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Making pillows, ottomans and upholstery from vintage grain sacks is the medium of choice for fabric artist Kym Fraser. To celebrate the opening of her website and online store, 3 Fine Grains, Kym has teamed up with my pal Gina Milne to give away one of Kym's pillows through Gina's great blog, Willow Decor.
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The rules are pretty simple. Go to Gina's post from 25 March and leave a comment. That's it. Gina will select and announce a winner on Thursday, 2 April.
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These vintage fabrics are the real deal, some of them are 160 years old --talk about character! Some of these are really fascinating too.
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This sack with the stork once carried lentils.
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And as a pièce de résistance, this penguin sack once carried penguin guano. I need that penguin pillow for that reason alone. I've long been of the opinion that every object you own should have a story to tell. Man, that penguin sack could write an epic!
So go spend some time with Gina and Willow decor and leave her a comment. Even if you don't win anything, you'll see some great stuff and you'll learn a lot from Gina's research and design passions.
These pieces are really unique and a great way to recycle :-) I'm on my way to Willow Decor right now!!
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Kelly
Tell Gina I said hello!
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ReplyDeleteSo sweet to post this!! Isn't that penguin pillow the best?! Thanks so much and good luck!
xx-Gina
love this so much!!!!! i want to steal your images.
ReplyDeleteSteal away Joni! Do you know Kym? She's a Twitterer and a Facebooker. She's carries some amazing stuff and it's right up your alley.
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