Thursday, July 1, 2010

Happy Canada Day!

After going for a walk with my husband this morning after breakfast, I decided to do a little sewing. I purchased an antique sewing stool from Jacqui a while ago and wanted to recover it. I have a whole drawer full of selvages that I have been saving for over a year and this was a perfect project to dig into them.
I cut out a fabric foundation the right size to cover the stool and started to sew. I tried to pick brightly coloured selvages and even found some with a quilting/sewing theme--very appropriate for a stool for my sewing room.






Here is my "new" stool with my grandmother's sewing machine.
And here is what is blooming in my garden...




Jacqui just made a selvage project too...take a look! I think I need to make one of these too!

12 comments:

  1. Happy Canada Day to you as well.

    love, love LOVE that selvage covered stool....FABULOUS!!!!

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  2. The stool is amazing. Who knew that selvages could make such a cool project.

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  3. Happy Canada Day! I live on a border town, so visit Canada quite freely.

    That stool is superb! Looks wonderful with the cabinet. Great job!

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  4. What a wonderful cover for that stool. I have an old piano stool and a bunch of selvege pieces....hmmmm. Now you have me thinking.

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  5. Wow, that turned out cool! Can I copy your idea? That would look so cool for my benches in the sewing room!! Not sure when I'll get to it, but would be fun!

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  6. it looks great. do you actually sit on it to sew? I have one of those and I upholstered it to match my dining room chairs and in a pinch, a kid sits on it. happy Canada day yesterday to you too!

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  7. Very nice! We quilters don't waste a thing.

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  8. Happy Canada Day! Love your newly covered stool! That photo just looks so inviting...beautiful stool to sit on and such a pretty machine to use....enjoy!

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  9. love your stool.....how awesome

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  10. Wow!! I love the stool - selvages are so perfect for it. I'd love to do that will my kitchen chairs - but will need lots of selvages before it actually can happen.

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