Farmer's Market Lawn Chair

Good Thursday Mornin' !

I hope everyone remembered our veterans yesterday. I sure appreciate our service men and women. I have many in my family. 

It's been quite hectic around here lately and I haven't been able to squeeze time for blogging or posting. Things are beginning to settle down a bit and I have been up to some more crazy crafting and recycling. I thought I'd chair my renewed lawn chair with you.

This project started with the Ole' Man saying, "Hey you don't want this do ya? I'm getting ready to haul it off?"

and 

to that I said, "Yeah, yeah, I do!"

I began with the thought of just using chair binding, the kind that's kind of burlapy with the red in it. I have bottomed straight back chairs with it in the past. I've always been able to pick it up in the craft department at Wal-mart but not anymore, at least not at ours. I didn't have the notion to put a full blown hunt for it so I went with a different option.

I sprayed the frame with flat  black spray paint after removing all the screws. Then I attached this very natural fabric I already had. It needed a little something else so I used a stencil to put my farmer's market lettering on.

It was a little hap-hazard in the coming along but I enjoyed this little project and I think in turn I have a enjoyable little chair to pull out.

I appreciate you stopping by for a little visit.

Be Blessed!

Antique Fair in Mayodan

 

Saturday adventures brought me to Farris Park in beautiful Mayodan, North Carolina. The Festival was exclusively antiques. I had set myself a very meager limit for spending so mostly I was looking. Unless of course I saw that item I could not refuse.

 

There where so many wonderful items. Quilts, kitchenware, toys, trunks, and tobacco tins decorated the day.

 

So many great items. I could imagine this one in my kitchen.

nice mixing bowls

That's a lot of lard

There was a lot of really special stuff under the tent but one of the vendor

asked me not to take pictures in the tent. I thought that was a shame. After

all isn't a picture worth a thousand words.

 

 

Some friends for Jud

We had fun browsing and Sis bought a maddock handle but the day's young.

We're off to Autumn Creek Vineyard.

Come on you'll love it.

Primitive Cat On String

This is a re-post. 

I pulled these out the other day.

Their a little crazy but they make me happy to look at them,

so I thought they might make you happy, too.

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So  I was feeling a little crafty today. I am more of a do-it-yourselfer than artistic or crafty but that is what makes primitive crafts a good choice for me. I had been thinking of doing something featuring cats and this is what evolved. It's not a complicated so I just kind of winged it. I'm sure you can too. 

Here's my cats on a string. If you like another animal or shape as long as it's fairly simple it should work out fine.

First, I drew a simple cat head out of paper and cut it out.

Next, I selected the plaid flannel from my stash of clothe.

I thought the browns gave it an old feel.

Then I pinned my pattern to my fabric and cut two set.

The more I looked at the fabric I was convinced it didn't look aged enough.

That's when I took the leftover morning coffee and a teaspoon of salt along with my material; brought it to a boil and let it soak a bit.

When my clothe was dry; I sewed, stuffed and attacked the twine.

Miss-matched buttons added that crazy cat feel and voila!

My cats on a string.

Don't worry. Lack of perfection just adds to the whole primitive feel.

Thanks for checking out my DIY.

Have a blessed day.