Simple Quilts for Fabulous Bedrooms

 

I think we're definitely seeing more simple and classic quilt designs in modern home décor and I have to say I am loving it! Whether you have a vintage quilt that your grandmother made or you're looking to bring some serious style to your space, a quilt is near necessity for bedrooms. A scrappy log cabin can be made with your stash or you can choose a host of new darks, mediums, and lights in your own color palette for a more personalized look. Totally warms up the clean, modern lines of the furniture, don't you think? (Image found here)

 

 

 

 

You definitely don't need a complex pattern to make a seriously stunning quilt! Large scale prints in lots of different colors look chic and eclectic in a simple patchwork design like this one. Use natural elements for furniture choices and accents to create a truly perfect bohemian style bedroom!

 

 

This simple strip quilt is the perfect accent to a rustic bedroom like this. Try dressing your bed like this in the warmer months for a cooler sleep while still having warmth nearby for those random cold Summer nights! (Image found here)

 

 

 

 

A few shades of a few colors on a white background looks effortlessly modern and makes enough of a statement to keep the rest of the décor really minimal. I love how little there is in this space and how happy it looks! And I won't even get started on those high ceilings...glorious! (Image found here)

 

The New Year is the perfect time for updating your bedroom. It can give you such a fresh perspective on life to change up your environment, especially when it makes you happy! And quilts are a great at making people happy, so freshen up your bed with a quilt new or old! 

We LOVE the Circus & A NEW Giveaway!!

 

 

 

I have to say we are all kind of enthralled with the sweet new Circus prints from Michael Miller!! You remember the elephants they had stepping out in their fun new Dots at Market right?

 

 

 

 

Well now we can't get enough of the whimsical and fun imagery of the 'Ol Big Top!! And with these fabulous Circus prints in the shop, we're just having idea after idea of how to use them!!

 

 

 

 

 

With sweet performing tigers, elephants, seals and more, your little one will love cuddling up in a their Circus blankie made with just the Border Print for the top and a cute coordinate on the back for a really quick project, you could even use Minkee on the back for even more comfort! You could also break it up for borders or banners! Or how about using it to make a bumper pad or bed skirt??  I don't know a kiddo who wouldn't like going to bed in their very own big top, their bedroom or nursery decorated with Circus-themed curtains, bedding and maybe some cute wall art (breaking up the Panel and framing or wrapping around canvas would be SO quick and easy)! It would even be sweet to throw a little one's birthday party or baby shower decorating with these fabrics! Since they are just so bright and fun, we think they work for boys and girls! Clothing would OBVIOUSLY be adorable too!!

 

 

So have you caught Circus-Fever yet?? We've got it bad!!!

 

 

Want a chance to win some of this great fabric?? Well you're in luck!! We're doing another BLOG GIVEAWAY for October!! That's right, up for grabs is 3 yards of any 44/45" width, Cotton fabrics of your choice!! You can get a yard of 3 different fabrics, half yards of 6, 3 yards of 1 or however you want to break it up! All you have to do to enter is be a FOLLOWER of this blog (if you are not following, you're entry WILL NOT be counted) and comment on this post with your email! Let us know what you think of these prints or what other new fabric you love! And GOOD LUCK!!!

Designers We Love! Jamie Wood

Last week in the newsletter we featured the super cute NEW collection called City Streets by Jamie Wood, an adorable line of fabrics made just for the little fellas in  your life! Well, we were delightfully suprised to learn that Jamie not only gets the Cabbage Rose newsletter but she actually calls Stephenville, Texas home and Cabbage Rose just happens to be her favorite quilt shop to visit when she comes to Fort Worth! How small is the world, right?? We were so tickled to find all this out, that we just had to share a little bit about her and obviously show off her new collection a little bit more!!

Jamie has been an artist from the time she could hold a pencil. When asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, the answer was always ‘An Artist!’. She lives in Stephenville with her husband and two rambunctious boys on their family farm. Jamie is thrilled to be designing fabric and raising two boys while living in the country provide endless inspiration! Designing boy-friendly collections is something that Jamie is passionate about, and with so few options for boys out there, its truly awesome when designers focus on creating for them! And she obviously LOVES making things for her boys!

   

   

Her passion is totally evident by all the fun colors and adorable cars, trucks and city scapes in this collection! She definitely understands what boys like to look at and how to coordinate in a way that is both boy and mom friendly! City Streets is perfect for baby quilts, bedroom decor like curtains, throw pillows and bedding, or a just a fun pair of pj pants for a your little car//truck lover! Jamie just recently did a bedroom re-do for her little ones with her last collection and it turned out super sweet! Be sure to check it out here for inspiration!!! 

Also, Jamie designed an awesome and FREE quilt pattern just for this collection which you can download here! Make this sweet quilt and you're well on your way to your own bedroom redo! Would make a super sweet birthday present or baby shower gift! Finished Size: 52" x 60"

If you want to keep up with Jamie (and their new family chicken flock) then follow her blog, Wake Up Susie!

Don't Look Now Trunk Show!

We are SEW very excited to have the Don't Look Now Trunk Show in the Cabbage Rose Classroom right now! It's so bright, cheery and overall inspirational that I can't help but smile each time I walk past it! We got to meet Kellie Wulfsohn, the amazing designer behind these incredible quilts at Fall Market last year and she was just full of cool and fun ideas for making applique totally fun and totally modern!

The Animal Alphabet pattern is absolutely one of my faves!! All of those animals are just too cute for words and its such a fun way to teach kiddos their letters!! If creating the whole quilt seems too daunting, there are endless ways to use these applique designs!! Use the letters to applique your child's name on something, choose a few letters and make some A,B,C wall art, take any of the animals and applique onto a onesies for baby gifts until the end of time!! Any time a new little one enters your life, pick the animal that starts with the same letter as their name for a personalized gift that's as cute as it is sweet!

How cute is this little tshirt with just an alligator applique'd on?? Too cute if you ask me!!

Making pillows is another fun way to break up those designs or just to create more accesories for an awesome bedroom look!! You could really take one quilt pattern and use it to make matching accessories for an entire room if you're feeling super productive or if you're just addicted to applique! Like with the monsters or robot quilts, you could use a few designs for throw pillows, a few more stitched to the bottom of some plain store bought curtains (or be extra cool and make your own!), you could even use some spray adhesive and put a design on the outside of a lamp shade!! However you break them up and mix them, the result will be cuter than you can even imagine!!

So come on into the shop and get inspired by these amazing quilts and accessories! You'll be totally taken with all the ideas that these designs will give you!! And don't forget to shop her NEW fabric collection with Riley Blake, Peak Hour!!! Such a fun collection of fabrics, perfect for any little boy projects!!

And for those of you who can't pop by the shop, here are a few more pictures that we took of Kellie's adorable booth at Market last Fall! Enjoy!!!