AMANDA'S BASKETS: DOLLHOUSE COTTAGE SOFA...

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

DOLLHOUSE COTTAGE SOFA...

Well, the heat hit NYC this week - in the low 90's - which looking at some of the places in our nation isn't all that bad. Nevertheless, I decided to take it easy and stay inside for my exercise, etc. Been listening to Pandora rather than the news. I needed to take a bit of a vacation...even if it's only for a couple hours.

Remember my dollhouse cottage furniture?

I took time to have fun with the sofa. First I covered it with a couple layers of felt and then I covered it with fabric.

I tried a gathered skirt but felt it took too much space in the living room so I went with an airy lace trim instead. I also made a couple pillows...

This is what it looks like in the living room of the cottage...

Well, enough fun stuff...it's back to work. I am now working on the second workshop for Empire Quilters. Actually, that's a lot of fun also.

Stay cool...
Thanks for dropping by...
Talk to you later...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.