tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post8944803410726443793..comments2024-03-28T02:24:26.561-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: A little light upholsteryBovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-693209024165534262009-09-28T10:35:12.509-07:002009-09-28T10:35:12.509-07:00After seeing your work, I feel guilty for throwing...After seeing your work, I feel guilty for throwing out that old chair with the torn cane seat! Your chairs are beautiful!Elizabeth Rhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910474336835656519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-81512715691913757852009-09-27T23:17:50.176-07:002009-09-27T23:17:50.176-07:00This is something I always wanted to do, combine m...This is something I always wanted to do, combine my love of old furniture with my passion for fabric, but I simply can't do everything. Sadly!!! I love what you've done with the chairs and stools, they look lovely.Yarrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06662236319781194283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-46835134664770824432009-09-26T06:47:56.117-07:002009-09-26T06:47:56.117-07:00I'll have you know that at 1 a.m. I was scouri...I'll have you know that at 1 a.m. I was scouring the net for a photo of a "sit up and beg" chair. I'd a pretty good idea of that type of bicycle and a mental vision of the kind of chair you mention floats in my brain. You surely do offer things to mull.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-36494404418305548372009-09-25T22:45:50.907-07:002009-09-25T22:45:50.907-07:00Ah Efailwen - there's a place in Welsh history...Ah Efailwen - there's a place in Welsh history, the Rebecca Riots underpinned by the thrumming lure of the Preselis. . . my grandfather and his younger brother worked in the mines in Aberbargoed.<br /><br />MM - you had good use out of your set of furniture and the sturdiest bits still remain. A nice little table that.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-40395795812338804712009-09-25T07:55:58.861-07:002009-09-25T07:55:58.861-07:00In 1978 we were living in Massachusetts. J. stopp...In 1978 we were living in Massachusetts. J. stopped at a junk shop looking for some extra chairs, rushed home to fetch me back to look at a gate-legged table with 4 chairs and a little sideboard. There was a maker's tag on the bottom of the table with a late 1800's date. We recovered the chairs 3 times using a vinyl fabric the first time, a vintage remnant the second time and finally a heavy decorator cotton I had found. Sadly there are only two of the chairs not in pieces now. J. repaired, glued, etc. Moving them from the east to such a dry climate here was their final undoing. We used the table for many years--for everything. It is now folded in and holds my books. You can see it in my recent post titled "going to earth."<br />I love it when a bit of craftmanship and labor can restore something to use.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-64073324256193660782009-09-25T07:27:47.420-07:002009-09-25T07:27:47.420-07:00The coal mining valleys of the South, but my best ...The coal mining valleys of the South, but my best friend lives in Efailwen. KxKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-13501888170970102642009-09-25T05:01:28.289-07:002009-09-25T05:01:28.289-07:00You would feel right at home. When we moved here ...You would feel right at home. When we moved here 22 years ago, it was like going back 20 years in time! Things have moved on since then, but I fitted in here, and wasn't considered an oddity because I baked my own bread, cakes etc. Which bit of Wales are your folks from?Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-7271728830713574152009-09-25T00:53:17.531-07:002009-09-25T00:53:17.531-07:00Hey, good work! I did upholsery for many years and...Hey, good work! I did upholsery for many years and really enjoyed making something useful and beautiful from a throw-away. Thanks for popping over-I did smile at your comment. My best friend Linda, who dresses just like me (we aided and abetted one another) moved to Pembrokeshire/Carmarthen border. We used to go to a beading class here in Bucks and the tutor said to her "You'll be allright in Wales, there's a lot of people like you two....".<br />My family are Welsh, maybe I should return to the "land of my fathers"!<br /><br />Kath xKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.com