Shabby Chic; Volume III

emma_kate

Wow! That's so cool. I did not know machines can do blanket stitch! What is your machine?

hmo

emma_kate wrote: »

Wow! That's so cool. I did not know machines can do blanket stitch! What is your machine?

hi thank you i have a Brother MS6NT it has 60 stitches all nice but to be honest most of which I don't use but I like the blanket stitch on appliqu!. I lengthened the stitch to balance out the size of the letters.

Pooky

Love the cushion HMO, gorgeous.

Emma Kate, lovely table transformation, very pretty but understated.

My floor is nearly finished (pics in the usual place) I love it, I keep going out and sitting on it just to feel how lovely it is. Need to hire a big sander this week to get it ready for varnishing (not looking forward to that hit with 5 cats!)

emma_kate

That's lovely flooring! Are you sure you need to sand it? Those industrial ones are very powerful and leave gouges in your floor if you don't do it right. I'm very concerned you will lose your flat finish and get a rippled effect. Can't you leave it and just varnish it as is?

mitziliz

hmo wrote: »

cushion I've made today for my daughters room to go on the old chair i posted recently, she has now decided after seeing it against my white chair she does want to paint her chair, heres a close up and a few more on my blog i used a blanket stitch on my machine to sew it to the white fabric which i bought in ikea this week the pattern fabric is fat quarters i bought off the net.

Gorgeous! I like the Blanket stitch around it, will have to check to see if my machine does it.

Pooky

emma_kate wrote: »

That's lovely flooring! Are you sure you need to sand it? Those industrial ones are very powerful and leave gouges in your floor if you don't do it right. I'm very concerned you will lose your flat finish and get a rippled effect. Can't you leave it and just varnish it as is?

No, it does need sanding, it's not fully even and it's far to rough to varnish. It needs to be wheel chair proof for DH so needs to be as even as possible.

I've used the big sanders before without issue so should be ok. (famous last words!)

emma_kate

Pooky wrote: »

No, it does need sanding, it's not fully even and it's far to rough to varnish. It needs to be wheel chair proof for DH so needs to be as even as possible.

I've used the big sanders before without issue so should be ok. (famous last words!)

HaHa! So have I! We ended up with ripply floor boards! Good luck with it!

waughc01

I have an old metal singer sewing machine metal stand that has been out in my gargen for about 5 years, it has started to rust. I would like to make this into a table. The stand is not completely rusty, so the advice i am looking for is how do i remove the rust and what prepartions do i need to do. This table will be for inside my house.

Chris25

Pooky wrote: »

My floor is nearly finished (pics in the usual place) I love it, I keep going out and sitting on it just to feel how lovely it is. Need to hire a big sander this week to get it ready for varnishing (not looking forward to that hit with 5 cats!)

just had a look at your homepage Pooky, floor will be beautiful.

I love this pic of 2 of your cats

Poppy_Golightly

This is my resprayed vegetable rack now home to my crochet yarn.



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