Holiday Hectics
Nov 18th, 2009 | By Gidget | Category: ProjectsWith festivities around the corner, the sewing room has been stepped into high gear. I’ve started reupholstering our sad-sad pit group. One half is done at least, in preparation for Thanksgiving day parade watching and football.
I got a great deal on these fabrics at the end of summer when JoAnne’s was having a half off + half off again sale.
Below is the ‘tuscan sun’ cotton velvet from Cristopher Lowell’s collection that I’m using to reupholster our old Olive drab twill sectional:
Here is the fabric I’ll be using for some lined curtains and various cushions:
I’ve reupholstered one half of the pit group and the ottoman. For the ottoman, I dyed some 10 oz. cotton canvas an aqua color and then quilted it for the top piece. That should hold up to three boys and two dogs! You can see a portion of it in the picture below.
The bear is a prototype in the works for a client. She lost two of her children and wanted to have bears made from their articles of clothing. Before cutting into the clothing items, I’ve made a sample from the pattern she provided to proof it. There will be many more embellishments later, but for a bare – bear, he’s kind of cute, don’t you think?
They both are!!!
I almost forgot, I made a pattern off of my Uggs and decided to use the scraps from the boy’s vests to make them some ugglets. I’ll be posting the pattern soon, but for now, here’s a peek at some winged feets:
