Showing posts with label Upcycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Upcycling. Show all posts

Monday, March 05, 2012

Union Jack Canvas


Who has the money to buy pictures nowadays....I certainly don't! So when my step-daughter wanted the latest trend of union jacks in her shabby chic room I got my husband to cut out a square of MDF, covered it with fabric from my stash......


...then added some ribbons, fabric and a silk belt from an old top....


...together with some cute beads that she had collected and voila...

Think I might do another for myself!!

Love Bex x





Monday, June 27, 2011

Everybody Loves Cushions!


Don't they?? Well I definitely do.....throughout most of my life 
my favourite saying has been 
"that fabric would look great as a cushion!"


That's what happened here....this fabric was originally a tea towel! 
Nice as a tea towel I suppose, but great as a cushion....


The ribbon was found in my local craft store and matches almost exactly...


I shall explain my cushion addiction a little more....while visiting a fabric store recently (and where I purchased the mother of pearl button below) I got chatting to one of the owners. I was asking her advice on projects I was planning and enquired about some fabric that had caught my eye, when asked what I would be using the fabric for...I answered "for a cushion". Another fabric was laid out for inspection and she asked me once again what I would be using it for....my reply "a cushion". A sample of trimming made of pretty fabric flowers on netting was offered up to another material and I asked how best to secure it in place....unfortunately she asked the question again - what would I be using it for....sheepishly I had to answer..."cushion".....see what I mean! But I just can't resist...


Bex x





Monday, March 22, 2010

Weekend Project

Bored with my pine table and chairs I decided to paint them this weekend! The table had its long, skinny legs painted 'english man on the beach' white and the top was sanded down to within an inch of its life and buffed up again with natural wax. The chairs were layed with matching paint and then because I don't like anything ordinary, a scarlet heart has been added to each chair, finished off with a layer of varnish to protect from scraping bottoms.

I'm very pleased with the results....




 


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