Old chair recovered

We bought this chair when we lived in Cheltenham, about 15 years ago. The chairs are a bit worn down and rather than being situated around a table, they are now scattered throughout the house.

I have one in my sewing room and it was looking a bit tired. The original cloth is stained and looks quite hideous. I have one of these chairs sitting in the hall and I want to cover it in a nice mushroom velvet to co-ordinate with what we are doing in that part of the house. So I thought I would give re-covering a go!

The base came off quite easily with my hubby's power tool ...

I put another layer of wadding over the top of the existing fabric and stretched the fabric over the base. Using my staple gun I attached the side of the selvage first and then the bottom side, and then each side. Probably not the most hard wearing fabric, but I love it!

*giggles*

The base gets re-attached to the chair and voila!

Not too bad for a quick crafty fix!

Crafty Goodness

I love this time of night ... the house is so quiet, the cats are sleeping and I am tapping away at the keyboard. These "before bed blogs" seem to be becoming a tradition!

A busy day was had by all. Tori spent the day with her Scottish Granny while I went off to school to do some work. Granny will probably end up with her most Wednesday's.
After getting my gorgeous daughter to bed at 8.30 (someone fed her lots of tea today ...), I could finally unwind and get some sewing done. So what crafty goodness have I worked on tonight?

Firstly, I finished a "Patch Tote" for a customer and made a matching tissue holder to go inside. All I had to do was finish stitching the lining and the tissue holder is a simple "warm up" project to do.
As you can see, I am getting value from my Wigglesworth Quilt offcuts. I have enough for one more Tote.


The inside was the yummy yellow rose fabric and I tried my hand at putting in a zipper pocket as well.

Secondly, I made a Patchwork Trivet (custom order) to go under a teapot or cold jug of water on the table. A good little project with a little bit of ditch quilting.

Two layers of batting sewn together and the fabric is a Kokka Ouka in Red. I did however, forget to put my label on it and I could not be bothered going back to do it!

Thirdly, I tried my hand at a "Nappy Clutch". Big enough to hold three nappies and some wipes. Alternatively it can be used for other things. I have been wanting to try this for a while, but I just never had the time or motivation until today. I should take some measurement pictures!

Tomorrow night I have to work at finishing some orders so that they can hopefully go out on the weekend to their respective shops. Tomorrow is my first "full day" at work - 8am - 3pm with a pick up of Tori at 5pm.

Ume Komachi Obi and Bag

A while back I fulfilled an order I had for an Obi with the Ume Komachi Kokka Fabric, a beautiful burnt orange cherry blossom fabric.


I had some off cuts so I made a little coin purse with it as a little gift. I was feeling rather creative that afternoon!


I made a wristlet handle for the little purse and lined it with a peppermint polka dot fabric. I got some postcards made at Moo with my star on it for occassions like this so that I could write a little note to the person that ordered the product.


The coin purse was about 10cm across the top, I think that if I am making a half circle wristlet, I might make it a bit larger than I did. I attached it with a D Ring and a small clip that could be used for keys or other things if you didn't want to attach it to the purse.

The Kokka Ume Komachi fabric is lovely to work with and I have been making all sorts of things (such as the wine bag I made for my lovely MIL ...) .

A friend wanted me to make a pair of shoes for her little girl with the fabric ... so I did! The lining was the peppermint polka dot fabric.