I got busy yesterday. This little chair had been a rash buy and painted green and then "aged" - it just looked dirty. A quick paint job was essential. This morning I shall make up the little cushion in patchwork to set it off.
I glued the crinoline stretcher back into place and you can now SIT on this chair again! I shall polish it to perfection later.
Then I got totally wowed by a Daily Stitching Design project I'd seen on Instagram (k.j.turner - stitching for life). This is her wonderful project - I was so excited about this last night I thought about it every time I woke up!! I ordered Volume two - Circles - and printed it off just before I went to bed, which was not a good plan for a quiet night's sleep :)
The individual designs are up to you, and I was tempted by the floral designs, but think I can do those myself, and am already planning a little wall hanging with the Uffington White horse as a central motif. I have no end of embroidery threads and others . . . went searching for those before bed too!
I have masses of embroidery floss but I wanted this thread to do the separating bars between the designs. I had quite forgotten the burr-wood needle holder.
I also found a bag with these threads in, bought years ago when there was a long-established craft shop in King Street in Carmarthen. Covid did for them.
Plus some coloured tops for spinning practice.
Poor photo of the work that k.j.turner has shared on Instagram. So I won't be doing all just circles. Kate at the Last Homely House is doing this too, but will have probably bought all the design sketches. I just blew £7 on one. I have gone in my sewing cupboard and found one of the long lengths of linen an American penpal sent to me back in the 1990s! and has been put aside waiting for its turn to shine. I can't wait to get started!
This won't do. Time to get cracking.
P.S. With all this firing me up, I forgot to mention that Tam has a date for Rosie's injection, under general anaethstetic, at Cardiff hospital - next Tuesday. I hope it all goes smoothly, and works. Worrying all the same . . .
Hope you go with the White Horse of Uffington, there are lots of stories around it I imagine. I like the idea of filling in each square.
ReplyDeleteHappy memories of a couple of walks along the Ridgeway to Wayland's Smithy. I have some lovely threads to do the dividing lines with as well.
ReplyDeleteMy friend Angela paints second hand furniture. She makes a good job of it. I must say that I like the freshly painted look rather than the scruffy distressed look.
ReplyDeleteIt can look quite nice, but some people choose off-the-wall colours that no-one will match in their home. I like the well polished antique wood look myself. That's what I have here.
DeleteI love it when inspiration comes like that, those designs will keep you busy 😀
ReplyDeleteYour furniture work looks great.
Hope all goes well for little Rosie x
Alison in Devon x
I think I can safely say that I've never woken in the night thinking about stitching!
ReplyDeleteI have a grandchild in for a small operation tomorrow - fingers crossed for your Rosie and my grandchild too.
It will definitely be worrying as the date for Rosie's injection looms, but hopefully it will really help her and the worry will soon be forgotten. I hope it goes smoothly for her. xx
ReplyDeleteA great job done in smartening your furniture up and I had a giggle at the cable ties holding your glueing in place. I don't think I would have dreamt about stitching. Hope Rosie's hospital visit goes to plan, we found with Iris a small amount of bribery and corruption works wonders. Xx
ReplyDeleteI love Barleysugar Twist furniture..I had to leave it all behind nearly thirty years ago....I've now just got one dining chair with the front legs twist....found in Ramsgate...
ReplyDeleteAll those circles!!! But good to get enthused by a new project
You are surely going to be busy with that stitching. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
The furniture looks great. I must go look at that Instagram account - I have seen those daily squares somewhere before. I love Kate at the last homely house, haven't caught up with her videos for awhile now. Happy Stitching!!
ReplyDeleteI miss refinishing and repurposing odd bits of furniture--mostly small tables and cupboards when I was doing it. No room for anything more and the last I worked on such projects sanding either by hand or with my orbital sander was a shoulder killer.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, thinking about a new stitchery project, in my case quilts, just before bed time is sure to set one's mind abuzz!