My Very Cherry Kitchen

Welcome to my kitchen!

Let's take some time to enjoy some tea,

and I'll show you something new I've made!

One way to beat the winter blues

is to stitch up something new for the kitchen table.

I've got a little kitchen that may be

undergoing a few changes in 2014,

according to my husband.

It's got lots of oak cabinetry,

and the walls are painted a shade of aqua-green

that I just adore.

{My favorite thing is this Hoosier cabinet...
a family heirloom that deserves its own post someday.}

Every chance I get,

I like to add a little pop of cherry RED in the kitchen.

That's why I chose these two awesome prints

from Terry's Fabrics

to make my new table topper.

The gingham check satisfies my "thing" for gingham

and lends a picnic feeling to the kitchen every day.
It's an excellent quality, woven gingham,
and the shade of red is just what I was looking for.
The fabric weight is a wee bit lighter than home dec,
so it blends perfectly with either quilting cottons or home dec prints.

The cherry print reflects my favorite vintage kitchen theme,

and it even has a tiny aqua polka dot 

throughout the background...

a perfect match for my kitchen walls!
The cherry motifs are about 2 - 3" across,
so they show up beautifully.

I took a cue from the Christmas tree skirt I'd made,

and I fashioned a hexagonal table topper,

using the two prints in alternating strips.

I just stitched up the triangles to form
a giant hexagon.

Because the fabrics are home dec weight,

I left the topper unlined,

and just finished it off with a hem.

The table topper is such a sweet way 

to brighten my kitchen table.

I'll leave it on the table for tea,

but when it's dinnertime,

it's easily whisked away for storage.

Stop by my blog again soon,

and I'll make something else for my

Very Cherry Kitchen!