Nov 14

MacBookSnuggie

Chris bought me a new MacBook a few weeks ago and Im in love, he really knows how to make a girl swoon. Only one problem, we have three dusty dogs and I wanted to protect my new love from the elements, so I made a little MacSnuggie/cooling pad/mousepad. Yes, it has multiple uses. I made the MacSnuggie out of avocado-colored soft vinyl (water resistant) and the inside is a chocolate brown microfiber suede, so it slides in and out smoothly. I left the end open so I can still be able to charge it while it’s not in use. I’m thinking about making another one, this time with handles.

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Oct 23

The Brightside Project

Man, I have totally been neglecting my Rehabilitated projects. It’s too bad too because I was featured on thebrightsideproject.com last weekend and haven’t really been able to revel in it yet. They wrote up a nice little blurb about Rehabilitated, very sweet. Check it out, it’s a fun site and maybe you can win a set of Rehab pillows.

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Aug 03

Andy’s “Friend” – Rehabilitated


Can you believe he went from this sad, rundown, pea-soup-lookin’ old man…to this new and improved awesome guy (plus entourage)? It’s like he saw the God of Style and couldn’t help but be reformed.

What a turnaround, and I couldn’t have done it without help from Sally “The Slayer Seamstress ” Hauser. I first started by stripping the green layer, and found that, woohoo, there was another layer beneath it! I thought about leaving it, for padding, and I tried shampooing it, but seriously, it was dirty. So, I stripped the orange layer as well. This guy has had a colorful past.

Okay, so next step, pull out nails (pulling out twenty of these 5-inch, thirty-year-old nails reminds me that I should probably get a tetanus shot soon). I am now left with a box, some springs, wooden feet, metal plates and buttons that will need to be recovered.
After staining the wooden feet a dark, chocolaty brown and painting the brass to silver, I drag all the remaining parts over to “The Seamstress Slayer’s” house. She is a vetted reupholsterer and I’m hoping she can help me out with the piping around the top ledge. Of course she does, plus much more. But I have to beware because she is the dangerous type and does “accidentally” shoot me with the staple gun, though I should be lucky that it’s not a rattlesnake this time.

After my near-death experience, we covered the wooden box and springs with new batting and muslin so it’s nice and clean. Sally suspects that, because of the style of the orange fabric, that this ottoman may have originated in the 1930’s or 40’s. So it is probably a good thing that I decided to replace it rather than cleaning this 80-year-old (wow) fabric.

I am pretty happy with how he turned out. Clean and off the red chicken. 
I had some leftover pieces and I’m not about to throw away this awesome fabric. So pillows to go on the couch where the ottoman will be is just what needs to be done to pull everything together.
Little details, it’s what I’m all about. This is the custom tag that I tacked to the bottom. 
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Jun 24

The Revere


Look at this piece of history. My mom dropped the “Revere” off yesterday. She got it as a gift from my grandmother when she was 13, so this machine has been around since the 60’s, it’s heavy and used, but definitely loved. I think I’ll start by making some pillows with leftover fabric from one of the restored pieces of furniture I’ve done lately. Maybe I’ll run a promo, buy a chair and receive a matching pillow!

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