Wednesday, February 2, 2011

French Grain Sack Tutorial

I've wanted to jump on the whole French grain sack band wagon to add a little pizazz to my decor.

I liked this idea of covering a chair. (image from countryliving.com)



And I thought about making pillows like these from bliss-interiors.net.


You can't have too many cute dish towels. I found these at Teresa Sheeley Designs via etsy.




I like DIY projects that are inexpensive. Many of the tutorial I saw out in the blog world require the purchase of somewhat pricey (by my standard) images. Tonight I stumbled on this fantastic tutorial by Kelly at Till Death do us Part. In it she shares how she created this French table runner downloading FREE vintage/French inspired clip art graphics from The Graphics Fairy. Didn't Kelly do such a great job? Her tutorial is easy to follow too. Jump on over to her site and decide what project you're ready to tackle.

3 comments:

  1. KellyFebruary 2, 2011 at 10:39 PM

    Hello! I am SO very flattered for the mention in your post! Thank you! I am definitely with you on the grain sack trend....I wanted in, but I wasn't about to spend the $$$. I'm following your blog and would love you to follow and check back in with me. I can't wait to come back here and visit again!

    :)

    Kelly

    P.S. Your three girls are beautiful!

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  2. alisonAugust 3, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    Hi, I love the vintage french clip art. I click onto the graphics fairy, but somehow I only finding a couple of french vintage "word" images. Did you search certain words to find these?
    Thanks!

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  3. 3 Little ChicksAugust 5, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    Alison, this exact clip art was found under the "French" category at graphics fairy. You could also type "Cacao" in their 'search this blog' engine. Happy Crafting!

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