It is amazing how you can use junk and scraps to make extraodinary things. For this brooch I used fabric scraps and old watches I bought on flee markt. Few stitches, hot glue and brooch pin - and brooch is done.
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Dec 23, 2014
May 12, 2014
Side table remake tutorial
This side table is now living new life in my kitchen. I always need more space for the kitchen tools - thing left in the pantry are forgotten forever. Recently we made some refurbishment in the kitchen and i found a right place for the small side table. Remembered I have one old in the garage and decided to paint it. This is the result.
And short tutorial follows.
Tutorial how to remake an old side table
This is the photo of the table before the remake, just to get the picture.
Material:
- usual suspects for this type of project: acrylic paints (including black school board paint), napkin and decoupage glue (for the black dots), primer, sanding paper, filler, brushes and roller, protective tape, stencils, transparent varnish for the final coat.
Table came with the holes on the upper side - I decided to keep those in the middle and fill the ones on edges - used acrylic filler for wood. As the holes were cca 5 mm deep, put the filler in few steps. After each step, left few hours to dry. In the meantime, put the coat of primer on the table legs.
Once I was happy with the 'filler' work, sanded the table and painted it using cream white for the legs, black paint for the upper side (school board black), red for the shelf.
Now, the best part of the work started (at least for me). Used protective tape to get the stripes and then painted them with red color.
For the stenciling and stripes used little sponge (you can see it on photo). What is important here is to dry the sponge before you use it for stenciling (or stripes) - meaning, put the sponge in color and then on the paper to get rid of the excess paint. With this approach you avoid leakages under stencil or tape and get the neat work.
For the black dotes I used such napkin and decoupaged it on the table sides.
Finally, put the two coats of transparent varnish, for the protection (not on the upper side of the table painted with the school board paint).
I had to put the photo of my trivet - I regularly use it when working on projects, it really helps to save the back.
Jan 26, 2014
Paper daisies
Until yesterday we've had winter I've always dreamed of - average day temperature around 12⁰ C (not recorded in the last 150 years). Today completely different picture - snow fell white color prevails outside. But this is not the reason not to enjoy the flowers, if only paper ones, even better, as we can play with colors and forms.
This paper daisy is easy to make, find the tutorial below.
Tutorial how to make paper daisy
Material
- paper of your choice, glue, scissors, wooden stick or wire for the steam, cork
I trimmed cork to be cca 8 mm wide and cca 2,5 cm long.
Cut three pieces of paper 14 x 7 cm and cut the fringes. For the first layer fringes were 4,5 cm long, for the second one 3 mm longer, for the third layer another 3 mm loner.
Put the glue on the part of the paper not 'fringed' and roll it around the cork.
Repeat with the second layer - notice that fringes are 3 mm below the first layer. Repeat with the third layer.
Glue little button in the middle and green paper around the stick to get a steam and the flower is finished.
For more tutorials, look my previous posts:
Nov 10, 2013
Trolley shopping bag - something old, something new
My weekly ritual is visit to the green market where local farmers sell their product. I am going there for years and built a relationship with some of them. I know where to buy fresh cheese, who has the best carrot or potato, who's products are organic. And always buy over 1o kilograms, it's too heavy for me to carry bags. Trolley shopping bag is marvelous invention, I've been using it more than 20 years. On the old one bag became worn out, metal construction was still good. And I decided to sew something original, and the bag that will match my requirements. This is the result, I am very pleased with the result (and that is not the case with all my projects). Here is the tutorial how I made it.
Trolley shopping bag DIY tutorial
Material:
- old jeans (I bought two pairs in second hand shop for 3,5 $)
- eco leather (decided to buy it later on)
From back part of the jeans legs made front of the trolley.
Another trousers used for the back side.
This stripped fabric I used for the sides. The upper edge I strengthened with the nonwoven and two layers of the fabric.
I need big inner pocket of the shopping bag (this I couldn't find in any bag I could buy). So, I used jeans as well for the base and sewed original pocket to be used as one pocket and stripped fabric for another one.
Stripped fabric fastened on the base together with the zipper (see photo).
For the lower end of the pocket I made a pleat, to be able to put in more things.
For the bottom of the bag decided to use eco leather. First pinned it, then hand stitched and finally sewed (twice, to be firm).
The original bag was made of synthetic material. Jeans is rather soft and heavy and the back side was not standing upright. Wire frame from the old bag I used to fasten the front side. For the back side had several options and decided to make insert from the fabric and sponge and input the cardboard.
Finally, used eco leather to make the cap. Added some details in the meantime.
My trolley shopping bag :
Sep 23, 2013
New look of an old benches
Two benches on my terrace realy needed a 'facelifting'. I planned for months this renovation but there are always something else to be done. Benches were in good condition but shabby (not shabby shic, unfortunatelly).
Short tutorial how I renovated benches
This is small bench 'before' - you can see that the surface isn't very nice.
Even just sanding improved the image of the bench and gave it better look. I used wood stain (acrylic, of course) for painting - two coats were enough. And one coat of varnish (satin) for the protection at the end.
Now it looks much better, doesn't it?
Similar process was done with the bigger bench.
First step - sanding.
Second step - applying wood stain.
Third step: painting metal parts. I protected the wood with the tape and then painted the metal parts with silver Hammerite (oil) paint. Why this paint? Because I alredy had it and because it has three effects: rust protection, primer and coloring.
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