You probably know the Toile de Jouy pattern by sight, if not by name. The red-and-white or blue-and-white design features ink-like vignettes of trees, farmers gleaning, hot air balloons, horse-drawn ...

Designer, author, and TV personality Sheila Bridges is never one to wait around for a goal to be accomplished or a dream fulfilled, and that's just what happened with her now-iconic Harlem Toile de ...