tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90160385741757644372024-02-21T06:35:22.898-05:00miss pink lemonadehandmade d.i.y. repurposedKarilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-55824106171937484902015-02-17T10:25:00.000-05:002015-02-17T10:26:34.721-05:00Banner Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have made a few quilts in my years of sewing, but this is by far my favorite. Decided to research a bit, ask questions of my quilting friends, and do this right. I am beyond happy with the result!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last spring I bought these fabrics, just because I really liked them. I'll admit it, I'm a fabric junky. The base fabrics are Heidi Grace prints from JoAnn's, and the rest coordinate. I wanted to make a baby quilt, but couldn't decide on a pattern.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Spent an hour or so looking on my pinterest quilt board, and chose an isosceles triangle design. See the third print from the left? It was a no brainer. The pin linked to a blog post that was a quilt-a-long, so that was really helpful. She used a triangle quilt template, I improvised with a 30, 60, 90 triangle handed down to me from my dad. He built homes for a living, and drew all his own blue prints. A couple pieces of electrical tape and I can start cutting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Started cutting an even number of print and white triangles, laid them out and rearranged until I was happy. I began sewing the triangles together, one row at a time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I remembered a little travel iron my mom snagged for me at a garage sale. Set my sleeve board next to my machine, and I pressed each seam as I went. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once all the rows were stitched, I matched seams and sewed the rows together. Starting to look really good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time to lay out my quilt sandwich. I did it on carpet and tacked the back with pins to keep it nice and taught, then laid my warm & white batting, then the quilt top. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the only picture I took of this process. This is the back, face down, pinned to the carpet. After the layers were safety pinned together, I took these straight pins out and started quilting, 1/4" on each side of each seam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used my walking foot, and if you have one, I would highly recommend it. The top foot feeds your fabric along with the feed dogs below, keeping your layers moving evenly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Forgot to take any pictures of the binding process, but used the method most of the directions suggested. Machine stitched to the top, and hand stitched to the back. The angled edges proved a little challenging, but after a couple tries I got the hang of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Couldn't wait to wash it, and give it that crinkly, cotton batting quilt look. I wasn't disappointed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The backing fabric is flannel, making it even more snuggly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After washing it I remembered I wanted to sew a quilt label on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Printed on a piece of fabric, sewed a little banner on, and hand stitched it to the back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Quilting might be my new favorite thing. Problem is parting with it when I'm done. Not sure about this one, I may have to hang onto it. The colors and pattern are really my favorites. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the link to the isoceles quilt along, if you'd like to try one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mommy by Day Crafter by Night <a href="http://www.mommybydaycrafterbynight.com/2012/12/isosceles-triangle-quilt-along-making.html" target="_blank">isosceles-triangle-quilt-along</a></span></div>
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<br />Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-71190720944222795602014-03-21T11:59:00.000-04:002014-03-21T12:00:42.442-04:00Vintage Truck Photo Canvas DIYToday I'm going to show you the really simple canvas photo art I made to hang over our family room couch. <br />
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A couple of weeks ago, I decided it was long past due time to paint our family room. 17 years with the original beige, and lots of scuffs and dings. I filled holes, sanded and painted in one day. It's a tan with a hint of gray. Now I have large walls that need some decorations. Of course I went to my pinterest boards for inspiration, and decided to try this. <a href="http://www.literallyinspired.com/2013/04/canvas-photos-reprised.html" target="_blank">DIY Photo Canvas</a><br />
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I pretty much followed her directions, but did 3 - 16" x 20" canvases to fill the wall. Trying to be cheap as usual, I figured out it was way less money to get a banner print than three 16 x 20's. Walgreens has banners 2' x 4' for $25 with a 30% off code it was about $18.50. I cropped the free photo I found online to the right proportions and uploaded it to Walgreens photo. Done in an hour.<br />
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I picked up 16 x 20 canvases from Hobby Lobby at $7.99 for 2, with the 40% off came to $2.40 each. Brought the hubs along to get 2 of them with the coupon. :)</div>
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Found a can of flat black paint and a cheap brush and painted the edges and a little of the front.</div>
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Took the banner and cut out the 3 prints so they would look right on the wall. This took a little figuring, and I was afraid they wouldn't look right with the space between them, but it turned out great. Just doing one canvas would be way easier. </div>
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Covered the canvas with matte Mod Podge, and glued the photo on. Pressed it down really well around the edges, flipped it over and pressed on the canvas to make sure it adhered well. I cut the pictures about a 1/4" smaller than the canvas so the edges would glue down well. Let it dry for about 30 minutes.</div>
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This is the part that I was worried about. I couldn't imagine painting the surface of a photo with a water based product and not having it ruin the picture. But, everyone's doing it, so I did it!</div>
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I used a foam brush, others said that left fewer brush marks. I wasn't too worried about it, I was looking for a vintage feel. It looks creamy, but dries clear and beautiful!</div>
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I only did one coat, too anxious to hang them on the wall before my hubby got home. He loves old pick up trucks!</div>
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If I was doing anything that got any use, I would do a few coats, but hanging on the wall it won't ever get touched. </div>
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I'm so happy with the results. It was cheap, quick and easy. Less than $30 for all three. </div>
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One wall done, three to go....</div>
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<br />Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-60877177624707439872014-01-22T10:12:00.000-05:002014-01-22T10:37:14.764-05:00Half Bath Redo<span style="font-size: large;">Long time, no see, talk or anything! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't blogged in almost 2 months. I am working on a couple things, but they were bigger projects, and didn't want to share them until they were done, or close to it. Here's the new half bath we finished just before Christmas. I am overjoyed with the end results!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The main floor half bath was in dire need of redecorating. We built our house in 1996, and thus is has a lot of oak, and I still was hanging on to a bit of the country style. My hubby loves to fish, so the bath and family room were done in hunter green, burgundy, plaid, oak and lots of fishing accents. I wish I had better before pics, but I started ripping paper off the wall before I remembered to take a picture.</span><br />
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The bath was still sporting some sweet fly fishing wallpaper with border, an oak vanity, toilet seat and waste basket. I had taken the brass out or painted it, and replaced it with black, but that didn't help much. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are not total before pictures, but after I took the wallpaper down. The mirror was plain just hung with brass clips, and the hunter green formica counter had a 4" glossy tile backsplash. The sink, toilet and tile look white here, but they are bisque. Loved it 17 years ago, but not so much now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If I ever suggest wallpaper again, just shoot me. I really love the look of it, and actually enjoy hanging it, but removing it is the worst!! The paper usually comes off Ok, but washing the paste off the walls is miserable. Here's a little piece that was behind the light fixture. Nice, huh?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have the best neighbor, and he made new doors and drawer fronts for my vanity, to give it a more modern look. Here is the list of what we actually did or replaced. I stained the vanity with dark walnut gel stain, painted the walls gray, changed the toilet for a white one from the upstairs bath, replaced the sink, quartz countertop, glass backsplash, faucet, knobs/pulls, towel bar and tp holder, light fixture and a framed mirror. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's kind of hard to get any good pictures, as the room is pretty small. Especially trying not to take a picture of my reflection in the mirror. :) It all came together better than I even had anticipated. I knew I wanted the straight, modern door handles, but was so excited when I found the faucet with the same lines! Then of course I had to find a towel bar and paper holder to match. Those and the light fixture were my biggest splurges. It really pulled the room together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am so happy with the results. Every time I walk by I do a double take, like I'm in someone else's house. The fishing wallpaper had just become a part of us. Even though it was awful, I became blind to it. Once it came down, the ideas started coming. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The counter is cut from one inch thick 2ft. by 2ft. piece of quartz tile. He even got the edges from the same piece. So glad I married a cheapskate like me! The sink was a brand new craigslist find. Once we found that, I new everything had to be linear or square. </span></div>
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I am in the process of redoing our master bedroom. Last weekend I finally painted the walls a nice neutral greige, after being gold for more years than I wanted. I just needed one thing to get the ball rolling, and I finally found a bedspread I loved, so it has begun. </div>
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My best friend and personal decorating consultant stopped by last week and told me I needed a nightstand on my side of the bed that sort of matched the dresser on the other side</div>
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Here's what I was using, an antique sewing cabinet.</div>
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So I started checking craigslist for something cheap or free I could remodel to work. Then it struck me. I had a french style desk in the basement I bought a few years back to paint and resell. I think I paid $30 for it. The wheels started turning, and I got to thinking maybe I could take the top off of it, cut it back and just use the drawer side as a nightstand.</div>
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It's a cheap piece with lamitated particle board for most of it, and the top is like a formica. I started by removing the top and right leg section. Most of it just came apart pretty easy, and I was left with the drawer end and a couple of supports that just needed to be cut flush with the chest part. </div>
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I cut the long pieces off, and was left with a nice 3 drawer chest.</div>
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The biggest hurdle was figuring out how to reuse the top, or make a new one. I considered a couple options, and decided I could cut the old top in 2 pieces and screw them back together. That way I retained the cute, curvy shape that it was. Luckily, my hubby came home just about the time I had decided that was the plan. He hauled out Grandpa's old (seriously antique, I think!) table saw, and made the cuts I needed. I went back downstairs and fastened the pieces together. </div>
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It's what I was thinking, but the rough, laminate joint in the middle's not going to cut it!</div>
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So, off to Lowe's I went to try find a thin piece of plywood to cut to lay over this. I found a 2'x2' piece of birch plywood for $4.58, and new jigsaw blades for $3.08. A little over $8.00 with tax, and I'm a happy girl! Back home to my basement 'shop' and I traced the shape of the top on my plywood. Cut it out with a jigsaw with a new blade, so worth the money, and it came out great.</div>
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A little sanding and adjusting, and it was perfect.</div>
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Fortunately again my hubby came home just then. We tried to think of ways to attach it, as it is too thin to nail or screw. I was going to buy a tube of Liquid Nails, but decided he would surely have something that would work. Ah, we have an old can of contact cement from redoing my parents countertops years ago. He had to pretty much destroy the lid to get it open, but once inside, it was fine. You brush or roll a coat on each surface, and let it dry for like 20 minutes. It gets tacky, and then you stick in on. We did that, and put heavy stuff on it to dry overnight.</div>
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Then I got to paint it, my favorite part. Nothing transforms things as quickly and easily as paint. Even though it was basically the color I wanted, I didn't want that fake yellow greenish laminate wood look. A couple of coats of Annie Sloan chalk paint in Old White, and I am in love. </div>
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The paint is kind of pricey, but I love how it turns out. When you sand it, it comes off really chalky, but the surface is so smooth. It's pretty distressed too, but hard to tell from these pics. The dresser that it is supposed to match was a craiglist freebie that might be my most favorite. It has been in my daughter's room, but she rearranged and didn't want it anymore. Yea for me, now it's mine!! I'll share that with you another time. </div>
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I'm so happy with this piece. It is exactly what I was picturing in my head. A small chest with lots of storage, and solid to the floor to hid all my cords behind it. It usually holds a lamp, electric blanket control, kindle and charger, etc. </div>
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I have one more chest to redo for our bedroom, and hopefully a chair. I was going to reupholster the gold chair, but decided it has a lot of vintage appeal. I'm going to leave it as it for now, just find it a new spot. My daughter used it for senior pics, but I haven't got to see them yet. Can't wait!!</div>
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<br />Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-39137449675299682452013-10-10T09:19:00.000-04:002014-01-22T10:15:21.686-05:00Mid-Century Modern Dresser<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This weeks project, or really last weeks, but I just haven't gotten around to posting it, is a dresser that has gone through a few changes. It was a bargain corner(pre-craigslist) purchase before my second child was born. I needed another dresser, and this was what I found. I am sorry I don't have any before or in between pictures, just after. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It started out white with simple tapered legs. I put small turned legs on it and put a fresh coat of paint on it. Then when we moved from little boy to big boy I painted it blue and put a larger turned bun foot on it. It's been that way for a long time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This summer my son decided he wanted a corner desk, and as good fortune would have it, that day there was a free one on craigslist that came with a chest. It is actually really heavy duty office furniture with a lateral file. The desk went in the corner, and we took the dividers out of the file piece and put it in his closet for a dresser. Fits perfect!! Someday I'll do a post on his room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, the blue dresser came out and has been sitting in my dining room for a couple months. I thought it might get used elsewhere, but have decided to part with it. So...touched up the paint, changed the knobs and again changed the feet out for ones more fitting the style. I really love how it turned out! Too bad I don't have a use for it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here it is, it's on it's way to craigslist. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The paint chip and the little sample on the lid look really navy, but in real life it turned out more of a grayish blue, which I'm really loving now. I left the knobs and feet natural, and I think the contrast is cool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The drawers are lined with a blue plaid wallpaper, and the door on the right had a slide out rack for hanging small clothes. It was a baby dresser to begin with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kinda wishing I had a baby boy to go with this, but he's a freshman this year. My baby days are behind me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-29589253254673180292013-09-27T19:49:00.000-04:002014-01-22T10:16:31.575-05:00Kitchen Pendant LightsHi again everyone! It's been quite awhile since I've blogged about anything. Life seems to have taken over, but fall is here and I am determined to be more consistent with my life. I have a senior this year, which means open house come spring. After helping a friend get ready for one this last spring, I decided to start early with my house projects so as not to be trying to do 100 things at the last minute. I'm sure I'll still be doing 100 things come spring, but at least maybe I'll have 20 or so behind me.<br />
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I have a list of ideas/projects that seems to keep growing. One thing leads to another...(I hear a song in my head!) and I keep seeing more things I'd like to do. So, I am going to try to stick at it and do at least one item a week. It's so fun to check something off the list.<br />
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This week I painted my kitchen lights, and put new shades on them. I bought one shade about a year ago at Lowe's, but never did anything with it. I picked up two more this week and went to town.<br />
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I have 4 pendant lights and a ceiling fixture. The one on the left is the original shade. The three others are shades I found at a tag sale and the paint on the inside is slowly peeling off, dropping on the counter. The ceiling light has a ribbed shade, and the mottled brown color didn't match the others, and none of them looked good. Like they were going for antique bronze, but missed.</div>
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So I took them all down and figured out how to use the new drum shade I bought.</div>
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Then I spray painted them all satin black, then a light coat of oil rubbed bronze. I love me some spray paint! In the midst of it I decided my green clock needed to be black, so it got a new coat too.</div>
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Here they are. The pictures don't really do justice to the change, but trust me, it's a great improvement. They are all the same color, and I'm lovin' the new shades! The lights on picture was last night, the brighter one was this morning, the colors are much better. Notice also I decluttered the frig a bit for the pic. </div>
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I forgot to take a picture of the before clock, but here it is. Like my new black accents!</div>
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<br />Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-52428440122893624062013-04-10T14:50:00.000-04:002013-04-10T14:50:41.934-04:00Pinteresting T-shirt DrawersIt's really rainy and gloomy here in Michigan, especially after Spring Break in the warm, sunny south. I feel like I have been doing laundry for 2 days straight to get caught up! Unfortunately, all the shorts, tanks and T-shirts need to be left in the drawers until spring arrives here. As I was trying to stuff my kids clothes back into their drawers, I remembered a pin for storing T's in a drawer. I apparently hadn't pinned it, but a quick search showed a few options. The idea is to fold your T's in a way that you can stack them front to back, with the logo showing. I'll just share my pictures, that are pretty self explanatory.<br />
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After with the tanks and camis on the right. I left a couple stacks of plain short and long sleeve tops that didn't fold well to fit the new system. That's OK, they are nicer and I don't want them too wrinkled.</div>
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T-shirt drawer after! I had to switch a couple of things around, because the drawer the T's were in was too shallow for the folded shirts. This is so awesome! You can see each shirt, pick the one you want and not create a major upheaval of all the others. Crossing my fingers that it works.</div>
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Everything fits with room to spare. I had to swap his drawer too, for the next drawer down, so it was deep enough. He doesn't make a mess of his clothes, but I have to rotate his shirts, or he'll just pick the top one everyday. This way he can choose whatever he wants. </div>
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<br />Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-84561447260632578092013-03-18T18:58:00.000-04:002013-03-18T19:08:23.385-04:00Cargo Pants Messenger Bag via PinterestI finally finished what I thought would be a quick project. I started it a week ago Saturday, ran out of matching thread, and it sat there until today. Quite awhile ago I pinned a tutorial to make a messenger bag out of a pair of cargo pants. Lucky for me, my son had a pair of army greenish ones that he said were ugly, and would never wear again. I'm pretty sure they were his choice a year ago, but his loss is my gain. Saved myself a trip to the thrift store, and a couple of bucks.<br />
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I think it turned out awesome! Here is the link to the original post. <a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/2010/01/tutorial-messenger-bag-from-cargo-pants.html" target="_blank">noodle-head cargo pant messenger bag</a></div>
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I have used her patterns before, and really like them. I won't bother with a tutorial, you can just follow hers. It was pretty easy, and made from stuff I had on hand. The only thing I changed, was I made the strap adjustable with buttons.</div>
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I wasn't sure if I would want it as a shoulder bag, or a cross body messenger bag. This way, I can use it either way. I used a rectangular ring from an old strap in my stash. Not much gets thrown away around here, never know when you'll have a use for something. It's a bit of a curse, but usually works out for us!</div>
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You cut the front flap piece from one of the sides of the pant with the cargo pocket on it. My pair had these pockets on one side, and one larger pocket on the other. Not sure if these pockets are super useful, but they look cool, so I chose this side. My cell phone will fit in the bottom one.</div>
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I lined the bag and the strap with this fun print in a reddish coral print. I really like this color, and have a jacket in it that will look great together. I chose another floral print with a lot of colors to bind the flap and make inside pockets. Hoping spring will hurry up. :) </div>
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Put one of my labels on the outside pocket, I just like how it looks.</div>
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So there it is, my new bag. Another pinterest idea finished successfully. Yea!! Pretty sure I'll never get around to trying all of them, but it's still fun to have lots of ideas to choose from. </div>
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<br />Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-72619413283305908392013-03-02T14:27:00.001-05:002013-03-18T19:09:40.832-04:00Two Dollar Chair<br />
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We were heading out to dinner one evening, and happened on an almost over garage sale. My husband and I jumped out, (against our children's wishes), and took a look. We saw this chair, and I think it was marked down from $10 to $5. My husband and I looked at it, and the woman came up to us and said we could have it for $2. SOLD! Now, it looked pretty rough, but we could see it's potential.<br />
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Then I draped a blanket over it and there it sat, just like that for well over a year. Funny how after awhile you just get used to something, even if you don't like it. I couldn't decide on a fabric or color to recover it, so, it waited.</div>
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Then, when I put the chevron fabric on my wing back chair, I was inspired to finally do something with this chair. So, we un-upholstered it. It is the not fun part of upholstery, but not only to you get the yucky fabric off, you get patterns for your new pieces. </div>
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You start at the bottom, taking it off piece by piece, and take a lot of pictures and remember the order that they came off. They will go back on in reverse order. This chair had 2 layers of cotton and horse hair on the seat, which I replaced with foam and dacron batting. It also had a major spring issue too, which required retying and new metal straps. Lucky I have an amazingly handy hubby, who loves to do that part for me.</div>
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This is what it looked like after we took the straps and burlap off. It needed some major work. It was kind of wobbly too, and after removing the fabric and batting, we found the frame had a crack along the top. Again my hubby glued and screwed all the joints to make it sturdy again. </div>
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After all that, we were ready to start putting it back together. I had found a fabric at Hobby Lobby that I liked, but it was a little pricey. That's probably why it sat for so long. But, with the 40% coupon, I decided it was my choice. I laid out all my removed pieces, figured yardage and went and bought fabric, gimp, foam, batting, staples and nail head trim. After I got the fabric home and started upholstering, I really fell in love with it. It's the coolest piece I have ever done.</div>
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The design on the fabric is shiny silver metallic. If you look in the cabinet to the right of the chair, the candlesticks are mercury glass I found at a garage sale last year. Perfect!</div>
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<br />Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-39142178672206347152013-02-23T19:59:00.002-05:002013-03-18T19:10:49.824-04:00Kindle KeeperMy family gave me a Kindle Fire for Christmas this year, and today I decided it needed a case. I googled DIY kindle case and got a few ideas. After looking around I decided I wanted one very similar to another item I make, a junior portfolio. I'll admit, it's not my finest work, but it will protect and carry my kindle in style for now. I learned what to do and not to do next time.<br />
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I had to make a separate piece to attach the elastic to, and I should have made it a bit smaller. My seam allowances on the top and bottom got a little small, but I made it work. If you look carefully at the pictures, you'll notice the velcro is in a different spot. I had to move it over to make it close. It ended up thicker than I planned for, and the velcro wouldn't reach. I made note of my errors, and will do better next time. In the mean time, I'm really happy with this one. When the laptops are being used for homework in the evenings, I can still browse pinterest.</div>
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<br />Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-78524302917328685802013-02-10T15:41:00.000-05:002013-03-18T19:11:34.963-04:00Wing back Chair Before, After and After<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, I'm going to try this blogging thing again. New year, fresh layout. Also, new year, time to finish up those projects I started or purchased perhaps years ago with great ambition, but somehow they fell beside the way. I'm going to do my best to finish what I have started.<br />
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First off, I have a wing back chair I had made years ago. At the time all my living room furniture was a light pine finish. So... I wanted a chair with legs that matched, and at the time all I could find was dark stained legs. This was before craigs list and such, and I didn't have the common sense to buy a used chair and refinish the legs. Duh, what was I thinking. Anywho, I had a chair made, finished the legs, and then had an upholsterer cover it with a lovely, (at the time!) navy, pink and green plaid. I loved it, but some 20 years later, not so much.<br />
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So last fall I stained the legs a dark walnut, but it still wasn't working for me. Then the hubby and I recovered it in a green fabric to match our now living room colors. (Notice the before piano in a nice shade of aged orangeish pine!)<br />
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But by chance I was at the fabric store one day looking for a gray chevron for a friend who wanted to recover a rocker for a baby room. Well... I found the most amazing chevron canvas prints, and they had one in green. I had to get a couple yards, just cuz I loved it. It lay on the back of the couch for a couple weeks while I decided if I wanted pillows out of it. Then I got the bright idea of just recovering the cushion and back of the green wing back chair. Now, the greens don't match exactly, but I'm in love. Take a look!</div>
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Just one more picture, and then I have to get to my next project. Another chair we picked up at the end of a garage sale for $2. It said $10, crossed off to $5, and when we looked interested the woman said we could have it for $2! Can't pass that up. Right now it's in pieces with springs hanging out of the bottom!</div>
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<br />Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-15451239556343187722012-10-30T13:58:00.000-04:002013-03-18T19:12:33.504-04:00Cheapskate Cricut RugsI have been busy trying to get some outdoor projects done before winter really sets in. I think it may have come last night. So windy and cold, and chance of flurries today. I got my shutters painted and back up, but it's too nasty to go outside and take any pictures, so that will have to wait for a nicer day.<br />
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The other outdoor project I completed was a stenciled door mat. I was looking for a 'coir' mat, (I think that's what they're called, not sure) for awhile, but couldn't find a plain one. My sweet hubby found me one for Christmas last year, but it has been sitting downstairs since then. I decided it was was past time to do something with it. I had tried this technique on a couple other rugs, and it worked great.<br />
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I am an avid sewer, with an embroidery machine. For that, I have a roll of sticky back tear away backing for embroidery hooping. Well, I had a great idea! Cut it the size of a sheet of paper, run it through my printer with the pattern I want, cut it out and stick it to my project. Cheapskate stencil! It is a little tedious to cut out the design, but I seem to thrive on tedious projects.<br />
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So, here are some pics of the rugs. The little rug with the damask design is a plain carpet sample type rug that actually worked the best. I stuck the stencil to it and spray painted it. It has been my front door rug all summer, and was getting kind of faded looking. I just took a small paint brush and repainted it all. Took me maybe 1/2 hour or so, well worth it, I think.<br />
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Here it is with just the stencils stuck on it. I had to cover the rest of the rug with newspaper and tape it off before I started spray painting.</div>
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These are the designs I decided to put on my coir mat. My daughter pointed out that I am a little damask happy, so I decided to just go with something simple. I always look at my favorite stores to see what I like, and try to do a knock off. I used an exacto type knife, and a small pair of scissors to cut it out, remembering that I wanted the outside stencil, not the actual letter and numbers. However, they came out nicely, and I saved them for a future project, perhaps.</div>
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Here is the plain mat before decorating.</div>
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Here it is all ready for paint.</div>
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Here it is after painting.</div>
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And here it is all done. Looks pretty good. It was hard to get the stencil to stick really well on the points of the surface of the rug. The other rug that had a flatter surface had a neater finish, but I'm OK with this. I'm sure no one would notice but me!</div>
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Also notice the rug inside in the entry. I am so done with that! I am going to find a piece of carpet and have 3 rugs bound for my front door, back door and slider. If you could look beyond the sleeping dog, you look right out my back slider, and my back door is just to the left of that. So you can see all 3 rugs at once, and I want them all to match, sort of. I plan to decorate them somehow too, just haven't decided what.</div>
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Well, here we are in the middle of October, and I am trying to hurry and do all those outdoor projects that were supposed to be done this summer. Fortunately, the weather has been pretty awesome, and I have done quite a bit of painting.<br />
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My front doors and shutters are hunter green, and I am so done with them! Yesterday, I decided to paint the doors black. Not pitch black, but a nice shade of black I picked out at the paint store. It's Benjamin Moore Onyx, and I also picked a nice green that I may paint my shutters, but I don't want to get in over my head. One thing at a time! Anyway, I put 2 coats on the doors yesterday, but I think the first coat wasn't really dry (I'm not real patient!), and they didn't end up looking too great. So... I let them dry good overnight, and rolled another coat on today. They turned out pretty good, for a DIYer. <br />
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As long as the knobs were off for painting, I figured I might as well sand them a bit and spray the outside handles with Oil Rubbed Bronze, one of my Rustoleum favs. I've done a few indoor light fixtures, my cabinet knobs, and my outdoor light fixtures. Say goodbye to brass, and hello to oil rubbed bronze. What a difference. I love it!!<br />
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Here's a few pics of my light fixtures. They once were a nice shiny brass, but now after 16 years, were a rather discolored, tarnished shade of yuck. Spray paint to the rescue. I wiped them down, took them apart, primed and then painted them. They're like brand new!<br />
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Now they all match, garage, front porch and back patio. Yea!!</div>
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Notice the one on the right is missing it's tail! The threaded part rusted right off, and I need to find another one. Oh well, it's OK for now, it's just the back slider light.<br />
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Well, I also stenciled a rug for the front door, but that I'll share later. It turned out really cute.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-16063338948530035802012-06-02T10:59:00.000-04:002012-06-02T17:08:42.801-04:00Spring WreathI know that it's actually going to be summer soon, as my kids only have 1 more week of school. But I finally got around to making a spring wreath for my front door. I found one on pinterest I really loved, and was sure I could make myself rather easily. I already had a grapevine wreath from years ago. It used to be a fall wreath with silk leaves hot glued to it. I pulled them off awhile ago, but it's just been laying around, waiting to be redone. So I printed a picture of the one I liked, and did my best to duplicate it, with the materials I had on hand. Here is how my version turned out.<br />
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Which brings up another subject, the color of my door. Our house is white with a dark green roof, and hunter green shutters and front door. I am sooooo tired of the green (hate might be a better description!), but I don't know what color to paint them. I think I really want my front door black, but not sure about the shutters. Anyhow, this wreath on the black door looks really good. Here are a few more pictures of my wreath, on my green door, and in the front entry. </div>
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I used scraps of fabric left from a lampshade with antique letter script, ironed craftbond on the back, and embroidered S P R I N G on it. Then I cut around each letter and sewed them to a piece of jute twine. You could easily just use scrapbook paper, and print the letters or stamp them, or write them, and then glue the letters to a string.</div>
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So that's my little bit of spring, a little late. I glued the flowers to a piece of burlap and just wired them on, so I can remove them and reuse my wreath for summer. Maybe by August or so I'll get around to that....</div>
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<br /></div>Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-35776524386559697562012-05-18T17:19:00.000-04:002012-06-02T11:02:15.632-04:00Monogrammed Burlap Table Runner & PlacematsLast Sunday was Mother's Day, and I was having my parents over for dinner. I always see really cool dining table decor, but I never take the time to do it. Most of my family could care a less, as long as there's food on the table. But it matters to me, and makes me feel good when my house looks good. So I decided to quickly make a table runner and matching placemats.<br />
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It was super easy. I measured my table length, and then added enough to hang down on each end. Make sure it's not to long so it won't touch the chair seat. Mine are maybe 1/2" above the chair. I made mine 12" wide, but you can decide what looks good on your table. Burlap is easy to cut straight, you just have to follow one of the threads. I think I pulled one thread from each long side, and 5 threads from the short ends to make a small fringe. Then I did a narrow zig-zag stitch with thread the same color as the burlap on all 4 sides, catching in the last woven thread. If you don't stitch it, it will unravel quickly. Do this before you decorate it, or you will have burlap strings everywhere. </div>
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Then I just found an R in a font that I liked, made it about 6" high and printed it in reverse. That way you can trace it and make an iron on. I used regular Wonder Under, because I wanted to stitch around the edges. But you could use Heavy Wonder Under, or Heat 'n Bond Ultra, and you don't have to sew it at all. </div>
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Then I cut out 4 placemats. I don't remember the exact measurements. It was part what fit on the table, and part how much burlap I had left. Anyway...I used the same method with fraying the short ends a bit and zig-zagging around the edges. I used the same font and printed a smaller R in reverse, and made iron-ons in 4 different fabrics.</div>
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Well, they replaced it a few years back, and of course I grabbed it. It is small, and I thought it would fit great in a little girls room. It had a gathered skirt, that I pulled off right away. At the time, my girl's room was pastel ginghams, so I made a slipcover to match. I found a VHS tape at the library, with awesome directions, that I still use today. I dug through old pictures, and scanned the only one I could find.<br />
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See it in the corner? It was cute, and served it's purpose. Then my girl wanted a big girl room, so we went with a Hawaiian theme. Bright pink and lime green, with a little orange and turquoise thrown in. I'm hoping we've reached the digital age by now, and I can find a picture saved on CD. Digging through old boxes of pictures is very time consuming. It's also really sentimental. Hurray, I found one!!</div>
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It was fun, and we loved it in her room. But alas, she again outgrew her room style, and wanted shabby chic. That is what it is now, and I will share lots of projects from her room later. So the small chair ended up in the living room, with it's nasty blue fabric for a few years. Finally, I had it and decided it was time to recover it. We pulled the blue off, repaired springs and webbing, and added extra batting.</div>
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So, the nasty blue chair, lives again. I planned it for the living room, but decided it just didn't feel right in there. Then one day it dawned on me that it would be great in the corner of the kitchen, next to the slider. Everyone always hangs out in the kitchen anyway, so it's perfect. For now, at least. The kitchen may have another makeover soon, if we can make up our mind.</div>
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This is where is it now, and we love it. But nothing is forever. See that red wall? As soon as I wash the rest of my kitchen walls, that I took wallpaper off like a year ago or more, it will all get a fresh coat of paint. But that's a story for another day...</div>
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I have a friend I follow on Pinterest, who pins tons of quilting ideas. Now, I sew constantly, but quilting has never been my cup of tea. I have made a couple of quilts for my daughters bed, but that's about it. One of her pins was for a<a href="http://bloomandblossom.blogspot.com/2010/10/raw-edge-layer-cake-quilt-tutorial.html"> Raw Edge Layer Cake Quilt</a>, that looked so simple and quick, I was dying to try it.<br />
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Here they are all washed, pressed and cut into 10" squares. I decided to make a crib size quilt. (to sell, I won't be needing anymore crib size quilts!) I cut 30 squares, 5 across by 6 down, and 30 of the polka dot fabric for the back. I have a zig zag blade for my rotary cutter, so I used that. </div>
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Then I cut 30 9" squares of fusible quilt batting. The idea is to fuse the quilt layers together, quilt each square, and then sew the squares together. I wasn't too impressed with the fusible batting. It only stuck on one side, and by the time I was done pressing it, it was pretty flat. It fluffed up again after washing, but I'll try something different when this package is gone. </div>
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After this step, the squares went to my mom, who loves hand sewing. She just moved to a retirement community where the ladies meet every other week to visit and sew. So I thought I would supply her with a project to bring! We decided to sew 2 squares in the center of each block, a 6" and a 3" inside it. It only took her a couple of weeks to get it done.</div>
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I then laid the squares out on the floor in a pattern I liked, and started sewing the blocks together into rows, and then the rows together.
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I followed quilt binding instructions<a href="http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/photos/continuous_quiltbinding/index.html"> here</a>. It worked really well. I machined stitched it to the front, pressed it around to the back and then sent it home with mom to hand stitch it to the back. She finished the binding, and then snipped the seam allowances every 1/2" or so. Then all that's left to do is throw it in the wash a few times to "rag" it up.</div>
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Back to the living room re-decorating. 14 years ago, my grandmother gave me her piano. I was the only child or grandchild that had taken piano lessons, and had any musical talent. That being said, my musical talents are very slim, but I enjoy sitting down and playing a little, as long as no one is home to listen! Anyway, she wanted me to have her piano then, so that after she was gone, no one else would lay claim to it. So we rounded up a few strong friends, and moved it to our house. It was a light blonde wood, that at the time, matched my living room pretty well. The front legs had a little curve to them, that also matched my queen ann style tables.<br />
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Over time, the "blonde" had turned rather orangeish, and after painting or staining everything else in the room, the color of the piano was really bugging me. I threatened to paint it for a few years, but never had the nerve. Finally I had enough and decided to tackle it. When I was a kid, my parents bought an old upright piano off someones porch for $75, took it apart, stripped it and refinished it. So I knew what I was up against. I don't have the patience for stripping, unless the piece is really awesome. I just planned to paint it a creamy off-white.</div>
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I proceeded to dismantle it, and for the most part, pianos are designed to be taken apart rather easily. I took off the top, front pieces, knee board, and all the keys. I laid them in order on the floor, so they would go back correctly.</div>
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Ready to paint. I didn't take any pictures while I was painting, only the finished product. I decided to paint the body with Rustoleum Heirloom White, and stain the top with Dark Walnut Gel Stain. I've used the gel stain on my fireplace mantel, family room end tables and a few other pieces. It's amazing stuff. You don't need to strip the existing finish, just rough it up and start staining. I'll do another post about it and show you my family room re-do, and how to apply it. I just laid drop cloths around it, and painted it right where it stood. The piano turned out great. I am so happy with the change, and glad I had the courage to try. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week I had to bring a dessert to church for a bridal shower, and the wedding colors were pink and orange. Well..... that sounded like fun to me, so I decided to make a couple of serving pieces for my dessert. Last spring I found directions to make serving pieces from a dish and goblet or candlestick. So next trip to Salvation Army, I picked up a couple of pieces that would work. They were glass and ceramic. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some pictures of my first attempts.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The directions said to paint them with "Frosted Glass" as a primer so the spray paint will stick better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then just spray them any color you like. A few light coats works best.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The glasses are just sitting on the bottom of the plate while I painted them. After the paint is dry, you take clear silicone, and glue them together. Here is a couple of them completed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, this time I decided to try all clear glass pieces, so I wouldn't have to paint the top surface where food would sit, because the paint would just show through from the bottom. A quick trip to Dollar Tree, and I was ready to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let them dry overnight, or at least a few hours, if you're a little impatient like me. Put a nice ring of silicone around the top of the candlestick, and glue it to the center of the bottom of the plate. You should probably let that dry for awhile too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TA DA!! How cute is that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, then I had to make my dessert match the serving trays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There you have it. I view pretty much anything as an opportunity to be creative. It's kind of frustrating at times, and really hard to focus on what "needs" to be done instead of what I "want to do." So, search your cupboards for stuff you don't care for anymore, and see what a coat of paint will do. It's great fun!!</span></div>
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<br />Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-78562934724794516962012-03-11T17:06:00.001-04:002012-06-02T11:05:56.340-04:00Singed Satin Flowers<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's a simple one for you today. Singed satin or organza flowers. These are really popular for crafters, but in case you haven't seen them, I thought I'd share a how to today. I used scraps I had left from other projects to start, then went and bought 1/2 yards of some pretty colors. Any shiny fabric will work, as long as it is man made. The polyester (which I think is some form of plastic!) will melt and create the cool edges. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now just take a circle and carefully hold it over an open flame. Be careful, if you get it too close it just shrivels. You have to experiment a bit, but soon you'll see it melt and curl and look like the edge of a petal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then I had a happy accident. I cut one too many green circles, so I thought I'd try to make a couple leaves. I added them to the back of my small roses, and they turned out way cute. Sometimes my best ideas come out of mistakes!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then I hot glue a hair clip or pin to it. This batch I did all as hair clips. I wrap the top half with ribbon and then glue a small piece of non stick shelf liner to it to keep it in fine hair.</span></div>
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</div>Karilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860355166872377214noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016038574175764437.post-26881028492700695882012-03-04T17:03:00.001-05:002012-06-02T11:06:53.497-04:00Patch Clutch Tutorial<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I'm going to share a tutorial for a sewing project. It is a combination of ideas I put together to make a cute little wristlet/clutch. It could be done many different ways, but I'll show you how I did it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 different fabric scraps 2" x 5" (you will sew together and trim to 8 1/2" x 4") </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From solid color fabric (I used laundered dropcloth, it looks like linen)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 - 8 1/2" x 2" front upper </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 - 8 1/2" x 6" back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 - 3" x 11" handle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From lining fabric (anything cute that matches)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 - 8 1/2" x 2"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 - 8 1/2" x 4"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 - 8 1/2" x 6"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fusible interfacing 8 1/2" x 4"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fusible fleece cut 1/2" smaller than your exterior pieces</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 - 8" x 1 1/2"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 - 8" x 3 1/2"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 - 8" x 5 1/2"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lay your fabric scrap strips out so you like how it looks, and sew them together on the long sides, with a 1/4" seam allowance. Press your seams open. My pieces are longer, so I could make 2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fuse the interfacing to the back of the piece of strips, and then fuse the fleece to that piece </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the upper top and back pieces. There should be about a 1/4" around the edges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you have a sandwich, with the zipper in the middle. Press both of these pieces down, with the zipper sticking up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lay your upper top piece face down on the zipper and stitch. Flip it over and pin the lining piece on and stitch it just like you did for the lower front. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I zig zag the ends of the zipper together so it won't spread open or go wonky on me when I stitch the back on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">It was sitting on a porch, and pretty stained up, but the style and wood were gorgeous. So we stripped the fabric off it, and actually found horse hair inside. I guess it's pretty old!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I have a house full of remodeled, repurposed, reclaimed or just diy stuff that I would love to share. I have probably tried most every type of craft that's out there, and when I find a new idea, I can't wait to try it. I'm hoping that this blog will inspire others to be brave a try a project. I have oodles of pictures I've been collecting to share with you! Some will be things I have done in the past, and if I try something new, I will share that too. Hopefully I can save you some fails, and help if you get stuck. Feel free to comment and I'll do my best to respond. If I try something I find online or on pinterest (my latest addiction!) I'll link back to the original source. </span></span><br />
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