Spring Bedding :)

Hello to my fellow bloggers after a very long time. I am back with new ideas and brand new projects. I am looking forward to have fun with you all.....
So, this week I sewn my bed sheet set. It is very colorful...... very odd for my taste. There is always first for everything. This is my first bold take on bedding.

These are the two fabrics I have used.

This is how it turned out.

Another View

You will be asking why did I choose this bright color and bold print. It is officially spring but it still as cold as February. I just wanted to bring the spring vibe in my bedroom. Surprisingly it did change my room, it looks brand new and lively again. Enough about me........

So you gies are ready to have fun yet???

Big question is how and what did I do? Does it look and work like the store bought ones? The answer is yes. The pieces are:

1. one mattress cover

2. four pillow cases

3. one flat sheet

For all the pieces I bought 7.5 yards of fabrics. The fabric is 100% cotton about 600 thread count.

Total cost for fabric is about $35.00.
Instructions on how to make all the pieces can be found on this page bellow:

http://www.alternative-windows.com/beddingindex.htm

Good luck with your new bedding. If you need any help feel free to ask me.
leave me a post or contact me at khalytory@gmail.com

Khaly Tory

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Paper Roll Wall Flower

I use lots of paper towel. This time I kept the inside rolls. First I pressed rolls flat then cut them in small pieces. When cut each piece looked like a leaf. I arranged them in floral shape. Hot glue-gun was used to put them together. Finally, I painted the piece in antique golden. After painting, edge of each leaf still look rough as it can be seen in the picture. I intend on putting it up on the wall as it is.

Paper rolls

Before Painting

After Painting

This has been a very easy and fun project for me.

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Sunburst Mirror

I have always wanted a Sunburst Mirror. I never bought one because copper made ones are pretty expensive and $20.00 ones look chip. This time I decided to do it myself with $10.00.

This is my inspiration. It can be bought at amazon for $327.88.

My own piece.....

Accessories I bought are:

a. 2 packs of bamboo sticks for $2.00

b. 1 mirror for $1.50

c. 1 spray paint for $2.69

d. Decorative embellishments: I already had them

The picture above shows my preparation that I made a paper template of the mirror, and divided the bamboo sticks in three groups and marked them with marker. Paper template of the mirror was folded to determine the number of sections and their size. Then they were transferred on the back of the mirror using a soft pencil. Measurements had to be very precise. Bamboo sticks were marked in three sizes that the shortest one shown in the pictures had to go deep compared to the longest one.

Then I started to glue bamboo sticks to the mirror using my glue-gun. I glued then each section at a time. Old  CD was used to support the sides. I left it over night to dry.

Closer view of the glued center.

Closer view while painting.

Next morning I painted with spray paint in antique gold color. While spray painting I covered the mirror with foil paper. I did 3 coding of paint on front and back. Between each coating of paint I gave three hours to dry. I decided to paint the back because some areas from side and back are visible from front.

View after painting.

Finished product.....

I left it for rest of the day and then glued decorative embellishments using glue-gun. I thought this part would be easy, but it was the most tedious of all. Using hot glue-gun on small parts is not very easy. By the way all the small parts are made of cupper. Also measurements between each had to be exact.

Another view....

Closer view.....

                            

Final View on the wall.

To hang it I used a simple string tied it with two sticks across.

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