Quote Painting

I had a request from my sister to paint the quote "After all, tomorrow is another day." from Gone with the Wind.  I wanted to put something else in the painting and decided to add a silhouette of Scarlett in the painting.  I have another quote painting in the works for a friend that I'll post soon.

Monstera Chair

Another fun chair for this Friday.  This chair is designed by Philip Ahlstrom and comes in two colors, green and white.  His inspiration came from the monstera leaf which can be found in Central and South America.

DVD Player Screen Holder

I literally whipped these up the night before we left for a trip.  Seriously, my husband told me at 9 o'clock at night that we needed something to hold the DVD players screens in the car.  I'm pretty sure he's testing my sewing ability under pressure or just my sanity.  The screens used to snap in to a piece that was attached to our headrests in the car, but after our multiple times being broken and glued back in to place we needed to come up with another solution.  So, here is what we came up with, it's sort of a pocket with straps.  I had some neoprene scraps to make the holders and let me say that was an experience all in itself.  Neoprene is difficult to work with, but I was trying to get it done quick so it's not pretty folks. I used velco straps to attach it to the headrest and it's worked out perfectly.  Now I just need to figure out what the tricks are to working with neoprene.

See the little black bar below the headrest.  That is where they used to snap into place and it stuck out pretty far.  Which unfortunately put it in perfect kicking range for my 2 year old when he got upset.  

Heart Applique

Warning-  Anyone who loves doilies or makes doilies you probably don't want to read this post.  

I made this applique by cutting up a doily.  I promise it wasn't some antique doily from my grandma.  I bought it at the craft store for next to nothing.  I did feel a little guilty about cutting it up.  I also used a heart fabric and some bias tape.  I cut them into 3 strips and sewed them together and then cut the heart shape.  To finish it off and to prevent fraying I used bias tape on the edges. Then I sewed a few colorful heart buttons on to the doily portion and sewed it on to the jumper. 

Crinoline Collection

It's been a while since I've got around to doing Fabulous Furniture Friday, but here's what I found for today. The Crinoline Collection is offered by B&B Italia and designed by Patricia Urquiola.  The back is woven with a natural rope and the flower pattern is meant to convey the thought of Spanish mantillas and Venetian lace. Each chair is handcrafted and truly one of a kind.

Letter

You know those cardboard letters at the craft store, I've been wanting one.  The last time I was at the store I couldn't resist they were on sale and I bought one.  I just can't pass up a good bargain.  I'm thinking it will hang on the wall that I'm working on to make some sort of gallery wall arrangement.  I used acrylic paint on the letter and then coated it with a layer of epoxy to give it a glossy finish.
Here it is before the epoxy.  Not sure if you can see the difference between the pictures, but the epoxy gives it a glass like finish.

Roman Shade

It was finally time to change out the curtain I had in my master bathroom.  It matched absolutely nothing in my room and came with the house and even my husband hated it.  If he didn't like it then you know it's bad because he rarely has opinion on that sort of thing.  Of course I bought the fabric some time ago and just recently decided to go with a roman shade.  My mom found a youtube tutorial that shows you the basics of it, but it doesn't go step by step.  She made one for my sister in law and I took what she learned and tried to make my own.  We had to track down the supplies, which we ended up buying from a drapery supplier. We had to change how the battens or ribs were attached to the fabric because the glue didn't work out.  We ended up drilling small holes in the battens and sewing them onto the fabric.  I probably could have sewn channels for them to slide into, but I don't think I would have liked the extra stitching on the front of my fabric.  The shade was more work than I figured and I guess I was hoping for an "Oh Wow" moment when I hung it up.  I just sort of looked at it and went, hmm.  I mean it was okay.  I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I did add the trim along the top and the bottom and I definitely think that helped it.  I do like it now and I think it had to grow on me.  Here is a picture of the shade when it's down.

Here is what it looks like when it's pulled up.