My chair remodel: continued

I hand stitched the front piece on (in green, bottom front of the chair) and then sewed the piping onto the floral pieces and stitched the arm covers to that and stapled it all in place. Also, I washed up the old fabric and reused some of the nicer looking pieces to make piping for the chair. I hadn't originally intended to do that, but it matches, and yay for reusing the old, right?


I added some padding to the arms and back and wrapped the back piece around and stapled it:


Now I'm struggling with getting the side panels on. I just can't seem to line them up straight enough for my liking. I studied my pictures of the original though and I think I've figured out how to fix it.


When I got frustrated with the side pieces, I started working on the seat cushion. Bit by bit, it's coming together!


This isn't the original vision I had for the chair, but this is stuff I found for 70-80% off, so I think I only spent around $11 on fabric for the chair. Go me :)

Edit: Shoot. I just realized that I forgot to put the gray panel on the back of the chair. I wonder if I can figure out how to get it back on there without having to rip the back apart and start over. *sigh*

My chair remodel!

I don't think I've posted my pictures of the chair progress...

Here's what it looked like when I got it. I cleaned it as much as I could, but the old fabric was just worn out:





First step, taking off the old fabric. This involves a lot of pulling and prying to get the staples out.





There are a LOT of staples in this chair!!



Here are some "gutted" shots.
Front:


And back:


Once I got all of the fabric off, I used it as pattern pieces on my new fabric. Snip! Snip!



I need to get some pictures of the next steps in the process. It's coming right along!

Super Nermal!!

So, the trip to the vet started with this:



The stupid cat scratched herself and then obsessively licked it until she rubbed a huge bald spot on her chest (It looks puffy in the pictures for some reason. It wasn't...just hairless! :P)

So, the vet gave her a shot and some cortisone cream. I needed to make something to keep her from licking it off though...and thus was born...the Super Nermal cape/bib!!



She was pretty good about it at first...




But then she tore off and tried to wriggle out of it. She only got it down to her belly though, so she pouted



She seems to be doing a lot better now, so all is well. Hopefully the fur grows back quickly so that she doesn't look so pitiful!

Guess what?

I just put our LAST car payment in the mail! Wheeeeeeeeeee! :)

Felt Book Progress

Yes, I'm STILL working on the kids' Christmas presents. I'm the worst nanny. *sigh*

Anyway, here's the progress on Elliot's book:

Pages in progress. I still need to finish the detail work on these:


Finished pages:


Here are some closeups:







And just a reminder, here are the other pages:

Elton John Party!

We went to our friends' Elton John party on Saturday.

Way...


Too...


Much...
Album #1

Fun!!
Album #2

New bike fixins :)

The latest additions to my bike riding

My pretty pink helmet (will eventually get some cute decals on it):



And my basket (can you see the mountains in the background? It's so pretty here...):



Isn't it cute? Just a plain ol' basket from Michael's, with ribbon hot glued on and secured to the handlebar with zipties.

Ideas?

We're supposed to go to an Elton John themed party on Saturday and costumes are required. Any thoughts for some cheap costume ideas? I was thinking about raiding Miss P's dress up box and swiping some boas and her star shaped sunglasses....any other thoughts?

New bike! New bike!

I've been using Jeff's old bike to get to work, but it just wasn't comfortable for me. Soooo, once our tax returns came in, we opted to get me my very own bike. Hooray!!

Sing with me now:
IIIII got a neeeeew bike! Iiiiiiiiiiit is a cuuuuuuuuuuute bike! :D

Full shots:




Closeups:
Cute leather seat. So comfy, and big enough for my bootie!


Main frame and front wheel:


Front wheel detail:


Back wheel details:




Detail of the bike seat:


And a cute little bell too! (We bought this separately)



Isn't it the cutest??? In case you can't totally tell, it's a pearly cream color and the pink accents are kind of salmon colored. I'm. In. Love!!!

Of course, it's ridiculously windy, so I didn't get to ride it like I wanted to when we got home. *sniff*

At long last!

I finally found all of my camera cords, so I finally present...pictures of my hair cut! :)

Before (I hadn't cut my hair in almost a year...I was one day short of a year, actually):


After (shorter and red highlights added!):




The pictures aren't the best. Sorry!

You can see the red more in direct light. I'll try getting a shot like that at some point, but it was a little tricky when I was taking pictures of myself. ;)

Anyway, I'm off to go bike shopping!!