More yellow chairs

We moved into a bigger house, and that meant we could get a bigger dining table! We found one second or third hand at a reasonable price, but the chairs looked a little sad, and couldn't compare to the comfort of our old ones. Nothing that can't be fixed! 

As with last time, there were SO MANY staples to remove from the bottoms of the chairs to get the cover off, but a few hours in front of the TV and the transformation was complete! 

I went to Clark rubber with one of the wooden bases and got foam cut to fit the chairs, for 6 chairs it was about $80. 

The old foam was quite thin and worn 

It's okay- the new foam will fix that! 

My first one needed to be undone and redone as it was too tight and pulled unevenly. 

Here they are! I love them! They brighten up the room so much! 

I still need to get more fabric protection spray (you can use the stuff that is designed to protect shoes from the weather) to reduce the likelihood of stains, spray on according to the instructions and let it dry, too easy! 

Next, some purse sewing!

Have a great day!  

Welcome back!

It's been a shamefully long time since I came and blogged! Much has happened since October! 

I'd like to be a more regular blogger, so I will attempt to get into routine to ensure I've got something to write about at least once a week. And so I remember to write. 

Today, I'll share a photo I took from the plane when I was coming home to Hedland on Friday. 

Happy Sunday, God bless! 

Arts Summit

Today was the last day at work for two weeks! YAY!
Next week we are off on an exciting adventure to the middle of WA - Kalgoorlie!
What is it, You may ask, that we adventure to this great land for? Why the Regional Arts Australia Summit! Days upon days of people from all over the arts world, gathering in one place and sharing their incredible knowledge. I must say I'm pretty excited. 

I've never been to anything like it before, and as a result I am a bit nervous, what will it be like? Who will I know? Who will I talk to? What should I wear? 

But I know once I'm there it'll be amazing. And Brad has helped me choose some dresses from my wardrobe that he thinks will be awesome conference attire, he's pretty awesome. 

I am hoping that when I get back from the conference I'll be really pumped up and motivated to produce some incredible art works- it's been a while since any inspiration took physical form. 

I'm also looking forward to hearing about the way that regional artists market themselves and their work. 

To "celebrate" the occasion, I've signed up to Twitter, apparently everything at conferences is in Twitter. So I'm @jacquicopeman on Twitter if you feel the desire to follow 

How many sleeps until Christmas??

The count down is on! And more so because I want to make most of my gifts this year! I've made my list, I'm checking it twice... Hopefully I'll have the right bits and pieces for everything I want to make. I've got a few trips away over the next couple of months, and then my family is celebrating Christmas in the second week of December... Which is even sooner! 

The to do list involves:

Sewing purses and bags

Sewing a blanket

Sewing scarves 

Sewing table linen

Painting

 And working out what else I need to get for the remaining friends and family! It's not easy! 

But all that is really important is that the Saviour was born. And as long as we remember that, none of the rest of it matters! 

Grow little garden!

My tomatoes are coming along great guns! The plants aren't very big, but there are lots of big green tomatoes! The chillis are going red, the snow peas that died have self seeded and there are tiny seedlings growing in that pot, which now also houses one of the little tomato seedlings that survived the dog pee attack! 

There is a second capsicum plant that is actually growing capsicum, rather than banana peppers, and the chameleon rose has 3 more buds! 

DIY!

I wasn't overly fond of the dining chairs we bought second hand. They were in good condition, but not very pretty. 

It's taken me almost a year to get to this stage, but I finally took to them with a screw driver and pliers, then a staple gun. I am very happy with the results! 

Removing staples 

Stapling! 

After and before... 

Not quite finished here... 

I think they look amazing! 

And the Orange table cloth isn't bad ;)

This morning I've been working on another project that seems to have been going on forever, the Prayer Board. 

I've printed, traced, ironed, cut, re-cut and placed... Next will be a touch of glue and a LOT of handsewing, followed by affixing fabric to board! 

I'm still working on exactly where the words should sit. 

The prayers will be written on cards and put in yellow envelops like the one in the picture above. They will be pegged with pink pegs that are attached to the board by magnet. 

I'm really excited to get this finished! It'll add colour to the room as well as reminding us to pray. 

I've also attached the hooks back onto the wall hanger thing that I painted yellow. I believe now I need to get some green things and a drill so it can be screwed into the wall! 

 

Sneaky plants!

My plants are sneaky! Here's what they were hiding yesterday. 

Capsicum?? 

(This plant came from the same punnet..) 

I spy a carrot! 

And a tiny little tomato!