A few weeks ago I wrote a bit about meeting the food editor of FairLady magazine, Nikki Werner. Well, over the weekend she sent me this pic of her sweet dollshouse of a kitchen.
Just a sec. That cushion made of old embroidered traycloths and napkins, and the Orla teatowel on the oven look rather familiar…
I haven’t made any of those patchwork cushions for ages, and was pleased to see that it seems to be bearing up – and I imagine a food editor’s kitchen gets a fair amount of traffic. Nikki’s commissioned me to make a matching curtain to hide her washing machine, and I’ve still got a heap of cloths to use, as I was a fairly avid collector/rescuer of these for a while. I just hope my sewing skills are up to it.
Just for a laugh about kitchen-obsession, take a look at this link Nikki sent through, from The Domestic Wife blog.
I’d like to see what the washing machine-hiding curtain turns out like. I was expirimenting with hiding our washing machine under a Cath Kidston tablecloth over the weekend and my boyfriend J was despairing “Why does the washing machine have to be a secret all of a sudden?” Indeed, I was fooling no-one.
Just found you through ‘mrs eliot’ and very glad I did! I’ve got loads of embroidered tray cloths too – but I was wondering about using them for a smock/blouse type thing…haven’t got round to it yet though!
Lovely kitchen — great style and colors.