I love seeing all these re-upholstery projects all over the net. I however do not currently have any furniture that could benefit from a makeover. Then a while back I saw this cute mini high backed chair at Goodwill. I fell in love with it and thought it would be a good project to try […]
Archives for July 2010
Chalkboard Name tags
I have been meaning to talk about the Chalkboard Name tags I made for the Tour de Thrift. I got an email from a reader asking about them. Thanks for the little push I needed to get on the ball! These were another project using the laser engraver (follow the link for more on the […]
The big reveal! – Messenger Bag w/ Fabric Flowers
Here is where I used my fabric flowers from the Tutorial. A cute messenger bag! Back in May I saw this awesome tutorial on Living with Punks for a Messenger bag out of Pillow Covers from Target. I ran right out to my local Target and bought three of the Covers on clearance. Then I […]
Fabric Flowers Part 2/ Certificate Planters
Okay, I wanted to show you all the fun different variations I have done with the Fabric flowers I made in the previous post. There will be a part 3 where I post what I did with my 3 from yesterday. (See, I’ve gone a bit flower crazy!) For the Tour de Thrift we were […]
Hand Sewn Fabric Flowers –
Today I am showing you how to make these cute fabric flowers. They combine a Kanzashi style flower with the rolled rosettes that are so popular right now. (Disclaimer: I don’t know a ton about kanzashi except that I am in love with all the flowers I see. I will be trying out different styles) […]
Skirt to Shirred Sundress Refashion
Here’s little Ms. Foxy in her new sun dress. I went to Target yesterday with the express intent of finding a skirt to refashion into a dress for Morgan.Really I was hoping beyond hope that I could find the skirt that Autie(mAde by Autie) used to make this amazing dress.(Click the picture to go to […]