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Teeda 2006: ??? for you!

18 years ago

Teeda, on the decorating mistakes thread, you mentioned that you have quite an inventory of older Country Curtain items. Well............. forgive me if I am way out of line here, but I was wondering if you might have any drapery panels that went by the pattern name of "Virginia". It is a large scale floral w/a red background.

CC has discontinued this pattern & all they have left are valances in this print. I am redoing my bedroom & the tailored panels are what I am wanting. Several years ago I purchased several yards of this fabric pattern at store & saved it until I could decide what to do w/ it. Well now I want to make drapes & I'm a bit short of what I need to make them. Since the pattern is railroaded, I need/want them all to have the floral masses positioned in the same place. I can make what I have work... but might be tempted to buy them off of you instead.

Do you know if you have any? Are you interested in selling if you do? Hmmmmm? :) Don't mean to put you on the spot or open a can of worms by starting you in the curtain business! It must be both a blessing and a curse to live so near to the main CC!

Comments (3)

  • 18 years ago

    Sorry, I don't have anything in that pattern but I do know which one you're talking about. Do you know when they discontinued it? The reason I ask is that if you can wait until May (when the sale starts) I could look for you. They sell lots of discontinued stock there. If you can't wait, look around on ebay. Do you know if that is a Waverly fabric (Country Curtain uses a fair amount of Waverly fabric). You could call Country Curtain's customer service and ask--they are very friendly and helpful in my experience. If it's Waverly you might be able to find more fabric on-line or through Ebay.

    If you absolutely can't find any more fabric--could you band the panels with a coordinating fabric? Or do a different banding at the head of the panels? I have this style in my dining room drapes and love it.

    Let me know if you want me to look when I go to the sale (and be sure to remind me!!).

  • 18 years ago

    Teeda, thank you so much for your reply! Bless your little heart! This was such a long shot for me, but I just couldn't resist asking. YKWIM!

    I do have enough for the panels... just have to measure many, many times & hold my breath when I do the cuts. I just figgered that if I could buy them readymade, I could use my fabric for bed coverings or something.

    I will try contacting CC after the holidays & see what they say. There is an actual CC store not too far away & I can see a field trip in the new year!

    It's a Kaufman fabric that I've searched online for. Calico Corners carried it years ago...& I bought it there on clearance. If my sissors go skitso I'm sure I could find more. This entire redecorating project is so unlike me that DH isn't sure what to think. I'm tired of plain & this pattern is certainly NOT that. I'm both dreading it and yet somewhat excited at the same time!

    Thanks again! Oh, and I LOVE your most recent craigslist buy!! Merry Christmas to YOU! LOL! Isn't it great to get exactly what you didn't even know you wanted!?

  • 18 years ago

    Syllabus, you're most welcome! I'm glad you have enough to get the panels done. If you keep an eye on ebay or discontinued fabric sources hopefully you will find the extra fabric to use for bedding, etc. I think it will be beautiful--I always loved that fabric.

    Take some pictures when you're finished--I'd love to see what you've done. And when the annual sale starts in May, I'll let everyone on the board know (I posted my bargains last year and several people indicated an interest in travelling to the sale).

    Thanks for your compliments on the sofa. Still haven't broken the news to hubby yet. Once he sees it I'm sure he'll appreciate it, but we're pretty busy getting ready for Christmas and he wouldn't be happy at the thought of moving/shuffling furniture around right now. Maybe I should take the picture of it, put it in a box and wrap it up. On Christmas morning I'll tell him Santa must have brought it for me and all he needs to do is move it!

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