Tadah! I did it! I made lampshades for lamps that hubby made us 20 years ago! If you’re wondering how to make lampshades, there’s a website for that! I Like That Lamp has all the materials you need to make your own, plus tutorials on how to do it. I’m quite happy with how these… Continue Reading
I’ve seen some beautiful lampshades out on the internet and decided that I wanted to try my hand at making some for my bedroom! Here are a couple of pieces of Essex (which is a cotton/linen blend) fabric I’ve dyed to make a pair of lampshades: I’m excited to see how easy or hard these… Continue Reading
We’ve had some fabulous weather here in Redlands! A little over a week ago I was dyeing curtain panels in my backyard: I really LOVE how dark my newly painted bedroom is now! If you don’t know, I have a series of self-paced online classes (that don’t have an expiration date) where you can… Continue Reading
One of the things I indigo dyed last Sunday was a piece of linen for a new bolster pillow for my bed. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out! Next up – a quilt for the wall above my bed! Continue Reading
Well, I’ve been quite productive so far this month!!! I’ve needed new curtains in my bedroom for several months, so happy to have that off the list! June Goals Wonky Tree Quilt Pattern June 8 100% New curtains for our bedroom! June 30 100% Teach FMQ Class in June June 18 66% Paint Bedroom June… Continue Reading
Tadah!!!! My bedroom is painted in a lovely light grey – Benjamin Moore’s “Classic Gray”. The curtains are hung on a “French” curtain rod (I bought this one from Target, I actually had to buy two so I could have 2 supports, sigh.) This type of rod is curved at the corner so the curtain… Continue Reading
I’ve been hard at work on sprucing up our bedroom! In my last post, I shared pictures of the 3 curtains that I was dyeing, I used zip ties to give a few stripes to the portion of the curtain that would lie under the window (SO much easier than tying it with string!!!!) Here’s… Continue Reading
I’ve been dyeing a lot the past week, trying to get caught up on some long delayed projects! First off, I’ve got to dye my web guru Mary a purple couch slipcover, so I started with dyeing some swatches: I was trying to get close to that bottom piece of fabric, no go! So a… Continue Reading