{"id":8627,"date":"2010-08-14T21:01:30","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T01:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=8627"},"modified":"2012-03-18T19:27:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-18T23:27:41","slug":"americana-decorating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/14\/americana-decorating\/","title":{"rendered":"Americana Decorating"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One bedroom in our cabin has an Americana theme.\u00c2\u00a0 We’re pretty patriotic\u00c2\u00a0folks and decided\u00c2\u00a0this theme suited us.<\/p>\n

The quilts and wall decorations were readily available.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Because the cabin is rented out almost half\u00c2\u00a0 the time, I didn’t want to make any quilts and fret over whether or not they were being abused.\u00c2\u00a0 But almost without exception, our guests have been lovely and few things have been damaged in the\u00c2\u00a015 years we’ve owned the cabin.<\/p>\n

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There were no patriotic pillowcases\u00c2\u00a0for sale but it didn’t matter, as I prefer to make my own.\u00c2\u00a0 With a bolt\u00c2\u00a0of \u00c2\u00a0pima cotton broadcloth and my Brother ULT 2003, I was in business.<\/p>\n

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The quilts were bought on-line and have held up very well.\u00c2\u00a0 A whimsical flag quilt add to the mood and covers some of the expanse of the\u00c2\u00a0vaulted ceilings.<\/p>\n

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I’m surprised that it has not faded significantly, even though it gets direct sunlight from\u00c2\u00a0a high window directly opposite.<\/p>\n

Rather than search for a window valance that suited me, I just made a simple one out of muslin.\u00c2\u00a0 Since I had not brought my serger along, I used\u00c2\u00a0 12 wt. cotton thread for a heavy roll and whip finish for the top and bottom edges.\u00c2\u00a0 A\u00c2\u00a0cross stitch was worked over the casing.<\/p>\n

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It looked a little plain but on this trip,\u00c2\u00a0there was no time to embroider.\u00c2\u00a0 That summer, one of our fabulous guests, a quilter of some acclaim, sent me this stars and stripes garland.<\/p>\n

My constant praise of sewing is probably tiresome to read.\u00c2\u00a0 But yet\u00c2\u00a0again, I was so grateful that I could make just what I wanted and finish this room to my satisfaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One bedroom in our cabin has an Americana theme.\u00c2\u00a0 We’re pretty patriotic\u00c2\u00a0folks and decided\u00c2\u00a0this theme suited us. The quilts and wall decorations were readily available.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Because the cabin is rented out almost half\u00c2\u00a0 the time, I didn’t want to make any … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,18,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8627"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8627"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21603,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8627\/revisions\/21603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}