A Line Skirts - New Addiction

 

Remember this fabric?

I needed to do something with this fabric because we had bought it with the intention of using it for the lining of Jennines book bag.  When that did not work out what was a sewing addict friend to do?

We surfed blog land until I found these wicked cool skirts.  I could see Jennine in it instantly.

While we did not follow the blog examples exactly, I created a lovely little A line skirt for her for summer days.  There were some problems with the waist band.  Some one may or may not have sewn it up side down.  (DUH) but after at least one sleepless night, the skirt was completed and looks good as long as you do not stare too long at the waist band.

I did save some of the print to be used at a later date as an accent bit for a brown linen A line skirt. 

What do you think of this fabric?

There was a mere metre left of this and I had to have it.

In the mean time I discovered this fabric and it turned into a rather nice little skirt.  See the waistband?  Sewed it correctly. 

I know right?!!  Jennine HATES it when I make her pose.

I found this other skirt that I am pretty sure is up soon for Jennine.  Yeah I got issues....

 

Live High,

Heather

Side Table

I love me some scraps that I can turn into masterpieces.  (Hence the name of the blog...hello...)



My oldest daughter got a new bed a few months ago, a nice black and silver bed from IKEA.  She needs a side table and I saw this on a blog not that long ago that would be rather nice beside her bed in turquoise.

http://forchicsake.com/diy-campaign-chest/

 

I found this side table on Kijji for $15.00.  It needs a real quick sand and then some turquoise paint.  I have purchased the corners already.  I am going to spray paint them silver.  Also, I had mentioned that her bed is black and silver, so I think I am going to dip the legs - half black, half silver. 

 

As you can see from the pink dresser, the handles are gold to match.  My side table has an inset handle, I think I am going to silver leaf it to match.

 

Check back to see how the finished product looks.

 

 

Until then,

 

Live High,

 

Heather 

Maps and Leaves

This weekend's spring weather left me sidelined with bad allergy symptoms.  My husband calls me 'bubble girl.'  I am allergic to everything. 

Trees and grass are my undoing.  I love them, love the spring, love the summer.  My body, however, reacts like I am being attacked.  I have been getting allergy shots for almost ten years and each year I hope that I will be cured, that I will not have a bad reaction, that everything will be normal. No such luck!

Friday night walking the dog almost killed me with my eyes running and my chest wheezing.  When we got home, I washed all the pollen off me and sighed a little sigh acknowledging that my allergies just may never get better.

An upside to being stuck inside, it left me with some project time for this wreath that had been in my head for some time.

It involved cutting skinny leaves out of my vintage map book.  Gasp! Yes, I used one of my books I got at the annual library sale.  It has great patina and the leaves make it look interesting.

Here is a close up of the leaves:

Okay so there may be some camera shake...

See the leaves have all this interest from the maps.  Pretty cool.


So you get a sense of the wreath.

 

 

Here is a picture of the completed wreath.  It turned out smaller than I had wanted.  My intention is to put it in my tiny front entrance when I repaint it in a few weeks.  The smaller version may just work fine in that space.

 

 

 





Finished Wreath.  Neat idea.

Now that the weather is better and everyone sans me can go outside, I have a few more pages left in this map book.  Okay.  So who wants one?


Live High,

Heather