Project how to recover a tub chair

Behind the little one is a tub chair due to be re-covered

Placing and marking out the fabric ready for pinning

Trying to get the inward curve whilst working inside is just confusing!

The mess I made in my dining room!

Finally marked, measured and cut

Not a great shot but I've made a feature of the arm rests

base added and pinned ready for machining

Not yet stuffed or the box hem on but im almost there! (its gone 1 in the morning though!)

Yay! I am finished for the night! I have been given this job to recover a tub chair with black fabric and to make a red cushion to co-ordinate with it, So having never recovered anything other than my school exercise book, I took on the challenge rather boldly saying " oh it wont take long!" I thought I had 3 weeks then Liza (whose chair it belongs to) then said "oh i need it done by midweek!" ARGH! But you know I love a mission...Anyhoo Im making really good progress and the photos do not do it justice, so stop by and see it when its finished or even better if you are local pop to see Liza and get your nails done here's a link to her amazing work. Perfectly polish'd

Well worth a little look!

Started to paint the handmade clocks

Still have a pile to do!

Using Acrylics to paint the MDF and then will laquer the tops

The cupcake clock (only half painted though)

The chugger chugger boat! half painted too...

The flower one also half finished!

The clocks are coming along now, i have various shapes as you will have seen in previous posts and I have brought some lovely embellishments for the like pearls and diamontes for the girly ones I am sure they will look top class when they are finished.
Also yesterday my personalised diamonte name turned up ready to go on my very own "posh" apron which I shall personally be modelling at the YEOVIL ABBEY MANOR craft fair on november the 21st. Look forward to seeing some of you Somerset crafters there.

Clocks cut & primed today

Using the jigsaw to cut out the marked shapes

2 clocks cut



10 clocks cut and primed with undercoat

 So thats done last night and this morning, the next stage will be to let them dry, whilst I have a think about what to do with some beautiful baby pink fleece that arrived from ebay this morning. Yesterday i also brought another sheet of MDF but much thinner and drew on it about 40 shapes and I will be making cute little christmas tree decorations like little gingerbread men and stars, I'm thinking that it's rather nice to have a decoration on the tree with the year on so for example "Christmas 2010" or something like that!  And also little hanging hearts and cupcakes with ribbon for the loop hanger. They might make nice little presents for aunties, mums, sisters or nannies, what do you think?