All New Shabby Chic Thread!

weezl74

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

http://www.farrow-ball.com/

there ya go...its hypenated cos theyre posh! Think the laura ashley eggshell I got was waterbased if thats any help...

yeah that's the one, but no colour called eggshell, only a finish? I thought someone said there was a lovely f and b colour called eggshell? or has it got a new name now?:D

In_Search_Of_Me

Dont rem that but there was a discussion about farror and ball matchstick but its a bit pinky? Linky here is all the cols of waterbased eggshell...

http://www.farrow-ball.com/ProductList.aspx?cid=PFIW&prop1=Water+Based+Eggshell&language=en-GB

oo look at this
http://www.farrow-ball.com/productdetails.aspx?pid=WFBP8001&cid=WPR&language=en-GB

and then hyperventilate at the price tag! HOW MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Butterfly_Brain

My Electric Sewing machine died this morning
I will have to get a new one ( Cheaper than having it repaired)
I think it had a nervous breakdown since I started to use it after such a long time.
But I have dug out my Grandmas old Singer hand operated machine and it works great and I am not using any electric!

EagerLearner

Hi BB - sorry to hear that - may it RIP, I'm suer it served you well! Sounds as if your Grandma's old Singer is the green and OS way to go for now... try popping an advert on Freecycle for your area, you never know!

I have finally done my dining table in shabby style - click my username to see the blog pics :beer:
I have it on Flickr but when I tried to show it using the 'insert photo' here on MSE, it came up with a red cross?

Gigervamp

I think having an old fashioned hand cranked or treadle machine is a good idea for when you just need to do basic stitching like running up curtains or cushions etc, so saving on the electric. Also, if you have a power cut and need to sew, you're still able to.

Not to mention that a lot of the old ones look very nice too! (Mine doesn't unfortunately. It's utilitarian grey metal with a red plastic base, but it works and that's the important thing!)

luxor4t

EagerLearner wrote: »

I have finally done my dining table in shabby style - click my username to see the blog pics :beer:

Lush table :T

I'm doing my chair this weekend :j
it looks like this, only 1,000,000 more beautiful (because it is blue with pink floral fabric) & without the pockety thing.

I promise a real photo once DS finally writes down how to download from camera to computer (and I find the leads ). I might make a pocket thing to hold my nice book ...once I've finished sanding.

In_Search_Of_Me

In_Search_Of_Me

There ya go the start of the quilt...3 lenghthways strips but onlyplaced next to each other...wont sew until all the strips are done...only about 17 to go!!

meanmarie

They look nice ISOM....bought some fabric squared in different colours in charity shop, might use them as the base for a quilt....whenever I get round to it...like a bit of handsewing now and again.

Marie

Metranil_Vavin

That's awesome ISOM! :T

This is the other patchwork quilt I have: