Sunday, 22 June 2014
Pretty in Pink
My daughter is not a girly girl...at all. So why is she wearing a lovely pink dress? Simple..I made it, she had to wear it. We attended a ladies luncheon for my Mother in laws, big birthday. I had a lovely pattern I wanted try and due to it requiring a lot of fabric, this sweet pink little bird fabric was ideal. It was only for the day I knew it wouldn't hurt my daughter to wear a pink dress. She happily told guests her mother made it for her, but pink wasn't her favourite colour...that's my girl!!!!
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Christmas Stockings
Tis the season to be Jolly.............I have been busy with Stockings, clothing and crayons wallets for all the good boys and girls out there in Internet buying land.
Here are some stockings heading to their new homes tomorrow:
Here are some stockings heading to their new homes tomorrow:
Make your own Padded Headboard
Project number 2 in our bedroom makeover. After searching the Internet for ideas and designs for making bed heads we came up with a plan of attack.
Now, there is the cheap way of doing this, you'll find heaps on-line, but we wanted to make ours look as best as possible.
My Husband is very good when it comes to computer design and construction, in fact he did a complete 3D design with all dimension of our bedroom, bed, feature wall, proposed bed head and additional lighting.
First you need to figure out the exact size you want your bed head to be.
We have a king size bed, so the width measures about 183 cm, we allow a little extra for bed linen etc.
Our final measurement was: 1.9 metres across and 1 metre high.
Attaching the bed head to the feature wall was done with a French Cleat, don't say that too fast! One length is attached to the wall, along the studs, and the other along the back of the bed head, of course, measure to the right height required.
So the height of our bed head was relevant to how our twin power points on the back feature wall were not exactly evenly spaced. So we had to start with the bed head just above the offending power point, it wont be seen due to bedside tables and the bed linen.
We took it to a height that looked pleasing to the eye, and slightly over sized to give it that hotel room look.
Materials used: 12 mm hardwood plywood
small strips of plywood to frame the back of the bed head mounting board.
plus enough to make a French cleat.
50 mm foam, we used professionally cut to size bed foam.
24 buttons, waxed string/cord for attaching.
2.4 metres Warwick fabric
2.2 metres wadding
spray adhesive
staple gun
long needle ($5 craft shop)
Decide before you start, just how many buttons if any you want. Buttons are expensive, and if you are using good quality fabric like we did, making your own fabric covered buttons with a kit from Spotlight wont hold. I suggest getting a quote from your local Upholstery store. Buttons start from around a $1 and can be hard to match. They are a feature so make sure you are happy with your choice.
Carefully measure the placement of the buttons on the back of the bed head board. Make a grid so you know they are even. Here you can opt to go off centre every second row, or like us we did 3 rows with 8 buttons, hence, 24 buttons can quickly add up!!!!!
Drill holes for the button cord to go thru.
Spray glue onto board and carefully lay the foam on top, this is a 2 person job. Glue should be tacky in 2-5 mins.
Position the foam on top and push down firmly to secure to glue.
Now you can attach the wadding onto the bed head, this makes the edges softer and gives a nicer finish. Simply staple gun it to the outer frame leaving room for when you staple the main fabric. Don't pull too tight or it will distort the edges of the foam.
I must apologise as I have deleted all the photos of these next stages. No luck retrieving them either!
The hardest thing with our Bedhead was getting nice finished corners.At least the two bottom ones are visible. Due to the good quality of the fabric, is was very bulky, so getting nice flat tidy folds was a challenge. Trial and error on the bottom ones helped, but you can search the internet for basic instructions.
Attaching the buttons really brings this to life, creating those lovely dimples in the covered foam. This is definitely a 2 person job. You need a long needle to thread thru from the back, then you attached the button and carefully thread the needle back thru keeping it as straight as possible. One person at the front pushes the button into the foam to a depth to ones likes, then tells the person at the back to tie off......this is a job and a half....but it does look good the more you do. You can generally eyeball the depth of the pockets or make a cardboard measure to help. We just eye-balled it.
We opted for silver metal buttons to give some class to our Bedhead and they look great. Boy did they hurt when pushing them into the foam as my Husband tightened the upholstery twine behind.....seriously my thumb ached and was squashed up for sometime after!!!!!!!!!!
Now, there is the cheap way of doing this, you'll find heaps on-line, but we wanted to make ours look as best as possible.
My Husband is very good when it comes to computer design and construction, in fact he did a complete 3D design with all dimension of our bedroom, bed, feature wall, proposed bed head and additional lighting.
First you need to figure out the exact size you want your bed head to be.
We have a king size bed, so the width measures about 183 cm, we allow a little extra for bed linen etc.
Our final measurement was: 1.9 metres across and 1 metre high.
Attaching the bed head to the feature wall was done with a French Cleat, don't say that too fast! One length is attached to the wall, along the studs, and the other along the back of the bed head, of course, measure to the right height required.
So the height of our bed head was relevant to how our twin power points on the back feature wall were not exactly evenly spaced. So we had to start with the bed head just above the offending power point, it wont be seen due to bedside tables and the bed linen.
We took it to a height that looked pleasing to the eye, and slightly over sized to give it that hotel room look.
Materials used: 12 mm hardwood plywood
small strips of plywood to frame the back of the bed head mounting board.
plus enough to make a French cleat.
50 mm foam, we used professionally cut to size bed foam.
24 buttons, waxed string/cord for attaching.
2.4 metres Warwick fabric
2.2 metres wadding
spray adhesive
staple gun
long needle ($5 craft shop)
Decide before you start, just how many buttons if any you want. Buttons are expensive, and if you are using good quality fabric like we did, making your own fabric covered buttons with a kit from Spotlight wont hold. I suggest getting a quote from your local Upholstery store. Buttons start from around a $1 and can be hard to match. They are a feature so make sure you are happy with your choice.
Carefully measure the placement of the buttons on the back of the bed head board. Make a grid so you know they are even. Here you can opt to go off centre every second row, or like us we did 3 rows with 8 buttons, hence, 24 buttons can quickly add up!!!!!
Drill holes for the button cord to go thru.
Spray glue onto board and carefully lay the foam on top, this is a 2 person job. Glue should be tacky in 2-5 mins.
Position the foam on top and push down firmly to secure to glue.
Now you can attach the wadding onto the bed head, this makes the edges softer and gives a nicer finish. Simply staple gun it to the outer frame leaving room for when you staple the main fabric. Don't pull too tight or it will distort the edges of the foam.
I must apologise as I have deleted all the photos of these next stages. No luck retrieving them either!
The hardest thing with our Bedhead was getting nice finished corners.At least the two bottom ones are visible. Due to the good quality of the fabric, is was very bulky, so getting nice flat tidy folds was a challenge. Trial and error on the bottom ones helped, but you can search the internet for basic instructions.
Attaching the buttons really brings this to life, creating those lovely dimples in the covered foam. This is definitely a 2 person job. You need a long needle to thread thru from the back, then you attached the button and carefully thread the needle back thru keeping it as straight as possible. One person at the front pushes the button into the foam to a depth to ones likes, then tells the person at the back to tie off......this is a job and a half....but it does look good the more you do. You can generally eyeball the depth of the pockets or make a cardboard measure to help. We just eye-balled it.
We opted for silver metal buttons to give some class to our Bedhead and they look great. Boy did they hurt when pushing them into the foam as my Husband tightened the upholstery twine behind.....seriously my thumb ached and was squashed up for sometime after!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Welcome Monet' our new Burmese lilac kitten
Thanks to Stephanie at Aztec Burmese for our little bundle of joy.
Monday, 30 September 2013
Saturday, 21 September 2013
Wallpapering up a storm
Its trying to storm here in Bundaberg. Dark are the skies and its rumbling like mad.
This is no comparison to the storm that was brewing in our main bedroom this morning.
Today was wallpapering day!
I got all excited about doing a room makeover...my husband did not...because any time as he says, I mention I'm going to wallpaper our feature wall in our bedroom, he knows it means he will be doing it. In all fairness it is a two person job.....and the fact he is taller than me and therefore can place the wallpaper strip up against the top edge better than me, is not my fault.
While I told him how I have wallpapered before, years ago...it lead him to believe it was going to be relatively straight forward. Once again in my defence....my wallpapering days were in the late 80's early 90's and it was all water trough based pre-glued vinyl wallpaper. Today's wallpapers need walls to be glued first then wallpaper attached......surely that must be easier!!!!!
Anyhow, its done....so the storm is finally over in our house....and we are both pleased with the end result!
I am however going to wait a few months before I propose doing a whole wall in Paige's room....he needs the time to forget how fun (bad) it was.
This is no comparison to the storm that was brewing in our main bedroom this morning.
Today was wallpapering day!
I got all excited about doing a room makeover...my husband did not...because any time as he says, I mention I'm going to wallpaper our feature wall in our bedroom, he knows it means he will be doing it. In all fairness it is a two person job.....and the fact he is taller than me and therefore can place the wallpaper strip up against the top edge better than me, is not my fault.
While I told him how I have wallpapered before, years ago...it lead him to believe it was going to be relatively straight forward. Once again in my defence....my wallpapering days were in the late 80's early 90's and it was all water trough based pre-glued vinyl wallpaper. Today's wallpapers need walls to be glued first then wallpaper attached......surely that must be easier!!!!!
Anyhow, its done....so the storm is finally over in our house....and we are both pleased with the end result!
I am however going to wait a few months before I propose doing a whole wall in Paige's room....he needs the time to forget how fun (bad) it was.
Monday, 15 July 2013
Happy Ever After by Riley Blake
Pretty pinks, castles, carriages, pretty dresses....what more could a girl want. This is a custom quilt for a little baby girl born in June. Her Aunties choose both boy and girl fabrics then we all awaited the arrival of the little one. Domenique is the new precious owner of this quilt made for a Princess.
This fabric comes with a very cute dress up fabric Princess, who has a bed and a wardrobe full of beautiful dresses....made into a play pillow.
I hope it is a favourite play toy.
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