Harlem Toile
I found out about Harlem Toile, by designer Sheila Bridges, in a magazine recently and immediately wanted to share it with you. Many people say that I have an old soul. I am very drawn to historic times, although all too often depictions of American History are very one-sided and leave out the important role of African American culture and accomplishments. Sheila Bridges explained on the Nate Berkus Show that she always loved toile, but never really found a print that spoke to who she was. So, she created the Harlem Toile de Jouy. The initial appearance is very traditional 17-century French Toile, but it was designed to showcase the life and culture of…
Toile…New Orleans Style
One look that I like for a boudoir is a good toile print. I stumbled across this New Orleans Toile few years back in a Domino magazine (the discontinuation of which, I still mourn). At a store called Hazelnut New Orleans, you can find this New Orleans Toile print on a variety of products, such as a shower curtain, wastebasket, tissue box, tea towel, throw pillow, and more. Even better is that they sell the fabric by the yard, so you could even come up with your own creative way to use it. The print was drawn by a New York artist named Sonia O’Mara, but was based off of…
