Last weekend, I finished the bridesmaid bouquet to match my friend’s bridal bouquet (seen here). It couldn’t have happened any later, since she’s getting married this weekend! This will be the one I get to carry since I’m the maid of honor and coincidentally the only member of the bridal party.
Once again, my camera was [...]
I recently finished a loveseat over at Studio Juno. Working in Leah’s studio was fantastic, since it is airy and has beautiful views of our neighborhood. The loveseat was a sweet yellow before the reupholstery, but parts were faded and the buttons were torn and rusted. Also, like many pieces older than 30 years, the [...]
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I recently visited family for three weeks and during that time I worked on some slipper chairs for a friend. These two were in bad shape when I got hold of them, with one of the springs coming out of the bottom of one and constant dust and degrading batting falling through the torn cambric [...]
I was recently commissioned to make 13 table runners for a wedding coming up soon. Each 13 inch wide, 7-foot runner will go on a 5-foot round table, so it will drape 1 foot over each side.
Here are three draped over my banister.
The print is so pretty, she could probably get away with not having [...]
I have finally finished the bouquet for my friend’s wedding, with its flowers and experiments seen here and here. I am so excited for her to receive it (not to mention the wedding itself)!
Here is the bouquet partially finished, so you can see the architecture of the stems (which are wire coat hangers wrapped in [...]
Although the true goal of this week is to finish any works in progress, i.e. ones that have been started already, this skirt has been started in my head since January. I bought the fabrics in New York City; it was $1/yard for the solid orange I used as the lining and $2/yard for the [...]
A client commissioned me to reupholster and refinish the legs on this ottoman and chair set. I only sanded and repainted the legs, now knowing that the qualities of wood underneath the “stain” or paint from the manufacturer may be extremely difficult to restain (see here for the lesson I learned on that subject).
Here are [...]
I think that’s a much better adage than “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” because when are lemons just given? The current price of one lemon at my local grocery store is $0.79! I would love to have life give me any kind of citrus.
What life occasionally does do is break things, like my cereal bowls. [...]
I finished up the soccer ball (started here) last night. It was sewn by machine, mostly, except for the last pentagon to close it up.
On the whole, I’m happy with it, and it didn’t take long (maybe 2 hours of sewing altogether). It’s pretty big for a toy, but it might make a great [...]
My boyfriend’s birthday just passed so I had to make a gift (of course! I don’t buy presents for anyone anymore). I had a few ideas, like a piñata, a pocket square, etc. But then, I realized, since we play a card game called Dominion about twice a week, either with each other or with friends, I [...]