This is how the back looks with the two broad bands of ribbons attached. The bands will be covered with red felt as soon as I can get to a fabric store to get some.. The extra layer of felt will make the blocks even more rigid. The last step will be the extra embellishing on the front with gold stuff. I did run into an irritating problem with the gold ribbon for the binding. It really wanted to unravel and I should have left extra length when I cut it... It will be covered with the felt when done and on the back so not too noticeable...
Ran across this picture on the internet today and it made me really want to paint something... I have painted just about everything in my house....
Remember the Victorian sitting bench I made for the dogs to look out the window? Well it hasn't been painted yet. I think I will get DH to help me carry it outside to spray tomorrow. I would love to do it all up with lace besides but not too practical for dog furniture.... maybe a little lace...
And then there was my work stool I wanted to cover with lace like this ....again not to practical... I'm going to compromise on this one and cover the seat with some quilted material and just trim it with lace. We have had weeks of weather near or over 100 F so inside projects are coming to my attention..
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5 comments:
your Christmas piece is so beautiful. What a lovely collection of lace you have, spoilt dogs with their own bench and now you are going to paint it, I presume not like the piece of very decorated furniture
What a lot of work on those square blocks! Love all the textures. ; )
Your Santa blocks are wonderful! Great idea. I can see why that chest you found on the internet makes you want to paint. I don't paint and it make me want too!
I love your Christmas book. I was wondering how you treated the back. We are hot up here too although closer to 90 than 100. I don't even want to think about living in the same house with DH if it gets that hot. Can we say cranky! Today I get to bring home my little green Singer 185K. The motor was heating last weekend at quilting so my friend's DH took it home to check it out. The only thing he could find was that one of the brushes had slipped but he didn't think that would cause the heating problem. So today I'm going to try it out and see if it does it again. I'm sure hoping although I would get a new motor for it if I had to. Its my very favourite machine for piecing quilts.
oooh boy - that lace chair is drop dead gorgeous but it certainly wouldn't work in my house. I just know I would slop coffee on it sooner rather than later!
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