as promised.

Here it is! My homemade duvet cover. I absolutely love it - the colours, the design, everything. The pattern is from Mood, the solid blue is from Len's Mill, and the grey underneath is none other than a $4.99 Value Village special. I wanted to use as much of the pattern as I could, but I didn't have enough to cover the entire duvet, so I framed the ends with the solid blue. I also dressed my bed with my new $10 sheets from Target...can't wait to crawl in tonight!

Bonus: new $4 curtains with cute yellow material from the clearance shelf at Len's Mill. Perfect Match.

amy butler designs.

My cousin Rachel told me about Amy Butler (and made me a bag from one her cool patterns!), and I finally stopped by her site. I might have stumbled across a dream career. Can you imagine designing beautiful things everyday? Yes please. Amy Butler designs fabrics for home and fashion, and also sells patterns for fun things like purses to pillows. I love her collection of bedspreads. The prints are just so fun and fresh and pretty! Florals don't have to look like they belong in the '70s. Here are some of my favourites from her site.

PS Stay tuned...I'm working on my own duvet cover - when it's done I'll post about it!

mood.

If you ever get a chance to visit LA, or Manhattan, this is a worthwhile experience. Mood Designer Fabrics. I was like a kid in a candy shop. Where else can you buy a $70 yd of printed silk from Oscar del la Renta? I didn't, by the way, but I could have. I did, however, come out with a couple yards of printed cotton which I couldn't leave behind. A bit pricier than your average Len's Mill Store - but Len doesn't sell prints like this...

(I did visit Len's Mill later for the dark grey cotton, which I want to turn into a duvet cover with the blue print. I also found a set of twin sheets in light grey for $9.99 at Target!)