Ruched Headings

Ruched headings are often used in formal living or dining rooms.  When made from silk fabric ruched panels create a dramatic, ball-gown drapery design like the beautiful examples shown below.

Leatherwood Design Company

 Riehl Design Inc.

But ruched headings can also be used for valances, shades or shower curtains.

 The shower curtain below features a ruched heading. 

A large ruffle is sewn into the top of the shower curtain.

A tacking gun is used to create the ruching.

Pillows with Split-Mitered Flange

We love the pillows shown in the May 2012 Issue of Traditional Home Magazine (“On the Line Design” pages 123 -131).  Designer Megan Perry Yorganicioglu uses the simplicity of color blocking and tailored flanges to accent plump knife edge pillows.

The same style of flanged pillow is used for Euro shams in the Master Bedroom.

 

But did you notice something different?  Take a closer look at the corners of the flanged pillows.  The flange meets in a miter but each piece is separate.  What a great idea!  When the pillow is filled and karate-chopped the flange creates a playful corner, a custom detail worth paying attention to.

 

How is this done?  The flange is cut in four separate pieces, with angles sewn at each end.  The flange pieces are then fitted to the pillow front. If the fabric is thin fusible stabilizer or interlining can be added but the corners do get bulky where the flange sections meet, so the flanges should not be too thick. 

To achieve the plump look of the pillows shown in the magazine, use a 10/90 or 25/75 down/feather pillow form. 

 

If you would like to make a Flange Pillow with a Split-Mitered Flange like this one, a free how-to guide is available on our website.

 

 

Bringing Home Baby; a Nursery Makeover

Back by popular demand, Rowley Company is presenting another room-makeover webinar!  We have partnered with interior decorator JoAnne Lenart-Weary to create a very special room from start-to-finish.  JoAnne is the founder of One Day Decorating and The Decorating and Staging Academy and an enthusiastic and accomplished decorating veteran. 

JoAnne, Laurie Medford and Susan Woodcock will turn a spare bedroom into a fun and functional nursery for new parents expecting their first baby.  And it’s a boy!

We will be presenting two webinars; one with a design focus and one showing the fabrication steps for all the soft furnishings. You will see the entire decorating process, from choosing paint colors, creating room layout, selecting furnishings and art to creating window treatments and crib bedding that will grow with baby.

Mother-to-be Brittany Williams and JoAnne Lenart-Weary discuss paint colors.

This spare bedroom will be transformed from "blah" to "ahh" with talent, creativity and practical solutions for parents expecting their first baby.

We will be blogging about the project and sharing updates of the progress. Stay tuned!

Registration is open.  Click the links below to attend the live, online semainrs.

Bringing Home Baby; a Nursery Makeover Part I: Design and Decorating

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/454657250

Bringing Home Baby; a Nursery Makeover Part II: Workroom Techniques

Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/732551234

Jute Webbing in No Longer Undercover

 

Jute upholstery webbing is commonly used as a base on upholstered furniture seats and headboards. It is extremely strong, durable and when woven together and stretched over a frame creates long-lasting support 

It is available from Rowley Company on 72 yard rolls.

Jute webbing provides a base that is not too rigid yet is extremely strong yet can be sewn through for button tufting

A jute stretcher is used to pull the webbing tight for stapling or nailing.

Jute webbing is no longer undercover!  

We are seeing this affordable and humble product transformed with creative ideas and inspired uses.

 Simple burlap bolsters with jute webbing accents

The Bolster Queens

Tote Bag with Jute Webbing and Buttons

Pesky Cat Designs

Burlap and jute pillow collection from Better Homes and Gardens

Shabby chic shower curtain and pillow from Burlap Country

We love this idea!  A woven jute webbing floor runner can be customized for any space.

Learn how on the Martha Stewart website 

 Stage curtain manufacturers use jute webbing to reinforce heavy drapery panels but we love this industrial look for loft living, boys rooms, home theaters or that oh-so-special high end garage

Northeast Stage Curtains