It's A Toile Party

Have I ever mentioned that my favorite pattern is toile? Well, it is. In a thrift store it's the first thing that catches my eye. Any skirt, any bag, any piece of fabric...it's all good.

My main indulgence (in my fabric obsession) is this headboard:
Prince Charming and I did that ourselves. My talented mother-in-law sewed the fabric together in panels for us and then we upholstered our old wooden headboard. Ourselves. I just can't say that enough. Ourselves. We who are not usually so handy at such things. We handled batting, fabric, staple gun...I just feel like patting us on the back every time I think about it.

Then my mother-in-law (did I tell you she's really talented?) made panels for window valances. So our room has three matching valances.

I'd willingly cover our couch in toile pattern but Prince Charming isn't sure about that. For now, I've settled on carrying Sweet Pea's little diaper bag (it's purse size): pink and black toile. I can't tell you how much Prince Charming loves carrying that bag. I can't tell you, because it wouldn't be true.

But I love it. And I'd take a picture to show you except I can't find it. I suspect we left it at church Sunday night. Sweet Pea doesn't really even need a bag any more, so we lose track of it sometimes. I just can't leave it at home, though. It's too cute to be left at home.

If you love toile, you'll want to check out the Toile Party going on at Pretty Organized Palace. After checking out some of the other posts, I may have to make some toile pillows or something - I don't think you can ever have enough of this pattern.