Ava’s Car Seat Recovered

I nanny Ava, she is two years old and a blast.

The problem is every time her mom drops her off, she has to move the car seat from her car to mine.

I got the idea to check Craigslist.  I found a lightly used Cosco car seat.  It was in excellent condition.

I starilized the base and washed the cover and it looks good as new!   The only thing is that Ava is a little girl and this looks like a boy.  I wonder if I can make a cover for it?

I found some felt ( i got at a garage sale) and laid it on the car seat cover.  I pinned directly onto the seams and cut about 1/2″ around the pins.  Then i pinned the new felt pattern onto my fabric.

I placed the cut out pieces onto the chair and pinned them together.

I sewed them together and here is how it turned out!

Tada!  My new and improved Gingham Car Seat for my Ava.

Blue Velvet Reupholstered Louis XV Chair

My mother-in-law recently gave me this ugly, old Louis XV chair. I’ve been wanting to do an upholstery project. I looked for ideas on Apartment Therapy, which is an incredible resource. I decided to go with blue velvet.

Here’s the before picture:

Here’s the finished project:

Here’s how to do it:

Remove all of the brads using a tack lifter. Make sure to keep your hands behind the tack lifter, because its really sharp. Then remove all the staples. Removed the fabric off piece by piece. Take pictures and keep a log. It will help you remember how everything went.

Next start stripping the varnish off. Varnish Stripper is caustic, you don’t want any of it touching your skin. Spray it on, let it sit for a while and do its magic. When you notice the paint starting to peel away, then start scrubbing with a strong bristle brush. Once you’ve gotten down to the raw wood, lightly sand it. Make sure you get the last bit of paint off. Once you’ve finished sanding, wipe off the dust. Paint on 2 layers of primer within a few minutes of eachother. Let it dry. Then 2 layers of paint. Let that dry for 24 hours.

Use the pieces of fabric that you removed off the chair as patterns for what you will be cutting out. I used a compressed air stapler to staple the fabric onto the frame of the chair. Smooth out the piece of fabric across all the corners it will reach and staple at each corner, so you don’t end up short. Once all piece of fabric are stapled onto the frame, then you can start hammering in your brads.

Voila!!! Beautiful reupholstered chair. Like new again!

Crochet Earrings…

Here is a project I made up back in March 2006. I had seen a pair of earrings in Lucky Magazine and thought I would try to put my own spin on it.

You can find the how-to here on craftster.

Breast Friends Forever…

What do i think a Best Friend (aka bosom buddies) is? To me, a best friend is a person who loves me for who I am, who is there for me and who will ALWAYS be there for you no matter what. I feel that my sister, Jilly is my best friend. So it was quite comical when i was skimming through my google reader, this project popped up.

Breast Friends Necklaces – i followed the how-to and it was perfect!

I have never used clay before, so I decided to give it a try.

Here is how they turned out:

I made so many because i was paranoid that i might burn, break or lose a boob!

Here’s our story…

Two Knight sisters who live in Two different states, staying together via their crafts.

The original Knight girls