Junie gone mad!

There I was in the corner of my studio working away on emails with my back to the room. I hear Kathie, Junie-shipping-goddess-of-love and Oilcloth-Addict-yardage-cutter-of-happiness start singing. It started out as "row, row,  row, you boat" but quickly ends up being "row, row, row, your bolts."

OMG, I knew she had lost it. I couldn't even turn around, I just sat there in a fit of giggles for a few minutes before I got up and grabbed my camera. This woman is hysterical, she cracks me up every single day!!! She's a Yankee in a very southern city, which makes her even funnier. I am a lucky girl!! 

What you've got to understand it that our order are off the charts! And for that I thank you! Kathie on the other hand is a bit stressed. But don't worry about here, I've got cake for her today. At least our growing pains are filled with laughter and not tears!

Told you she's been busy!!!

Your Great Idea Round UP

Here's a round up of all you great ideas over the last few years.  

 

Lorajean's Great Idea Laminated Cotton Picnic Basket Tutorial

 

Home Girls Great Idea Laminated Cotton Picnic Basket Tutorial

 A great idea from Craftiness is not Optional her Bapron (baby apron) is great made in laminated cotton.  

 Hannah's Great Idea, an oilcloth covered bench. 

Merriment Designs Great Idea is a Chalkcltoh appliqued pillow

Momtastic's Great Idea was this nice little tutorial for a zipped up pencil case on the Momtastic blog.

"She wears flowers" Great idea... Get the tutorial here. Happy Valentines Day!  

Chiristine Koh's Great Idea was this super cool camera cozy!! 

 

 

Heather Cameron's Great Idea: Oilcloth Covered Chairs 

 

Diane, the queen ofCrafty Pod's Great Idea Garden Tool Caddy project

Jessie from Making Jiggy has a Great Idea: Oilcloth Wallet 

Tobias Tanke's Great Idea: oilcloth wallet via Instuctables.com 

 

  

Dana MADE's Great Idea: Oilcloth Slip Covered Bar Stools.

Cindy from Skip to My Lou Great Idea is a handy receipt wallet

Linda from Mommy Treasures had a really Great Idea a cell phone cozy made from the oilcloth and laminated cotton scraps we sent with her real order.

Another Great Idea from Crafty Pod a The Oilcloth Project Keeper. 

 

  

Trisha from Made During Sleepytime used her scraps to make this Valentine. What a Great Idea.

 

A journal cover that would be a fantastic in Oilcloth!

Great Idea from Notes from a very Red Kitchen 

This great idea came from Raina Katterlson's table top with Chalk Cloth!

 

 I have more to add later... 

Round Up: Color Combos

Color Combo: Great Pairs   Red and Yellow Fruity oilcloth's are great with all the reds, both gingham and dots! The navy gingham is really great too! Blue forever is wonderful with the reds too.

Blue hibiscus is great with the yellow gingham and it works with all the red prints as well.
Pink lace and pink polka dots great too!
Zoya Lime looks great with the pink dot, gingham and lace. I love the Zoya with the yellow gingham too.

 Color Combo: Picnic Time Walnut Wood Grain, Red Gingham, Brown Gingham, and Cherries on White

Color Combo: Perfectly pink  Pink dot, perky pink gingham (left), pink lace, dusty pink gingham (right)

Color Combo: Blue and Green Laminated Cottons Here are all the pretty laminated cotton's that look great with the Hop Dots in green and blue!  Starting at the top center print and moving clockwise: Slim Dandy Strip, Navy Tea Garden Floral, Passion Lily Fern, Emerald Temple Tulips, and Picnic Bouquet Gold.

Color Combo: Sis Boom Laminated Cottons. Blue Paisley, Green Lattice, Queen's Street Blue

Color Combo: Heather Bailey's Nicey Jane prints in Laminated Cotton!

Color Combo: Tea Garden laminates by Deena Designs 

Color Combo: Faux Bois. Walnut, Rosewood and Birch! 

Color Combo: Woodsy. Rosewood and brown gingham oilcloth. 

Color Combo: Blue Hibiscus. Yellow gingham with the light blue hibiscus 

The yellow dots just make me happy! 

The light blue dot has a different value to it, it's a bit grey but it would still work great with the blue hibiscus.

 

Show and Tell: Tablecloth trick gets center stage

 

How darn cute is this kitchen?! You may remember it from Elyse's oilcloth covered kitchen tablecloth from our first Show and Tell features. Well now you can see her practically pretty table and more of her lovely home in this months Fresh Cottage magazine. I can't wait to hit Barnes and Noble today to pick up my copy.  

She transformed her table with the red polka dot oilcloth in about 15 minutes with nothing more than a pair of scissor and a staple gun. Actually, she just uses blue painters tape. What really surprised me is that she feeds two boys at this table and painters tape kept the oilcloth in place for about a year. Totally cool!

Elyse is a "stay-at-home mom, writer, communications consultant, tinkerer, blogger and online shop owner." Check out the Tinkered Treasured blog and shop.

Elyse's done it again, this time she's got a bit bolder with the dots on red print. The sign intertwined on the fence says it all! LOVE!

Great Idea! Oilcloth Pencil Case

Photo  Credit: Momtastic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found this nice little tutorial for a zipped up pencil case on the Momtastic blog, what a nice way to use up all those oilcloth scraps. What, you don't have any? Don't fret we sell fat quarters of oilcloth and they are great for learning how to work with oilcloth and small projects! But be careful, you'll get addicted to oilcloth!

Vintage Oilcloth Ad...

How fun is this? In my search historical knowledge of oilcloth I came across this ad on Ebay! My scanner cut some off but you get the idea, right? It's so fun, it'll get a frame!