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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Patchwork lampshade

I spent a long time looking at images of patchwork lampshades on the net before I figured out how I wanted to do mine. I basically sewed 1 1/2 inch wide strips together to make a large rectangle of fabric, and then adhered the fabric to the lampshade material (cutting the material in the proper form to make the shade was the worst part), cut off the excess fabric, and glued the edges down on the inside of the lampshade with craft glue. You can see my sloppy fabric edges on the inside when the lamp is lit, but oh well.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Cowl

Pattern: Rasta Neckwarmer
Yarn: Malabrigo Rasta, 1 skein
A birthday present for Blandine...a very quick and easy knit, with a beautiful result. It took me just a couple days, and then another week to get around to sewing on the buttons.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Armchair Reupholster

I've been wanting to tackle furniture re-upholstery for a while now, and managed to get around to doing this armchair over my Christmas vacation.

Before

During

After, minus the seat cushion, which was the most tiresome part of the whole project!

This took the better part of 3 days, and the seat cushion took another entire afternoon, but it was a VERY satisfying project. My only regret is that it has to live with someone else until I move back to the US, but Michele and Eloise are happy to provide a home for it!