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Quince Cottage!
Today we're talking autumn plaids. Everyone is mad about plaid this year, right? Well, we decided to take a slightly off-the-beaten-path approach.
Maybe we were inspired by some of the brilliant things Nature does in North Carolina this time of year.
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| Roadside weed © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet |
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| Toad on Sweet Potato Vine © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet |
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Beauty Berry © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet
You can make jam from these, and use their juice as a bug-repellent. |
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| Passion Flower Vine © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet |
That passion flower was growing in the weeds between our house and the one behind us. It also inspired another project we'll show you in an upcoming post. Pretty amazing flower isn't it?
As we've said before, we like to pinch pennies when we can, and by sewing your own pillow covers, you can too. It's pretty fast and easy if you've got a sewing machine, even if you hate sewing like Rhiann does. This time around we wanted to make a matching throw too. We bought the fabric at
Joann Fabrics.
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| © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet |
Being able to reverse the pillows by using a different fabric on each side gives even more options in terms of look. You can use snaps or velcro dots or just a basting stitch to close up the open side of your pillow casing.
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| © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet |
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| © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet |
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| © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet |
There's the throw in the photo below. Super easy to make using the leftover fabric from the pillows. On either end of the length of the berry plaid, Rhiann sewed a strip of the green plaid. Then she hemmed all the edges. Ta-daaaah! Done! Now we're not saying this throw will keep you warm on a frosty evening, but it adds a splash of color and continues the theme without breaking the bank.
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| © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet |
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| © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet |
What do you think? Yes, we know, the porch floor needs to be stained. We're currently debating colors.
Of course it wouldn't be a Quince Cottage blog post without some doggy cuteness, so here you go...
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| Daisy © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet |
Quince Cottage Style mixes old and new, rustic and opulent. Our goal is to make our new subdivision house look inviting, beautiful, and as though it wasn't born yesterday.
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