Feed Sack Chair

Through this past year, I have collected several old feed sacks. I have made pillows with some of them...




Covered a chair seat with them with one of them...


Even recovered a child's rocker with one of them...


 Actually there are so many things you can do with them including making a lining out of them for a rolling cart...See it down in the larger picture with the pillow sticking out

Read More

Solution to a Hole in my Vintage Tapestry!

Isn't it funny when you just can't think of a solution to a problem and someone walks up and gives it to you on a silver platter? In this case, I had picked up an old tapestry. The problem: a hole right in the middle of it. Too big to repair without notice. One day, my lovely daughter, Lisa says, "why don't you just cover a stool with it!"

I just happened to pick up this very old and very

Read More

Old Settee Breathes New Life!

You probably didn't even miss me, but we have been gone to Vegas Baby!


If you are ever going and can catch a show, you should see Terry Fator! He won America's Got Talent in 2008 and puts on a really well done and funny show.


On with the Settee project...





Before we left, I was working like crazy on our new MUD ROOM that I will show you later, however for now, I will show you how I

Read More

Buffalo Check Pillows

If I were to choose one favorite thing to sew, it would be pillows! I think they are fun to make. I can be as creative as I want plus they don't take a lot of time. And are fun to display!

I purchased this fabric...
I made two of these pillows...

I first combined them with these red tassel pillows that I made from leftover swag valances that you can see that post HERE.
Now, starts the pillow

Read More

Swag no more!

I purchased 5 custom made and unused swags at a garage sale for only $5 total! I knew that I could do something fun with them. This is one of the swags. See the pretty tassel trim? And the deep red fabric is very nice too.

I realized that they would make awesome pillows. It took a bit more than one swags worth of tassel trim to make an 18 inch square pillow. Which means that I was able to make

Read More

Holly Jolly Tutorial

I finally did IT! I made a stencil with freezer paper. I had seen this on blogland and wanted to try it. My excuse...Hubby was out of town and I wanted to do a fast, fun and easy project.
Here are the steps to making a stencil.

ONE: Find a graphic that you like. You will have to cut out all the design, so choose carefully.
I chose this from Google Images by doing a search for Christmas letter

Read More

A Client's Formal Living Room

I recently shared with you a before and after of a built-in bookcase. Well, that is in a formal living room space that I have been decorating.


Here is what this space looked like when I was hired to warm it up and put personality into the room.

It had the basics, two sofas, two end tables and a coffee table...and a couple of wood side chairs.

Now I will step you through my decorating process.

Read More