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Rah rah for pennants!

Thanks for your sug­ges­tions on what to do with my col­lec­tion of pen­nants after I posted about it a few days ago. And spe­cial thanks to loyal reader Debb, who sent me a lovely photo of her own pretty cot­tage pennants:

These flags came from Hol­land, where Debb’s mother was born and raised, and likely have great sen­ti­men­tal value […]

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Accessories

How to make a pennant garland

Here’s one rea­son why my boyfriend is a killer catch—his charm­ing lit­tle col­lec­tion of old pen­nants.
Pen­nants are a fan­tas­tic cot­tage acces­sory; they add so much his­tory and char­ac­ter. And although I love these ones, I’d love to be able to dis­play them in a less clunky way. Sure those push pins stuck through the dry­wall do the trick, but […]

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Artwork

Quilts on display

A dis­cus­sion of my visit to an exhibit of antique quilts, Kalei­do­scope, at the Tex­tile Museum of Canada.

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DIY

DIY Wool Blanket">DIY Wool Blanket

I wanted to share with you my cur­rent DIY project: a wool blan­ket. I was vis­it­ing my favourite fab­ric store (Len’s Mill in Port Dover) and I came across a fab­u­lous black, red, and cream tar­tan. Right away I thought it would make a great blan­ket.
After squar­ing up the piece (easy to do because of the pat­tern), I began blan­ket stitch­ing around […]

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Accessories

Fun Towels from Amy Butler

Fab­ric designer Amy But­ler brings her sig­na­ture bois­ter­ous flo­rals to bath tow­els. Bright­ness with­out stan­dard beach towel tack­i­ness. Love ‘em. $18 each, Bed Bath & Beyond.

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Outdoor Living

Sweet Indoor-​​Outdoor Fabrics

Inspired by their child­hood sum­mers spent on the beaches of Cape Cod, sis­ters Beth Dean (right) and Maryann Mor­ley (left) have begun a new ven­ture together by launch­ing  Well­fleet Waters, a lovely col­lec­tion of bright indoor-​​​​outdoor fabrics.

The line is avail­able in three colours (Grass, Water, and Sun­set) and in three pat­terns (Flower Power, Loco Polko, and Wavey Pais­ley), all printed […]

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Green Cottage Living

Easy-​​care Ultrasuede goes green

Dura­bil­ity and easy clean­abil­ity are very impor­tant in cot­tage sofas and chairs. Uphol­stery has to stand up to sandy paws and spilt lemon­ade, and it can’t be too hard to clean up after them. Ultra­suede fits the bill, and now it even gets bonus points for being more earth friendly.
The tex­tile com­pany of the same […]

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