Showing posts with label faux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label faux. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Faux Chenille Baby Blanket
Faux Chenille Baby Blanket
My sister-in-law is having a baby next month (so excited!!) and last night was her baby shower. I had decided months ago to make her a faux chenille baby blanket (found on Pinterest, of course), but I waited until the last minute to order my fabric, and then the fabric arrived late! Such is life, sometimes. So 3 days ago when the fabric arrived, I busily got to work, and Im pleased to say I finished it in time! I even had extra time to make some tiny baby mits and a stretchy lightweight gauze swaddling blanket to go along with it.
I used Aesthetic Nests tutorial for the blanket, and highly recommend it! The directions were thorough and the pictures great. This blanket is actually really easy to make, it just takes a lot of patience sewing and then cutting all those lines! Here is how mine turned out!
The front: Sparrows in Vintage Yellow by Joel Dewberry. I used matching yellow thread. This blanket is a square measuring about 36", and I think its the perfect size for a baby!
This is what the chenille looks like before you wash it. I used a pale butter yellow flannel for the top layer, medium gray in the middle, and dark gray on the bottom. At this point, I was thinking, "is it REALLY going to make a huge difference, washing and drying it?"
I made my own bias binding out of medium gray cotton. I am relieved that all my colors match, since I picked everything out online! I did rounded corners, which I think is really cute for a small baby blanket.
This is what it looks like when it is done washing and drying! Look how pretty and crinkly the front and binding is, and the rows of ruffled chenille on the back... wow!!
More views of how the chenille turned out. I love how you can see each of the three different colors of flannel that I used!
I really like how this blanket drapes, too. It is a thick blanket, but folds and drapes like one layer of fabric, if that makes sense! Much different than a quilt.
The chenille hid any mistakes I may have made on the binding, thats a nice extra!
One last picture of the luxurious fluffiness. I cant wait to make one of these for my baby! He already has plenty of blankets, but I dont think one can ever have too many handmade blankets... do you?
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Sunday, January 29, 2017
Faux Wood Doors
Faux Wood Doors
Way before Christmas, just as it was getting to be crisp and cold outside, I faux painted a clients doors to look like wood. They had recently bought metal doors and wanted a treatment to look like a high quality, rich wood.
My clients live out in the country, and the exterior of their house is sort of like a cabin. The interior of the kitchen, where the doors are, is a more traditional look which I blogged about here. (I did a lot of glazing work for them two years ago)
Heres a photo:
Its actually all finished being decorated in there now, but I dont have a completed photo.
Anyway! The doors used to look like this:
Then they bought new ones.
They were metal and pre primed in a tan color. They were similar to this:
My client wanted a darker, richer look on the inside:
I really wish I had the before pictures (they were on my old phone) because it was such a huge difference, but we really achieved that rich look. I use a faux painting product called Stain and Seal then a high-quality sealer to finish it all off. It really looks like stained wood!
For the outside of the doors, it was more of a blending of styles. My clients husband had picked out the cedar style house, and she and him were compromising with the door. So, we decided the color should be darker in contrast to the house, not as red, but not as dark and rich as the inside, because it wouldnt match the style of the exterior.
We were going for the color of the darker grain on the wood logs.
we were really happy with the result color.
heres an upclose shot so you can see the detail:
When I do these projects, I mix my "stain" color by hand to achieve the color Im going for. My client was really curious about the stain color, and I told her - its not like Minwax stain or something, where you buy one color and rub it on. It is more like paint, where you can be VERY specific about the color you want; mixing it all by hand.
I painted the trim and the door jamb too.
Its crazy the difference this made. I REALLY wish I had those before photos.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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