Teachers Gifts June 18, 2011

Teachers gifts. Covered 3 ring binder and composition book

Insides in case your curious
These are a few weeks old, but thought I’d share.

Slipcovered Chair February 14, 2011

My first attempt at my Goodwill chair, I bought 3 to work with…It’s not perfect,but remember I really don’t strive for that..My friend Heather calls it the school of good enough. I think I have a degree in that
The fabric is some 4.00 a yard red tag from Joann’s Fabrics..I used some brown velvet ribbon at the bottom to cover the staples.
I made a pretty rough job at a slip cover.
The challenging part was trying to figure out the arms.. I have some staples I have to cover…
All in all I am pleased.. The chair I bought at Goodwill for 13.00 and the fabric cost 12.00.. So for 25.00 I have a comfy chair that is no longer purple zebra striped

Sewing for Eliana February 12, 2011

The dogs ate both of Eliana’s lunch bags :bad dogs:  So she really needed another.

I found a nice little tutorial online from
PurlBee

I added interfacing and lining to mine. But the sewing is simple.

I can see getting addicted to these for sure

Next up.. I bought this fabric at IKEA..perfect for this skirt.

It’s from Ottobre Design Magazine 3/2007 #18

I added another layer to make it girly and the fabric is really thin..no see thru skirts for my girl

Thanks for reading

My new obsession… February 9, 2011

This new obsession, is upholstery.  Now I have recovered lots of chairs over the years, but now I am trying to move on to really re-upholstering a chair.

Now I am not a perfectionist, so that really works in my favor with this I try to do things well, but perfect, is um a bit out of my reach.

First up a table and 6 chairs, I picked up for my son Kyle. His girlfriend loves 50′s retro style.  They have some blue Ikea tables. So we painted the table powder blue and the chairs white.  I found some red and white polka dot fabric for the chairs.

Here is the chair before.

And the after

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a picture of the chair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The total investment 150.00.. pretty cute for a few cans of spray paint and time..

Thanks for checking out my BLOG. I’m not a great writer, or amazing seamstress..not the most creative lady on the planet.. but I am me:) and this is my blog

Check out these plans October 21, 2010

Oh how I love Ana White…

Today she posted these plans for a small space sewing table.

http://ana-white.com/2010/10/a-sewing-table-for-small-spaces.html

If you are handy or know some one who is..Have fun creating this awesome sewing table.

Thanks Ana your the best

 

Suzanne

SewZannes Fabrics Office Re-Do October 13, 2010

I did it!  Finally…

I’m so happy about how my office looks now.  It feels fresh and full of creative energy.  I have lots of little things to do to finish it off..but I am delighted so far.

I moved all of my sewing machines inside the house. Now that 2 of the kids have moved out, we had an extra:gasp: room in the house to fill..I  left the fabric out here in the office though…I don’t think there is any room in the house BIG enough to store all my fabric :blush: I haven’t set up the sewing room inside…but I am excited to do it.

I found some minty-green, and blue paints in the 5.00 mis- tints sections at Lowes and Orchard Supply Hardware.  Score!!! 15.00 bucks plus a lot of creamy white paint and a quart of plum. = office re-do

Painting all the storage bins was quite the project..but I really like the whitewashed look they have now. I chose the green for the walls because it felt the most invigorating for here.

I brought all the solid colors of both interlock, cotton lycra and french terry inside.. Much easier than going outside to the storage area to pull them for each order.

I have all the printed knits together. They are now arranged by color..not sure how long that will last, but it looks good

I created an entire shipping section. 

Loving it! I had stored them in  my ,now newly painted, cutting table… Now the cutting table stores patterns.

I can’t wait to get some fun artwork up on the walls and have a sale to really get rocking in here.

Thanks for reading. 

Table Revival October 2, 2010

Once upon a time there was a table who’s time had passed. Well, Someone had donated it to Goodwill.. I saw potential in it still. Though it was boxy and modern styling..I had hope I could make it rustic.

The chocolate stain attempt on the legs got too sticky. Did something wrong.. go figure.  The sander came out again and the legs went white again.

The left over fence boards needed a new home. The new Kreg Jig gadget needed a project (love this thing, I’ll show you more on the Kreg Jig later). Thanks www.ana-white.com

The new table surface was screwed in from the bottom. The belt sander had it’s way.

By the way, watch out with a belt sander! It almost completely ate up the drop cloth when I got too close!

Then the marine-quality-outdoor polyurethane stain went on.Stinky stinky stuff..

Table Revival!

And the table had new life, and lived happily ever after. Or until *The Fonz* decides to chew it :sigh:

Chairs, Chairs and More Chairs September 29, 2010

If you ever get to know me, you will learn… I get a bit, okay a lot, obsessed when I like something..
You know…the type of person, I like knitting and I read ALL I can about knitting, until the next.. I like… “insert your obsession here”… comes along..The upside to this quirk in my personality, is that I like a lot of different things and have tried and learned a lot..

The kids and Seth teased me the other day.. If I got tattoos for every *thing* I get interested in.. My whole body might be covered..:P..

So for  the last two weeks the obsession was refinishing chairs..
The first set I worked on were some I found at a local recycle center..called recycle-town.I  grabbed these cool mid-century styled chairs for 5.00 bucks! I knew my friends who love mid century stuff… would NOT be happy that I planned to paint and country style these babies up!

Sanded, painted them yellow and used a WAY STINKY outdoor varnish…peee ewwww.. but dang that stuff is great.
I found some outdoor fabric that matches the patio and house colors….I love how that turned out..all country-fied..I know that’s not really a word

Now, on to my high backed patio chairs. I found them years ago at a garage sale.. There used to be 4.. grumble Seth grumble..okay we won’t go there….

Seth had them piled up in the junk pile(bad bad bad)…I pulled them out and whipped these girls into shape.. Now if I could just do that with my thighs…that’s for another post

All three girls, who still long for their sister:wah: Can we have a moment of silence please…. thanks

Lastly, the lone apple green chair.. I grabbed it at Goodwill for $2.99. I REALLY wanted to paint something apple green. I adore that color… Also, it gave me something to practice some new-to-me distressing techniques.(thanks centsentional girl)

Thanks for reading, your the best!

That Old Thing September 26, 2010

“That old thing,really?” Seth said.
I saw the look of worry on his face when I said I was going to gift it to his Mom
I saw the potential in the rusty old trunk at the local recycle center. I was able to grab it for $ 2.50. I debated whether I should paint it or just leave it rustic. Rustic won out!

Went to Lowe’s and lucked out on some flowers were discounted. Gotta love end of the season sales!!!

I debated drilling holes in the bottom…to drill or not to drill that was the question..
Out of my inability to decide, I will let my mother in law choose.:)

Filled it up with pretty flowers and here it is all gussied up.

Picture Day September 25, 2010

“Hey Mom, tomorrow is picture day!”
Sudden panic, What?…tomorrow?…ack!….can’t be!
“What color?”
“Blue or Green”
I march out to the sewing room. Think what dress can I make in less then two hours. I am NOT a night time sewer. Sewing at night is a disaster waiting to happen.
I find a peasant dress pattern, okay I fess up it’s a nightgown peasant pattern. But I love the square neckline. It reminds me of Allison at Harmony Threads style..
It takes me at least 20 minutes just to choose which fabric to use. I have ooooodles of pink fabric. But Eliana decided she doesn’t want more pink dresses .
Finished it off with some pink ribbon. (I can’t help myself.)
Simple…fast….. and she loves it, even with the pink ribbon.