7 posts tagged “sparkly naugahyde”
Randi made these.
I like to mill around in Lowes. "Mill around" = browse lazily through the store in Appalachian Hillbilly speak, or maybe everyone says it, I dunno. You should also pronounce the word "fish" as "feesh", and "wash" as "warsh", but I digress. I spend a lot of time in Lowes. I like the fastener aisle, with all the chains and screws. I also really like the paint department, with all the stencils, brushes, stains, and lacquers. I have a tendency to buy stuff that won't fit in my car, because I think being in Lowes causes me to slip into denial. I like the tool section the most though. It's like a utopia of opportunity. I need to go to Lowes tomorrow. I need to get lights.
I made these. They were done last night, but I wanted to wash them to make them shrink before I stuffed them. I put the buttons in today. I also painted my garage doors, and built a new place to take photographs. I used some MDF and bead board I had hanging around, and I painted it a very light blue. I love the concept, and it works really well, but we'll see how the color works out. I would have liked to have brighter light, but it was later when I took these. I'm greasy and have paint in my hair.
Randi made this. It's a cat belly. It's also a purse. The teats, or nipples, are made from pink Ultrasuede. It's a little obscene and very funny. She had the idea to make something like this with three nipples and call it "White Trash Third Nipple". It seems like we have a lot of white-trash friends who have third nipples. I don't know what that's about.
I made this purse as a custom order for NeedfulThings . I love the way it turned out. I have another purse cut out and started, as well as a couple throw pillows. I might keep them all, I don't know.
RED! I made two of these yesterday. I love the red the most. I also got a purse-hardware shipment which included some fantastic little squeeze frames. I've been making little radish spirit purses, but I've had to hold back a little, because it would be easy to fill my shop with them. I also made salamander sleeping pants for my husband. You'll just have to imagine them for right now.
It's summer finally, my kids swim all day and I sew, and then we all eat things like barbecued chicken off the grill. I'm having a pretty good time.
I've also been working on a chair for my husband. It's a 1940's era platform rocker. This will be the second time I've reupholstered it, and this time it needs some repair work done to the frame. Photographs to be posted soon.
I had to take my iMac into the Apple store today. I made this bag to make it easier to get it from the car into the store. It fits the 17" iMac. Functional projects are the most satisfying for me. I have a really hard time making something that isn't functional, actually. I feel like it's a waste of time.
I made this today. I based it on another purse design that I am rather fond of. It's small, 4"x6"x2". If I make another, I'll make it a little bigger.
