Scored @ thrift shop and recovered kitchen chairs. PICS

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lalaland said:
wow, that is a score! around here, a yard of yucky knit fabric all poly is like 2 bucks, your waveryly fabric would have been around $10. So nice!

and I like your rug in the background, the little round one. Did you crochet it?
The rug is a toothbrush rug. Way easy. I am working on another one that is darker.
 

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Wildsky said:
:thumbsup I just friggin spent $100 on fabric to cover our loveseat. It currently looks like it was pulled out a dumpster, full of rips and cat claw scratches. "bout time I recovered the junky thing, I'm tired of covering it with blankets.
I got one of those too. That is one of the next project AFTER the roof this week.
 

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toothbrush rug? gonna have to google that one. My dd made me a darling rug that looks similiar, just dif colors, out of sheets from the thrift store -

I'm going to tackle two dining chairs today, trying a strange fabric for windproof jackets. might or might not work, but hey, also spent 99 cents for it so I am not out anything.
 

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oh.my.gosh

that was a fabulous link - watched the whole thing, and am so pumped to go make a rug. There was a pic of a really big, really colorful one - can't wait to hit up a thrift store for fabric.

lol, just what I need is another project.

thanks for posting the link. or...maybe not thanks.....maybe darn it, look what happened, another obsession.....


off to the shed to convert some fencing wire into a tool for the rug
 

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I dropped by the nearby town's Salvation Army today. All clothing was $1.00. Since I want to learn to felt, I bought 2 wool sweaters and two large wool jackets. Now to disassemble and go on line to see how felting works. Woo hoo!

Been keeping an eye out for a felting tool, but nothing yet....
 

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Damummis said:
Wildsky said:
:thumbsup I just friggin spent $100 on fabric to cover our loveseat. It currently looks like it was pulled out a dumpster, full of rips and cat claw scratches. "bout time I recovered the junky thing, I'm tired of covering it with blankets.
I got one of those too. That is one of the next project AFTER the roof this week.
This is where I got my fabric - this time and for the couch I covered last year. Their prices are pretty good, they ship well, with the fabric on a roll.
http://www.newtoto.com/

If you can find remnants in big enough pieces in fabric you like, then its an extra bargain!!
 

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Damummis said:
lalaland said:
toothbrush rug? gonna have to google that one. My dd made me a darling rug that looks similiar, just dif colors, out of sheets from the thrift store -

I'm going to tackle two dining chairs today, trying a strange fabric for windproof jackets. might or might not work, but hey, also spent 99 cents for it so I am not out anything.
http://www.ragrugcafe.com/toothbrush-rugs-complete-video-instructions-part-1-beginners

This should help.
Thats awesome, I might try that with all the jeans I have lying around, I don't think I'd have very long pieces, but it should work... perhaps I can sew the strips together... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :D
 

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Cute chair! I have fabric seats on my kitchen chairs too. I covered the fabric with a layer of clear vinyl (same technique you did for your fabric) because I have little munchkins. Yeah, we're sitting on plastic, but at least all spills just wipe off. You can buy vinyl by the yard at fabric stores.
 
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