{fun fabric finds}

Remember a week ago I shared with you my chair painting woes?

Well, the chairs are sanded, re-primed and painted.
I am pleased with how they turned out. I upholstered one of the chairs with the black and white striped fabric I bought from Ikea but am not sure I like it. Since the paint is a crisp white, it makes the white in the fabric look "dirty".

My dilemma is:  do I repaint the chairs with a more creamy white {but spray paint colour selections are limited} or do I recover the seat with a different fabric or repaint the chair black?

{before}

{after}

It is hard to tell in the photos, {dark and rainy out} but do you see how the white in the stripe is a bit more yellow?

 Now sure I like it, what do you think?

My daughter suggested I cover the seat in the same fabric as her headboard, hmmm...

Or maybe a different fabric? 

After a bit of searching, I came across Premier Prints that carries the most amazing fabrics AND you can't beat the price of $9.99/yd for most fabrics!

Loving this:

{my favourite}

{I am a sucker for paisley}

Since I have two chairs, one has gone in the eldest daughter's room as you can see above. The other will go in her sister's room BUT she was adamant she didn't want black and white fabric on the seats. She wants more colour injected in her room. Inspired by her painting {the painting on the right in photo}, which was inspired by some Amy Butler fabric I had in my fabric bin, we are going to spice up her room with turquoise, yellow and brown.

Adding colourful turquoise and yellow accents will spice up the black furniture, white diamond tufted headboard {yes, photos are coming - just waiting for this never ending rain to stop!} and her African Violet walls.

{African Violet by Benjamin Moore}

Here are some fantastic Amy Butler fabrics I have found:

{Fabric.com}

{QuiltHome.com}

Now the fun part, choosing the right fabric and sewing!

Also CSN has once again offered me a chance to review a product, which I am excited to do. CSN is an online store that carries everything from pendant lighting to the kitchen sink. Looking forward to shopping!

XO Barbara

Amy Butler Fabric: Pillows

While I have been procrastinating with my own to-do list I have been helping my sister (another famous procrastinator  - she will be mad at me for this comment) finish her projects. It always more fun working with someone on their projects instead of your own. A while back I wrote about how we went shopping for fabric for her room, but we haven't tackled any sewing until now.

 Procrastination is our middle name.

This week she brought over all the fabric for the duvet and throw pillows for her bed. During our shopping trip we chose some Amy Butler fabrics from her Midwestern Modern Line that would go well with the robin's egg blue herringbone toss pillows she had by Nate Berkus' from the now defunct Linens and Things.

Source

I managed to sew her some throw pillows for her bed this week! 

Life isn't all play, I have managed to do something productive, even though it isn't tackling my own to-do list.

 We used inexpensive pillow inserts from Ikea, the larger one is down and cost $6 while the smaller polyester fibre-fill pillow was about $2. 

 (This wasn't planned but I noticed once I posted the photo that in the background is my sister on her wedding day!)  

The piping around the pillow was made from the contrasting fabric,  the backing was made from a robin's egg blue fabric.

I made covered buttons for the enclosure.

Here is a sneak peek at our other project we worked on this week!

I know, I know.....

 I should be working on my own projects. Good news though....I have started working on the upholstered headboards for the girls' rooms. Hopefully I can get them finished before we head on our vacation!

Joining:

SNS@Funky Junk Interiors
Met Monday @ BNOP
Frugal Friday@The Shabby Nest
edited: Nov 5: air your laundry @ freckled laundry