt's (of Cabbages & Roses) new book came in the mail. I only had a chance to merely flip through it before leaving, and it was in my thoughts often while I was gone. There wasn't much time for fun shops, but I did manage to find this new pitcher for my collection in an antiques shop in Livermore, CA. A classic! It's the smaller version shown here. Just shy of five inches tall. A few of the larger ones have passed through my hands, but I have been on the lookout for a smaller one for awhile now. It was a silly thrill to find it! The book is fabulous of course. This beautiful photo is from Christina's playhouse if you can believe it! The next three photos are from the book as well. photo from Cabbages & Roses photo from Cabbages & Roses photo from Cabbages & Roses How can one not be inspired by such serene beauty? I love the gorgeous fabrics, and all the lovely simplicity. It made me want to work with my fresh towels and linens right away! (Doing laundry gets me back in the groove again.) I also thought you might like to see a little chippy table I came across recently, and a fab metal can that would be perfect for a potted tree, or under a desk somewhere. Great details with original paint. It's good to get back to my own playhouse again! Haha! It was so nice to have your lovely comments while I was gone! I'm looking forward to catching up with you. Thanks so much for stopping by. . . Have a wonderful weekend ahead! Jacqueline Join me at Timewashed~Blissful Whites Wednesday French Country Cottage~Feathered Nest Friday Shabby Art Boutique~Shabbilicious Friday The Charm of Home~Home Sweet Home My Romantic Home~Show & Tell Between Naps on the Porch~Metamorphosis Monday
