Why do I keep starting new things when I haven't finished the un finished ones yet?
Shirley finally came back from Ireland & we went thrifting again. We had a furniture moving day. She found a couple of antique twin bed frames she liked for her new home. After we schlepped all the pieces, 2 headboards, two foot boards, two sets of side rails, moved down a long driveway got it in the back of car - we also loaded up an antique Eastlake style platform rocker for me. Hard to believe we got all that in the back of her Volvo. Then she decided she didn't want the beds since there were no slats & we weren't sure how the mattress would fit so we took everything out of the car & schlepped it back down the driveway & back where it came from & put the rocker back in the back of her car again. We certainly got our exercise Beave. By the way I left a bag in the back of your car : ) Which gets me to the 100 yr old rocker that I brought home.
It was a deal but the upholstery was worn. I had only upholstered seat cushions in the past but this was a whole chair with fancy tacks. Last night I spent hours taking the top section apart, threads & about a gazillion small tacks. I auditioned several fabrics that I already had before buying something & came across a beautiful piece of brown background decorating fabric that I bought a few years ago & had enough for the chair. Do you like my run on sentences? I'm too tired to reword. Today I used the old top section for a pattern & cut a new top front & back. I put the new front on & hammered all those little tacks back in, cut a back piece, put stuffing back in & sewed that to the front. My fingers are sore & I'll wait a couple of days before tackling the next section.
Spool/spindle turnings
Little carving & dots in wood.
Ick ... 100 year old batting & nasty looking burlap. At this point I'm beginning to doubt my sewing hammering talents. At least the back is almost off. Just one more row of those mean little tacks.
More little carving & dots
Hmmm, am I going to be able to get those decorative tacks out without wrecking them? Where are my hammer & pliers?
Whew the front & back are done. Do you see the little aqua & pink flowers in there? Pink, aqua & brown is right in there with my favorite look. The fabric laying on the seat is the backside of the original fabric which actually looks pretty good.
The day before the chair I made a simple pillow case out of Jennifer P of Sis Boom fame's Flower Power fabric line. Some easy sewing.
Chair story - to be continued ...
p.s. Don & his pals are now in Alabama till Sunday.
