Author Archives: DivaDenise

Time for a Change - Part 3…Bias Cording/Welting

Today we’re going to be making BIAS cording/welting.  Bias because it doesn’t scrunch up around the corners of the furnitiure. If you’ve never done this before, you might want to try it a time or two using scrap fabric. Trust me, I’ve messed this up more times than I care to mention.
First, we’ll need:  Cutting [...]

Time for a change - Part 2 (Cutting the ottoman slipcover)

Diva Cheryl — if you ever get a chance to give this a try, let us know how it goes.
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Diva Vicki — Thanks for the pat on the head. Hopefully, these instructions will still be clear enough for someone to actually use!
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Ready, all?
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Got your fabric washed and dried?
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Found a flat surface? Have all your supplies [...]

Time for a change…

With the prices of furniture these days, I’ve taken to shopping for the “off” pieces at Goodwill, Savers or the occassional garage sale.  This time around, I needed a footstool for my office, so I managed to find a decent, solid piece that a friend of a friend was looking to unload. Unfortunately, it’s orange and [...]

And then the fog thickens…

As I’m tooling around the house today…that being the only connection between this rambling and the column…there are a bazillion completely useless questions flitting through the sieve I call a brain.  There’s probably no answers to said questions, but maybe the act of giving them ink will make them just…go…away…
Why is it, that on the [...]

Water, water everywhere…

Water : Pronunciation: \ˈwȯ-tər, ˈwä-\
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to Old High German wazzar water, Greek hydōr, Latin unda wave
Date: before 12th century (oh, that just figures)
1 a: the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is a major constituent of all [...]

And Something Different, House-Wise…

I recently stumbled onto the Point and Click Home site. I could spend days there and most likely will…once the wip is done.  But I had to share these slide shows with you – they were too awesome and some are just far too giggle-worthy to keep to myself.
 
Looking for something different in the way [...]

Our Economic Stimulus Check purchased a yard!!!

No, really, it did.
We live in the city…not just inside the city limits, but in town. Yes, we could wash our neighbor’s back if we had a long scrub brush. The houses are old…ours was built in 1942 and is relatively “new” for the neighborhood. I say that only because I know that my [...]

Flavor-of-the-month Bug

Oh, how I love the season of new growth…you know, spring and all its glory. New grass, bright new leaves, new flowers, new plants, baby animals. I can even deal with the return of the bees and wasps right now. Come summer I’ll be swatting and spraying, but right now it’s all good.
 
Except for one [...]

This, That and the other thing

A few months ago I bemoaned the fact that I couldn’t find Lee Relaxed Riders anywhere in town…then I found some at WalMart of all place.  Yeah, well, I won’t be rushing out for anther pair anytime soon. I came home from a meeting a weekish or so ago and the dh says, “You’re hanging [...]

Change in Seasons

Ah, spring in the Midwest. The yellows and purples of crocuses dot the flower beds. Daffodils peek up through the ground.  Grass and iris leaves start greening up. It’s a time when song birds build their nest 4 feet outside my bedroom window and sing merrily at 5 am…about half an hour before I go [...]