I've recently become enamored with making miniature hand-tufted ticking mattresses using old French ticking. Mine are little pincushions... or pin pillows.
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| You may purchase these three pin pillows made from French ticking at Honeysuckle Lane |
I made the first one as a tuffet for a mohair bird and then another for a lop-eared bunny. And I just kept making them.
Now I have ideas of making a hand-tufted mattress / cushion for a bench that I want to make from an old bed I bought at a Habitat for Humanity Resale Store. It's the same concept, just on a bigger scale, right?
Here's one example, although the bench is made from more than a bed:
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| via Refresh Restyle |
I've started pinning any and all ticking / mattress / cushion ideas that strike my fancy... thank you Pinterest! I don't know what we'd do if that website ever shut down and we lost all our pins... probably riot!
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| via French Garden House - you will LOVE Lidy's shop! |
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| via One Kings Lane |
I've also found loads of youtube videos about mattress making. Here are a couple to get you started:
Block printed, hand stitched quilt video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck25bSSnwFU
Making a hand-tufted mattress video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJAabi1LFYw
Blessings,
Lana
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