Champagne Decorating Taste on a Budget!
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From Sonoran Sewing Experience
8 Ways to stretch your budget with High-end Expensive Fabrics!
Did you fall in love with that beautiful silk designer fabric that is hard on your budget when sewing high-end fabrics. Sonoran Sewing shows how a little bit of fabric can go a long way.
 1. Pillow Front
Add a small section of designer fabric to the front of the pillow. By inserting and centering the pattern you can use as little as 7 t0 10 inches of the fabric. Center the fabric and add a decorative trim on the sides.
 2. Flange Pillow
Create a contrast flange with expensive designer fabrics. Be sure to allow enough yardage to cut the flange fabric in its correct direction.
3. Slipcovers
Accent your slipcovers with high-end fabrics, using the fabric on the top and front side of the chair cushions, accent ruffles or pleated flange welt cord, and shirred welt cording.
Skirts for slipcovers, and the front of chair arms require a few more yards but create a perfect accent for expensive fabrics.
4. Chair Cushions
Use expensive fabrics for boxing strips around the cushions, for ties and bows on the back of the cushions, and for the welt cording.
 5. Placemats, Napkins, Table Runners or Tablecloths
Small flat remnants are always great for simple sewing projects like table linens. You can inset sections of fabrics to create abstract designs to accent your table settings. Using methods of sewing, quilting, iron-on fusible webbings and adhesive glues.
 6. Valance or Cornice
Shaped valances can be finished with expensive fabrics by using micro cording on the edge of the fabrics to create a custom finish and decorative edge. Cornice’s can be accented with fabric banding and cording on the top and bottom of the cornice. Both window treatments are flat surfaces and require less fabric than most other window treatments.
 7. Drapery
Use expensive fabrics as a banding on the leading edge of the drapery (inside edge – center of window). Design your drapery panel with a small portion of accent fabric at the bottom of the panel. Rule of thumb is to divide by 5 to figure the portion that would look suitable for your window treatment.
8. Bedding
Bed skirt: Use the expensive fabric as banding on the bed skirt or as the inside of the box pleat on the bed skirt.
Duvet: Accent fabric can be used as an envelope closure at the top, along with ties, buttons or bows.
Call our experts Home Décor Specialist today and learn how to stretch your decorating budget! www.SonoranSewing.com
Sonoran Sewing DIY Fall Class Schedule
July Schedule
- 21 - Custom Bedskirts 9-12
- 21 - European Duvets 1-5
- 22 - Designer Pillow Shams 10-5
- 24 - Window Toppers
- 26 - NO Sew Roman Shades
August Schedule
- 4 - Pillows 101 9-12 pm
- 4 - Pillows 202 1-5 pm
- 6 - Photo Pillows 1:30 -4:30
- 7 - Pillows 303 Round Boxed Pillow 9am - 12 pm (requires pillows 101 )
- 7 - Pillows 303 Neckroll Pillow 1pm - 4 pm
- 8 - Holiday Placemats
- 9 - Photo Pillows 9-1
- 11 - Window Toppers 9 - 4 pm
- 14 - No Sew Roman Shades 9 - 2pm
- 15 - Holiday Table Skirts and Table Toppers 9-12pm
- 15 - Design Table Runners 1pm - 5pm
- 16 - Hobbled Shades 8am -12 pm (requires No Sew Romans)
- 16 - Pleated Balloon Shade 1pm - 5pm (requires No Sew Romans)
- 18 - Upscale Window Treatments 9-4pm
- 20 - Invisible Zippers 10am -12 pm
- 27 - Window Seats and Cushions 9am - 1pm
- 28 - Designing Beautiful Bathrooms, Grommet Shower Curtains 9-4
- 29 - Sew With the Pro - All day for $50 Limit 6 9-4pm
September Schedule
- 4 - Cuff Valance 9-2
- 6 - Luxurious Designer Pillows 101 9am-12 pm
- 6 - High-end Designer Pillows 202 1am - 5pm
- 8 - American Sewing Guild 2007 Fall Workshop
- 18 - Window Swags and Jabots 9-4
- 20 - Up-scale Window Drapery Panels 9-4
- 22 - No Sew Roman Shades 8-1
- 22 - Designer Holiday Purses 1-5
- 24 - Book Covers 5-7:30
- 25 - Hobble Roman Shades 8-12
- 25 – Balloon Roman Shades 1-5
- 26 - Table Skirts 9-12
- 26 - Table Runners 1-4
- 27 - Place Mats 9-12
- 27 - Mitered Napkins & Embellished Napkins 1-4
- 29 - Custom Bedskirts 8-12
- 29 - Custom European Duvets 1-5
- 30 - Flanged Pillow Shams 12-4
October Schedule
- 2 - Arched Window Treatments 9-2
- 4 - Holiday Pillows 101 9-12
- 4 - High-end Holiday Gift Pillows 292 1pm-4pm
- 6 - Holiday Home Decor for Entertaining 10 - 1
- 8 - Pillows 303 - Round Boxed Pillow 9am - 12pm
- 8 - Pillows 303 - Neckroll Pillow 1pm - 4pm
- 9 - Holiday Slipcovers for Dining Chairs
- 16 -Slipcover Like a Pro 9-4
- 18 -NO Sew Roman Shades 9-2
- 24 - 28 Creative Festival, Toronto Canada
November Schedule
- 1 - Holiday Placemats 9am - 12 pm
- 1 - Holiday Napkins and Napkin Rings 1pm - 4pm
- 6 - Luxurious Pillows 101 for Holiday Gifts 9am - 12 pm
- 6 - High-end Designer Pillows 202 1pm - 5pm
- 8 - Pillows 303 - Round Box Pillow 9am -12 pm
- 8 - Pillows 303 - Neckroll Pillow 1pm - 4pm
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