...for all of you who have been wondering when I would start re-stocking my Etsy shop with some new pillowcase styles... Well, I finally am (Yay!) and new styles which I've put together for my "Calico Princess" bedding mishmash have started trickling into my shop and will be doing so for the next little while. (Mishmash is in italics because I'm trying to find an alternative word for "collection" as in "bedding collection" because I think it sounds too formal and serious for what it is, so if you have any ideas, please do tell!...)
Now, while I do think the pillowcases in this post all go well with the blue Calico Princess pillowcase (the one with the princess figures on it and the inspiration for all this bedding), I also think they work well with each other when there are no princesses in sight just like in the photo below... (In case you may be wondering, the bluish pillowcase below at the bottom of the pile will not make its appearance in my shop until next week.)
But if princesses are de rigueur, then on the top of a pile like the one below makes them hard to miss and,...
...if a more demure "princessy" look is desired, in the middle of a bunch like the one below might work nicely. ('Just a little note in case some of you may also be wondering: I will start filling my shop with cushions like the one below (top of the pile) in about two weeks.)
As I mentioned in my last post, finding a trim I liked for the Calico Princess pillowcase took a bit of trial and error, but once I tried the lattice and picot one I finally decided upon, I knew it had to be the one because it made me think of the crenellated edges of a castle tower! Because of its good fit with the princess theme, I thought I could use this trim on some of the other pillowcases I was putting together and, as you can see below, I did just that with the pink pillowcase with its sweet clusters of little roses...
The rosy pillowcase in the photos below has to be one of my favourites because I absolutely love its top fabric which is a vintage cotton, probably Chinese in its origins. When I first thought of using it for a pillowcase, I imagined it twinned with a different fabric, a solid one, for the pillowcase bottom; I tried it with a pink solid cotton I just so happened to have in my stash and it made me smile right away...
Now, I do believe that finding a colour shade of yarn that works well for the trim when the pillowcase's top and bottom fabrics are different is often harder than when one fabric is used for the whole pillowcase; I think the trick is in finding a shade that doesn't overly blend in with one of the two fabrics and contrasts both fabrics in an "even" sort of way, not always the easiest thing to do especially when your selection of colour shades is limited as it invariably is!...
With this pillowcase though, I had a fixed idea in my head as to what I wanted it to look like and, when I tried to replicate what was in my head with the supplies I had in hand, it all worked out the first time around... And that, let me tell you, definitely does not happen very often to me!
Well, that's all for my little pillowcase shop update for now... I will, however, be adding more new styles within the next few days which I will also blog about shortly. I hope you all have a lovely and cozy fall weekend (Happy Thanksgiving to all you fellow Canadians!) and thanks so much for popping by!
these are so so so beautiful!
Posted by: lynn | October 11, 2014 at 09:07 AM
They are all s-o beautiful! A hard decision to choose between, let alone finding the perfect match of colors when creating! Well done, as always. Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted by: Angela-Southern USA | October 11, 2014 at 02:37 PM
It's always a pleasure to come and see your Rose Hip! Your bright and fairy colors make me happy, so beautiful and creative!!Congrats and
Happy Thanksgiving !Hugs!
Posted by: Bridget | October 12, 2014 at 02:54 AM
Beautiful... Oh that my bed looked this pretty! And hope you have had a happy thanksgiving weekend!
Posted by: mrs robinson | October 12, 2014 at 08:18 AM
I do love your rose material. I wish I could find it. Question when using an edging, do you use what size yarn or thread? I have a size 10 thread I have in my stash right now. Will that work? And how long a thread do you use to put the blanket stitch to begin with? I have all my pillowcases made just need to put the edges on for Christmas.
Posted by: Vicki | December 14, 2021 at 04:02 AM