Beauty Update

An update on my "new" chairs. I stripped all the old fabric and batting off and painted them this beautiful cream color. I added new webbing and foam and they are ready for the batting to smooth them out and then  new upholstery fabric. Love the fret work on both.

Before with the burgundy upholstery.

After-stripped, painted and ready to cover.

Before-this one had another layer of upholstery underneath. I was going to try and save it but when I took off the first layer the seat was torn and threadbare.

After-stripped, painted and ready to cover.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder....

Schools out and my list of summer projects continues to grow and multiply. We painted the living room, entry way and hall and are in the process of updating and redecorating. I stumbled upon  a couple of chairs at our local antique mall and loved the shape and the bones were good so I decided to recover them. I have done some upholstery in the past but it has been awhile. Here is what they look like right now.

Chair one-I love the cane work on the side panels and the legs bu that burgundy has to go!

Tufted back. The recover will not have this.

The springs under the foam and batting are still in good shape.

Chair two-Again, love the cut work on the sides.

Stay tuned for more.

Steampunk

Just finished up a new steampunk mini album. I was lucky enough to locate a Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante 12 X 12 paper pack and decided to make another policy envelope album. The new Graphic 45 Steampunk paper is great but I really love the "old" line. Lots of pictures. This will be available on my etsy site

https://www.etsy.com/shop/fabricfriend. Thanks for looking.

Close up of the charms on the front of the album. They include a clock face, Chinese coin, trinket tag. and three bead charms that I made.

Lovely cover with fussy cut images from the line and 3-d embellishments. I put some fuzzy trim on the binding and a few metal findings.

Page One

Tag for page one.

Page Two has a flip up in the middle.

Flip up with a transparency.

Page Three

Tag for page three

Page Four

Page Five

Tag for page five

Page Six

Page Seven

Page Eight

Page Nine

Flip on on page nine

Tag for page nine

Page Ten

Tag for page ten

Travel Mini

Just finished this super cute mini travel album. I have had the paper for a while (like a year) and just got around to playing catch-up now that school is out! I have it listed on my etsy site  https://www.etsy.com/shop/fabricfriend so if you are interested take a look and let me know. The book consists of four heavy chipboard pages with numerous pockets and minis. Measuring 7" x 5". Lots of space for photos and memories.

Front Cover-Ticker tape at the top with train/rail schedule at the bottom. Airplanes fly in be tween. Three ring binding with ribbon and metal charm embellishment.

Page One-Mini book decorated with trains. and metal spiral clip.

Page One Flip-up has a place for photos/journaling.

Page Two with a pull-out mat in the pocket.

The back is a postcard.

Page Three fold out

Page Four with mat and pull-out mini book

Four page mini-book

Page Five-Two mini books

Page Six-three page fold-out

Back Cover with pocket

Altered File Folder

Ladies Dairy Altered File Folder

Just finished my Ladies Diary altered folder.

Cover-Features a Ladies Diary die-cut embellished with gems. The folder was sewn and the edges are covered with fabric strips that are sewn on.

Page one has a belly band and a pocket. Page two has a pull-out photo mat and pocket.

Page three has a pull-out photo book and pocket. Page four has a belly band and pocket.

Back cover

Altered File Folders

Altered File Folders

I just completed two altered file folder mini's using Graphic 45 mixed with some other papers and embellishments. The first features the Steampunk Debutante Line. Both are made using a standard size manilla file folder. Measures  4 1/2" wide by 8 1/2" tall. The pockets measure 3 1/4" tall. Lots of  embellishments both 2-D and 3-D.

Cover-Graphic 45 paper with Tim Holtz embellishments and Washi tape. Closes with a ribbin and torn fabric tie.

Page 1 has a flip open photo mat embellished with Tim Holtz film strip at the bottom. The pocket is embellished with a tag and Steampunk Debutante paper. Page two also has a pocket with 3-d embellishments.

 

Flip up on page one.

Pages 3 and4 both feature pull-outs. Page 3 a decorated photo mat that has a space on the back for a photo. Page 4 features a pull-out book for photos.

Pull-out photo book.

Front and back covers.