What Would You Call It…..A Burlap Doily?

I made one and I’m not sure what to call it…..a burlap doily, tablecloth or a table scarf? 

Well for now we’ll just call it a burlap doily unless you bloggers should say differently.  Anyway,  the other day I was cleaning out the closet and I came across two yards of burlap in my fabric stash.  With that much burlap I thought maybe I’ll just try and make a burlap doily for the kitchen table.

Don’t laugh but for the circular pattern I used one of our trash can lids .  I traced the lid on the burlap with a pencil and cut it out.  (The lid worked great!)

We all know that burlap will ravel and I wanted to add a ruffle so I used Fabric Fusion to keep it  from unraveling.  This stuff worked great! 

I cut 4” strips of burlap for the ruffle and gathered it by hand stitching. 

 

I pinned the ruffle to the circle and machine sewed it.

Considering I’m a self-taught sewer and the fact that I did this on the cuff, I’m happy with the way it turned out. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.  May your day be filled with sunshine and all the happiness it can hold. 

Gail 

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I’m Being Featured

Hello Everyone!  Today I’m being featured as a guest artist in a lovely on-line magazine called

Whimsical Musings Magazine

When Cindy, the owner of Whimsical Musings Magazine, notified me asking if she could feature my burlap lamp shade makeover, I was so excited!

Thanks Cindy, it truly is an honor to have been asked to be a guest artist not to mention being in such inspiring company.

Gail

Some Sweet Finds

I LOVE the Christmas Tree Shop!   They seem to have the cutest things and everything seems to be reasonably priced.   I found this little lantern lamp there and it was only $5.99.

 

The Christmas bell was a purchase for fifty cents. 

 

They also have quite a collection of bottles.  I snatched up two red bottles.  This one was $1.99   

and this one was $1.00. 

I have them displayed on my shelf in the kitchen. 

Maybe I’ll make some paper rosettes and place  them in the bottles, tie some Valentine ribbon around the bottle neck and say that I have decorated for Valentine’s day.

Thanks for stopping by and may your day be filled with all the happiness it can hold.   

Gail

Restore Round Table

A few weeks ago, I purchased this round table at the Habitat for Humanity Restore for $10.   I loved the size of the table but what really sold me were the legs.  They are solid brass making the table very heavy. 

When I brought it home I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do with it.  After placing it in the living room,  I knew right then and there what I was going to do ….. make an ottoman using the table…..and that’s just what I did. 

 

I sprayed painted the legs because I wasn’t crazy about the brass. 

I hot glued the pleated trim on top of the table and then added the padding. 

I’m sorry but I didn’t take pictures of the following steps because I was working like mad and just simply forgot until I was almost finished.   For the padding,  I bought a foam mattress pad at Wal-Mart.  It was a lot cheaper than buying foam at Jo Ann’s.   I tufted the center with a button.      

 

I stapled the fabric around the sides of the table and then hot glued the trim around the sides.

So far, we’ve enjoyed having the extra seating especially  when we play Wii. 

Thanks for stopping by and may your day be filled with all the happiness it can hold.

Gail

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A Little Love Note…….

My horoscope for today was;

Creativity and romance are a good combination, Gemini, and today both are in top form. Why not get out the good stationery and craft a love note that will set that special someone's heart aflutter?

And that’s just what I did!

Have a wonderful day.

Gail

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Lampshade Makeover 3x’s!

About a year ago, I purchased this lamp at an auction.  I love the base of the lamp but for some reason, I haven’t been able to figure out  what  to do with the shade.

This was the first make-over of the shade.  I added  trim to the top and bottom of the shade and attached a tassel to the base.  I wasn’t very happy with it, but just left it and thought I would try again later. 

The second time around,  I added a bead trim around the top of the shade.  Well needless to say, I still wasn’t very happy with it. 

 

And now for the third make-over……I added a burlap rosette and trim! 

I Googled  “fabric rosette” and the search  resulted with  tons of hits on how to make a fabric and/or paper rosette.   It was so easy to do. 

 

Finally, I can say that I am happy with how the shade turned out. 

Thanks for stopping by and may your day be filled with all the happiness it can hold. 

Gail

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Settling In

My sister Jenny  is settling into her new home a week after moving in.  This past weekend,  I helped her with some interior decorating.    Let me share with you what I’ve done so far. 

Below is a before picture of the entertainment center in her living room.

And this is an after picture.    My sister loves to golf.  She has quite a collection of all things golf.  So you will see it scattered here and there throughout as I incorporated it within the design scheme.       

 

I hung new window treatments in the living room.   I LOVE this shade of blue.  I purchased the window treatments at Lowes and so far they have been the biggest expense. 

Another before of  the living room.

And the after.

Moving into the dining room, pictured below is a before.

And now the after.   

New window treatments were hung in the dining room as well.  I purchased  them at our beloved Wal-Mart!  They were being discontinued so I got them at an awesome price.   

There’s still more work to be done, but as I go along I will share it with all of you.

Thanks for stopping by and may your day be filled with all the happiness it can hold. 

Gail

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