Saving the universe one project at a time!
I bought this fabric last year in hopes of making a table runner for the dining room. It finally happened and I love it so much. The fabrics make me happy when I look at them!!! There is no real rhyme or reason to the pattern. I figured out how I wanted it and cut various widths of fabric then sewed them together. I sewed crocheted lace on the strips of solid grey. I like the feel it gives it. For the quilting, I did straight line quilting every 3/4 inch. I love it!!!
I found this cute printable from Lizzie Jane Baby and sized it down to use as a tag for my daughter’s Valentines.
My daughter made the quilted valentine keychains for her friends. She fussy cut images of birds and fish and owls! She is the cutest 13 year old ever 🙂
It’s made from half square triangles (HST). Half the squares are white and the other half are color. I love HSTs because you can arrange them in so many fun patterns.
I removed all the cupboard doors, sanded, primed, and painted and painted and painted white. Then I sanded and distressed the doors and frames so some of the red would show through.
For the pantry doors, I applied paintable textured wallpaper to the insets and painted them red then aqua. A light sanding and you can see how the red shows through the detail of the wallpaper – love it!!! (Click Here for the full details of that project)
Keep cutting. I laid out my pattern as I went so I knew what sizes to cut.
Now start deco paging. With your sponge brush paint the glue under the heart, then over the heart, making sure to coat well. (nice cereal bowl in the background…I was eating breakfast and crafting!)
Let dry completely and you are done!
I was hoping to frame mine but I chose an odd size canvas….hmmmmm. Oh well, I will hang it up anyway!
HAPPY!!!!
I am loving anything with whales!! I had to make something fun for Valentine’s Day! You can make one too!! Scroll down for the pattern and tutorial!
This one is with not so traditional Valentine’s colors – I needed something to hang in the guest bathroom.
To make this Whale Valentine’s Day Art follow the steps below:
Click HERE for the purple and aqua “I whale always love you”
Click HERE for the red & aqua one
Click HERE for a neutral color one with cream background and grey letters
Download whale and heart image HERE. Draw the images on a piece of fusable webbing (Heat Bond or Wonder Under etc). Cut it out larger than the outline of the whale (do not cut on the line). Using a HOT iron, press the whale onto the WRONG side of your fabric for a few seconds. Do the same thing for the heart.
Now cut out the images on the line. Peal the paper off the fusable webbing and position the whale and heart where you want them.
I sewed around the whale and the heart. You don’t have to do this step – the fabric will stay on the paper fine.
Frame as desired!!
Right away I got to sanding it.
Then I primed it with a dark primer.
I painted it black.
Then I painted over the black with white paint. I used the same chalk paint method as I used on my coffee table. The technique comes from I Heart Naptime. I mixed 5 tablespoons of Plaster of Paris with 2 Tablespoons water. Then added 2 cups of white paint.
My plan was to have the white paint look aged & like it’s chipping off with the black showing through. Only I got so excited to paint I forgot to add Vaseline to parts of the table to make the paint scrape off easier. I would definitely not forget this step!!
Anyway, I painted 3 coats of white paint to the table.
Next I sanded the edges so the black paint would show through & the table would look aged. This is where the Vaseline would have been nice. I didn’t get the big chunky paint chips that I wanted. I am sure they will come over time!!
This Minwax Finishing Wax is my favorite stuff!!! It gives such an amazing feel to your furniture – different then polyurethane. You rub the wax on and then in 20 minutes you buff it out with a clean cloth. It makes the paint feel like it’s been there for a long time!! I even used it on my table top. It won’t protect it as good as polyurethane, but I want the table to age naturally.
This is our first meal at the table. I love how it fits the space in my kitchen better than my rectangular table.
Yea! Now what can I paint next??
I saw these stuffed apples in a magazine somewhere and decided to create my own. I wanted to have this ready for September 1st – I am only 19 days late! Oh well – life is busy – isn’t it!!
Here’s what you need to make your own bushel!
Supplies:
fabric – charm squares or scraps
stuffing
ribbon
green and brown felt
sewing machine
hot glue gun
Start by pieceing the front of your apple. Sew the charm squares or scraps. This is a great scrapbuster! Press seams to one side.
Layer and pin your apple back, pieced front (wrong sides together) and the pattern on top (below photo)
Cut around pattern using your pinking shears. Leave about 1/4 inch allowance from pattern.
Cut a ribbon loop and a brown felt stem. Tuck these in between the front and back apples so they catch in the seam.
Sew around the apple leaving a small opening to stuff.
I also tried sewing around the apple with the pattern pinned on to help me get a perfect seam. Use what ever seems easiest.
You can see where I started and stopped, on the flattest side of the apple.
Stuff then sew shut
I cut leaves out of green felt and hot glued them on – I ran out of time. I wanted to stitch detail in the leaf using embroidery floss – but they look OK without the detail.
