If you have followed my blog for any length of time, you know I love to sew with vintage linens, so when Claudia Violette from For the Love of France asked me if I’d host a giveaway for her, I was all ears.
Before I get to the giveaway, though, let me share some sewing ideas that I just love!
1. Upholster a Chair with Vintage Scraps
This is a pretty and creative way to upholster a chair. See two of my Pinterest boards for more upholstery ideas and tutorials.
2. Sew a Dog Bed
I have loved this dog bed for so long! I just wish Maria sold the pattern!
You can see other dog bed and dog project ideas and tutorials here.
3. Stitch Up a Sewing Machine Cover
I need to make a sewing machine cover soon and this is a favorite idea (and tutorial) so far.
4. Sew a Pretty Apron
Michele stitched this fabulous apron. You can see all of her pretty creations here.
For more apron ideas, take a look at my Pinterest board, devoted to apron inspiration and sewing tutorials.
5. Dress Up an Ottoman
This little ottoman slipcover looks like it would be so easy to make! Check out the tutorial!
6. Sew Pillows, Pillows, Pillows! (The ideas are endless.)
I am bound and determined to sew some bolster pillows like these.
Anita, the talented lady behind the blog, Cedar Hill Farmhouse, regularly uses vintage fabrics to decorate her home, like this pillow and slipcover.
Large, square pillows like these are probably my favorite pillow style.
I really like these pillows that use vintage fabrics to “frame” another piece of pretty fabric.
Sandy, the talented blogger of Paint Me White, sewed these pretty blue and white pillows.
Of course, you can make pillows like mine. 🙂 If you recall, I made two pillows from one For the Love of France’s tea towels.
Here’s another one of Michele’s pillow creations. I like the way this pillow ties in the front.
For more pillow ideas, click here and here.
7. Sew a pretty patchwork curtain
I think this is a fabulous idea: stitching a curtain using several antique linens.
For more curtain ideas and tutorials, hop on over and look at my DIY – Curtains board.
8. Make a pretty duvet cover.
I just love this pretty duvet cover.
9. Make a Christmas tree skirt.
Marian always comes up with really creative ideas, like using antique fabric to sew a Christmas tree skirt.
10. Stitch up pretty sachets.
These lavender sachets are a clever way to use small remnants of vintage fabric.
11. Create a pretty purse or bag.
Elke made these pretty totes using antique linens and leather horse bridles as straps.
The Etsy shop, Catnap Cottage, sews these reusable shopping bags.
Check out two of my Pinterest boards to see a wide variety of purse, tote, and bag ideas and tutorials.
12. Sew some pretty napkins.
Faded Plains stitched (and sold) these pretty napkins.
I love French Larkspur‘s creations and these napkins are no exception.
Oh, and for more napkin ideas, click here, here, here, here, and here.
OK, so now that I’ve inspired you, here’s how to enter the $65 giveaway.
Just follow the instructions below! You can enter once or several times. It’s totally up to you!
(IMPORTANT! you must follow the instructions AND enter via the Rafflecopter site.)
By the way, I need to mention that this giveaway is not just limited to For the Love of France’s vintage fabric. (That’s just my personal fave.) In addition to antique French linens, she also sells cafe au lait bowls, vintage religious medals, antique rosaries, antique porcelain, vintage silver and silverplate, rare buttons and ormolu frames, vintage school posts, and more! Check out her always-changing stock at her online store and Etsy shop.
The contest begins at midnight on Monday and ends at midnight on Friday, February 6th. Claudia and I will choose a winner on Saturday morning because chances are, I won’t be lucid at midnight.
By the way, this deadline was chosen by Claudia in the hopes that you will receive your prize in time to gift the item or maybe stitch something up for a special someone on Valentine’s Day!
Good luck!
[UPDATE: THE WINNER IS JANE WEEKS!]
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Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life
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Making Monday @ Kitchen Table Art and A Bright & Beautiful Life
Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage
Moonlight & Mason Jars Link Party @ The Newlywed Pilgrimage, Five Heart Home, Mama Dish, and Cherished Bliss
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Silver Pennies Sundays @ Silver Pennies
Sunday Best Link Party @ The Girl Creative
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Thrifty Thursday @ Living Well Spending Less
Treasure Hunt Thursday @ From My Front Porch to Yours
Tuesdays at our Home @ Our Home Away From Home
Tweak It Tuesday @ Cozy Little House
What’s It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants
Work It Wednesday @ The Blissful Bee, The Happy Housie, Place of My Taste, and The Turquoise Home
Worthwhile Wednesdays @ Crafty Allie
Great site, great stuff, great post and great giveaway! Thanks for the chance(s), Kim and Claudia!
Oh my gosh, I want to make it all! Lovely lovely! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Old linens are so beautiful & can be used for so many things. These ones are especially pretty and useful!
Beautiful pillows! thanks for the giveaway!
Gorgeous gorgeous pictures using vintage French linens. Thank you for a chance to win!
Hi KIM! Thank you SO MUCH for stopping by my blog and leaving me a comment. I LOVE all of the beautiful inspiration and the chance to win a 65.00 gift card to Claudia’s store. I adore vintage linens, especially French ones. I have a small collection of red and white monogrammed towels and some grain sacks. I just remodeled a farmhouse bedroom, so having a cool pillow to put on the bed would be icing on the cake.
Have a beautiful day! And thank you for your kind words about my sewing escapades. 🙂
becky
What a lot of great ideas! I particularly liked the upholstery made from bits of vintage fabric, as well as the sewing machine cover. Visiting from Vancouver Island, via Mosaic Monday.
Thanks for stopping by! I’m glad you liked the ideas I gathered up. Makes me want to start sewing immediately! 🙂
Hi Kim, I have come for a visit to see what is going on with all of the the feed sacs. Love all the ideas! Guess I will just have to follow you now! 🙂 Jo
I’d love it if you would! I will definitely check out your blog more thoroughly, too. Thanks for stopping by, Joanne!
thank you very much for featuring my items. The other creations are beautiful!! I want every one of them. Very nice post. Hoping to win the giveaway. Thanks for the chance.
You’re so welcome, Michele! You’re one talented lady as I’m sure you know. 🙂
Beautiful linens and great inspiration, but I was having a hard time finding her blog, could you help me out.
Never mind I found it through the Facebook, but just to let you know both the links for her blog and facebook seem to be broken, or at least they didn’t work for me.
I think that everything published was very logical.
But, what about this? what if you added a little information? I
am not saying your content is not solid, however suppose you added a post title to
maybe get folk’s attention? I mean Sewing Ideas
Using Vintage Linens . . . and a Giveaway! – Living Vintage is
a little vanilla. You might look at Yahoo’s home page and watch how
they create post headlines to grab people interested.
You might add a video or a related picture or two to get readers interested
about what you’ve got to say. Just my opinion, it
could bring your website a little bit more interesting.
Nice work.I really like it.
I love these ideas! From the pillows to the curtains to the apron, to the sachets… love them all. 🙂 So pretty. Please come share your blog posts over at the Home Matters Linky Party! We’d love to have you for a visit. The Door is OPEN. http://lifewithlorelai.com/2015/02/05/home-matters-linky-party-23/ 🙂
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
Thank you very much. I will hop on over sometime! Thanks, Lorelai!
Love, love these inspiration photos Kim! Nothing like vintage linens and I love grain sack. Sad that I missed the give away, but thanks so much for sharing this with SYC. Pinned
hugs,
Jann
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