Chair Planter

This chair was part of the dining set we used as I was growing up (a true antique).

I took the seat off and created a "planter" of sorts with chicken wire.

Add a coco mat filler which will contain the soil.

Closer look at the coco mat.

Planted pansies and coleous.

And here she is in profile. Love the way she turned out.

And here she is two weeks later.

 The "babies" below are cucumber, squash, lettuce and marigolds (to keep the bugs away).

So far the lettuce is winning the race.

And this is next week's project - stay tuned.

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More Pillow LOVE

So this is the last of my three part series (LOL) on pillow making.  My first attempt was a pillow transfer which didn't turn out so great in my opinion but it was passable as a pillow.  If you missed it, you can see it HERE.  

My second attempt was a pillow transfer with cording added to the edges of the pillow.  I must say I might have mastered the transfer part and the cording wasn't too bad to sew on.  You can see the finished product HERE.

So by this time I say OK,  this isn't so hard, I want to try the burlap pillows.  So I start to stencil a flower on a piece of burlap and decide I am going to sew it to the front of the pillow, fray the edges of this inset, sort of to frame the flower and sew up the pillow, this time with a ruffle edging (OH how brave of me).  Well it all went pretty good until I had to sew the two pieces of the pillow with the ruffled trim sandwiched in between. HA it wasn't as easy as the cording of the second pillow. But oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained right?

Can hardly see the ruffle against the white bedding.

Much better background and you begin to see the fraying around the flower "frame".

Can't miss the fraying and the ruffle trim in this picture.

All three of my babies, added a jeweled bee to the Nest pillow.

What do you think ?

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Pillow Transfers

I learned how to use photo transfer paper recently so this is my first attempt. Not bad I think for my first project. Stay tuned, more to come.

Isn't she pretty?

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Edited to add: I was featured in Tatertots and Jello's Weekend Wrap Up Party HERE.