She has wonderful collections of vintage embroidery and other items throughout her home and it is a wonderful place! For years I have admired the outside of her home with the picket fence and stone walkway, wonderful shutters and paint colors...so I was very excited when she called me and gave me her address. I knew immediately which home was hers and I was looking forward to seeing the inside of her home, which did not disappoint!
She had a great bed that she wanted a new matelasse duvet for, as well as a gathered silk dust ruffle and matching king shams, along with a large striped bolster and a scaldino for the foot of the bed.
She provided her own fabrics and I went to work fabricating everything.
The below photo shows the bedding. I love the scaldino at the foot of the bed with the textured raspberry center fabric. The side sections are vintage barkcloth. I added a pleated raspberry ruffle on the ends.
Don't you love the vintage sign above the bed? And if you look carefully, you will see the cute green interior shutters on the windows, featuring a crescent moon accent.
The neckroll is 40" long - whew! We used her wide awning striped fabric in green and cream and added a bias flat welt on the ends.
You can't really see the plaid shams at the back of the bed, but they match the dust ruffle fabric.
When I delivered the bedding, she asked if I could slipcover a rocker. I do offer slipcover services, but generally only for "hard" chairs such as dining room or kitchen or vanity chairs. However, this client was great to work with and I loved the fabrics we were mixing and I knew it would look great in the room. We used the remaining vintage barkcloth from pinch pleated draperies, which were carefully taken apart and used to their maximum advantage so that we could match patterns on the scaldino and also the slipcover.
It is a fully upholstered chair that rocks gently. The chair was already slipcovered, so I used the original slipcover for a pattern and made a few modifications. The upholstery underneath was in perfect shape, so that was not an issue.
We added a small pleated ruffle around the front side of the seat back as well as around the entire bottom hem. The slipcover is attached to the front arms and the entire underside of the chair with Velcro.
You can see that the seat top (and bottom) matches the seat back pattern repeat, and I railroaded (turned sideways) the leaf pattern on the boxing area of the seat.
Below shows most of the room, showcasing the bed and rocker.
All projects are good projects! But this was a cheerful, inviting room with great personality. My client also shared with me that her mother rocker her (my client) in the chair when she was a baby, and now she rocks her grandchildren in the same chair...continuing the family bond of love! That story was bittersweet, since my client's mother passed away just a few weeks ago. But her rocking chair legacy lives on in the room and with the grandchildren who are rocked in the same chair. So sweet!
Hope to see you soon!
Susan
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