Project Using Some Favorite Supplies

I thought I would share a project I made using some of my favorite art supplies. First I took a wood cigar box. I covered the outside top and inside lid with Papercrafting graphic 45 Paper. Then I took a strip of paper from the same book and ran it through my xyron sticker maker. This is a handy adhesive backer for small projects. Anyways, I applied that strip of paper to the outside front of the box. After I applied the paper to the inside lid, I added a library card holder with a picture from graphic 45. I distressed almost everything with Staz On Ink. You just take the stamp pad and rub it gently where you want a distressed look. I added a tag to the pocket, some tissue paper, twine and a small tag to the inside box. The last step was to tie up the box and add a fabric flower. My cute little box is ready to gift.

Sew Old, Sew Lucky!

Here was my other fun find at the antique store. A sewing box with old sewing supplies inside. I am feeling "SEW" lucky.

Vintage Quilt Love

I spotted this quilt today in an antique store and my heart started pounding. I just loved it! I quickly picked it up and held it in my arms. Quilt Love! The colors are soft and the quilting is so intricate. This is a keeper, don't you agree?

bonjour apron

This apron is linen with some vintage & floral scraps added. It is long, so even I might be covered when things get messy! One of my sweet students put it on so I could take a picture for my blog.

Art Club Pillows

Every year my art club at school makes pillows. I make the front panels with muslin fabric and sew cute fabric borders around the outside. The kids draw and color on the muslin center, then I add the back panel and they stuff and stich them shut. It is usually their favorite project. This would be a fun project for any kids, actually, adults too. I have tried many fabric markers, but this weekend I found fabric markers by Sharpie and I LOVE THEM!!!!! Here are some of the unfinished panels. I will try and remember to take pictures once the kids finish them.

Glider Chair Cushions

A few weeks ago I saw the neatest chair on the internet. I took a mental picture of it, but didn't note where I saw the chair. So today I started working on some cushions for an outdoor glider chair, and I searched high and low for the chair I had seen. I thought it would be so cute to do something similar. Here is what I came up with. I took some tea stained canvas and covered the old cushions. I had some beigh material, and I tore it in strips and used Sharpie fabric marker to write the text on the strips of fabric. I sewed the strips of material onto the canas, and then used embroidery floss to create the black lines. On the bottom cushion I sewed some burlap down on the canvas, and again sewed the strips of fabric down. The pillow was made from a round pillow form that I covered in burlap and canvas. I wrote the word agradecido in spanish, which measn grateful in english.

Little White Truck

I have seen little antique toy trucks used to hold business cards, plants, and even pin cushions. I bought a new truck and left it outside in hopes that it would rust and look old. Well, it didn't work. So the next best thing was to spray it with white primer. Not too bad!? I made some little blog cards and so I will use my truck to haul them around.