Friday Fiber Tease....

How about some black and pink reclaimed silk, pink merino and silk fiber...This combo just reminds me of a poodle skirt...but rest assured this one is going to work up really cute.  I made a small one for my niece and need to get her to model it for me.

Thursday Fiber Tease

Another fiber combination....brown, gold and rust silks with a carded fiber bat in merino with natural color tussan silk blended...

Another Fiber Coordinate....

Rainbow of peach and pink silks.  Hand carded blend of salmon and coral merino with some salmon tussan silk.

Rainbow of reclaimed silks...

Part of the grueling prep work.  All cut out and sorted :).....

Coordinated Silks and Fibers

Printed silk chiffon overdyed teal to coordinate with tropical silk, purple merino fiber, tussan silk dyed chartruse and carded with the merino to coordinate with the reclaimed silk fabrics....got alot of prep work done this weekend :)

I'll be back soon....

Reclaimed silk chiffon...ready for????

Reclaimed Silk Nuno Scarf

1st in a series....made from reclaimed silk clothing...I love the ruffle :)

Curtains are up in the Lair!!!

Cushion is on hold....I've decide to use a zipper to enclose the cover so I've got more fabric to measure, cut and get ready for assembly.

I need to get to Charming Charlies and find a few necklaces as tiebacks!!!

2011 Crop pants on the cheap....

 I cleaned out my closet, boxing up winter stuff and taking out summer stuff, all while purging out stuff for Goodwill.  Looking at my summer pants I decided I needed a new pair of denim crop pants so I started surfing seeing what styles were out there, prices etc.  Well I came across these for $48.00.  SERIOUSLY!!!  All they look like to me are a pair of old jeans, cut off and cuffed.  And guess what?  I have a few pair of jeans that look good but have shrunk up in length (so I only wear them with boots)...but hey...what the heck....I'm going to cut a pair down, not sew the edge like the pictured pair and make me up some spring fashion from a pair of jeans that were destined for the Goodwill bag.  :)

 

Window Seat Cushion for the Lair....Part 1

Finally!!!...working a bit in the lair!!!....

Start with a 2" thick piece of the "good stuff" upholstery foam and wrap and glue with batting.....

Get that final seam nice and even...in my case, not necessarily straight but even :)

I decided to close off the raw seams by gluing a strip of silk chiffon over the raw seams...it worked like a charm!!!



And finish the end like wrapping a present....once it's dry (and the glue does stink!!!)...it's up to the studio for wrapping with the fabric!!!