Mary Engelbreit Home Companion
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Text by Mary Forsell • Produced by Heather Bailey • Photograph by Isaac Bailey

HERE'S THE STORY
(a) A folk-art rooster atop a stack of books serves as a centerpiece. (b) Mimi, age 6, brought a book she’d outgrown and swapped it for another. (c) This stylized chick doubles as a toy and table decoration. Chairs, Maine Cottage.

PINK THINK TANK
(d) Meet Heather Bailey, an Arizona-based designer who created the projects and children’s fashions for our luncheon, spotlighting her new line of fabrics, Freshcut for FreeSpirit. (e) A toy sewing machine provides retro inspiration. (f) Mini mannequin. (g) Ribbon stash.

FUNKY CHICKEN
(h) Chicken place card holder is constructed from a soft drink can and scrapbooking papers. The vintage toy block is notched so that the chicken, wearing a name tag initial, can perch inside. Find directions for this project here; or on Heather’s blog, hellomynameisheather.com . (i) Heather combines fabrics in bold but unlikely ways, such as a mum-patterned tablecloth with striped napkins. (j) Heather’s fabrics make fabulous layered skirts for dolls of all kinds, human and otherwise.

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