Sunday, September 11, 2011

some THINGS I'm enjoying today

BaSkEt LiNeR

I love baskets and I adore the way they look lined.  So I decided to try to make my own for this cute little basket I purchased the other day.  It is far from perfect but I am liking the way it came out.  Doesn't is look purrrrrty with my nectarines inside ;)   

SkIrT

My dining room chairs  have been needing a make over for quite some time now but I just didn't have the courage to do it.  I didn't want to juts upholster the entire chair.
I was looking  to make cute skirts for them but didn't really know how to start.  So I decided to try making one for a toddler chair before I would tackle the real thing.  I used some muslin and added piping and finished it with ribbon to tie bows.  It's not perfect and it's my first time using piping but I definitely love the way it looks.  It also gave me the courage I needed to try it on my dining room chairs.

BUTTONS

Can you believe I bought this large bucket of buttons for 2,00euros!!!  I was so excited when she told me the price that I didn't even bargain (which is a very rare thing for me).   I just need to find a fabulous glass jar to display them.  I love looking at them ;)

4 comments:

Adrienne said...

Your basket liner turned out great!! So did the chair skirts. Very nicely done.

Corinnea said...

Very pretty projects! Can't wait to see the dining chairs.

Lovely buttons at a great price! YUM!

kms handmade said...

Good job on the basket liner! The chair skirts are going to be great!

Jennifer said...

score on the buttons and I love the basket liner and chair cover. yay for trying new stuff;)