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TWO NEW ONLINE MAGAZINES DEBUT
Unlimited by the costs of paper, printing and postage, the editors can afford to give readers lots of visual eye candy. Be inspired by 20 new Designers to watch or learn how to create a French Provencal look in your home.
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| HOW TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL TABLE RUNNER Janell Beals' latest do-it-yourself project was to make a beautiful table runner from Calico's Garden Envy.
See step-by-step instructions. >Read more |  |
CALICO FABRICS FEATURED ON EXTREME MAKEOVER:
HOME EDITION
The April 24 broadcast ofExtreme Makeover: Home Edition honored the Hill-Burdette family with a new home in Virginia Beach, Virginia--and included many fabrics from Calico Corners.
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| TWO NEW ONLINE MAGAZINES DEBUT: TRAD HOME and HOUSE OF FIFTY, Ideas for Inspired Living Online magazines are proliferating--and two new titles debuted in April. TRADITIONAL HOME magazine joined with the editors of LONNY to create TRAD HOME—and their first issue just launched with a massive 347 pages! HOUSE OF FIFTY, Ideas for Inspired Living is a new e-zine from designer and blogger Janell Beals and other contributing writers. Both are worth a read. Unlimited by the costs of paper, printing and postage, the editors can afford to give readers lots of visual eye candy. | |
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 What a wonderful spot to set up for a party. {Or simply to bring in a spot of pretty any day of the week!} | HOW TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL
TABLE RUNNER Janell Beals' latest do-it-yourself sewing project was to make a beautiful table runner from Calico'sGarden Envy. Designer and blogger Janell Beals from Portland, Oregon is one of our favorite do-it-yourselfers--her projects don't look as if they were made with "loving hands from home" as our mothers used to say. We thought you would enjoy her well-written tutorial on making a table runner. We also like that this runner is wider than usual to make a more of a statement on the table. (Placemats can protect the runner during meals.) Janell's blog,Isabella & Max Rooms, is named after her two children. She graciously gave us permission to reproduce this post with great photos to show you how to make a handsome table runner too. It's an easy project as all you have to do is be able to sew a straight line! | |
 When browsing for fabrics to highlight in apost on how to mix and match fabrics, I came across theGarden Envy jacquard. Love. I knew I had to find a way to use it in my dining room project! So during a recent sale I placed an order for the fabric, along with the solidBrandywine Duck in Natural, to make a table runner. |
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1. Once the fabric arrived all the needed supplies were gathered: fabric marker, yardstick, scissors, pins, thread,
as well as the sewing machine and iron. | | 
2. To begin, the selvage was cut from the length of fabric. These edges can sometimes be more tightly woven than the body of the fabric, and if they are not
cut away the resulting seams can end up looking "puckered". We don't want puckered! | | | | | 
3. Next the center point of the pattern to be showcased down the center of the runner was determined. As I wanted the finished runner to measure 27 inches across, I measured 13.5 inches out from the desired center point of the pattern in each direction. (This is the only tricky part, when making a runner from a print or jacquard design! Each pattern is different and you'll have to just decide what area of the design will look best running down the center of the runner.) | | 
4. Afterwards an additional inch was added for seam allowances on each side, for a total cut width of
29 inches. | | | | | 
5. Once the jacquard fabric was cut to size, it was then placed over the fabric to become the underside of the runner, with the right sides facing together. Next the lining was cut by simply cutting around the edges of the jacquard fabric. | | 
6. Before moving the two layers of fabric, the edges were pinned together at about 7 to 8 inch intervals. | | | | |  7. Next the fabrics were sewn together, leaving an approximately 10 inch opening to allow the runner to be turned right-side out. | | 
8. {Trimming the corners helps ensure nice flat corners.} | | | | | 
9. And in the last steps, the runner was turned
right-side out... | | 
10. ...the seams pressed and the opening slip stitched closed. | | | | | 
I love the colors the runner introduces to the table area, picking up on hues seen in the adjacent spaces. | |
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| CALICO FABRICS FEATURED ON EXTREME MAKEOVER:
HOME EDITION  The April 24 broadcast ofExtreme Makeover: Home Edition honored the Hill-Burdette family with a new home in Virginia Beach, Virginia--and included many fabrics from Calico Corners. Virginia Beach Store Manager Tracy DeLemos recalls how it started. "I got a call from one of the EMHE designers on a Monday at 9 a.m.," said Tracy. "They had been at another fabric retailer nearby, then spotted our store and had their noses pressed up against the glass. 'We have to have some of your fabrics in this project!' said the designer." And so they selected 19 fabrics from Calico, then had to swear Tracy and her staff to secrecy while plans for the home's interior design were completed. Deserving homeowners Beverly Hill and husband Fred Burdette adopted six children in order to keep siblings together and out of foster care. Beverly and Fred also cook 75 meals for homeless people on a regular basis. Before their too-small home was leveled, the family was interviewed about their dreams and desires for the new home to be built. Then several young design assistants went to work and did most of the shopping and sourcing. Many of these designers are right out of school and live a sleep-deprived existence as they go from city to city and project to project with not much time off between assignments. The construction work may get done in one week, but the designers work in the area for three to four weeks to pull it all together. | | |
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The Extreme design team created a bedroom with decor inspired by French markets for a teenage girl and future chef. |
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That's Calico fabric OTTOMAN in the color Purple on the duvet with striped pillows of CIAO BELLA in Plum and damask pattern ADORNMENT in Silver. |
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Host Ty Pennington planned the master bedroom, incorporating a honeycomb design on the headboard. Draperies of PALAZZO linen in Oyster with accents of KEY WEST in White/Yellow create intriguing window treatments. |
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The living room's green walls create a backdrop for the unusual grand band draperies made of FLOWER FIELD in Lily Pad and BRANDYWINE DUCK in White.
(Flower Field in color Lily Pad available in our stores) |
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Shannell's room is a high-tech dream. There's binary code on the walls and schematics on the ceiling and floor. And a bedspread made of ISTANBUL SUNSET in Luna, part of the Iman Home collection. |
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