Patchwork Hassock Cover...Love!!!

 I'm not much of a sewer, but I can usually pull something together without a lot of complications and "old faithful" hot glue!

 It was over a year ago that I found this, 1970's, hassock at a thrift store for just $3.00 and I've been wanting to recover it ever since. Can you say "pro-cras-tin-ate?"

  
  Canvas and microfiber fabrics, cotton jute roping and a scripted stamp were the inspirations for creating my new ottoman cover.

So, I began with a pattern from plain printer paper...using the triangle shape, on the hassock, as a guide.

 Making it a tad bit wider, about 1/4" on two sides, with a bit more to hang down over the side.

 Six pieces were pinned and sewed by machine....then stretched and hot glued to cover the top.

 A circle of drop cloth got pushed underneath the big button.

 I measured eyeballed fabric slightly larger than the width of each triangle and a bit more to be adhered underneath.

Six panels were cut, alternating fabrics and the button was secured with jute and hot glue.

All six pieces were stitched, with right sides together, to form a circle.

Turning it right side out I then slid it over to cover the sides.

 The rough edges got turned under and carefully hot glued in place all the way around.

Jute, cotton roping, got hot glued around the edge and tied with a knot.

Not bad, but not quite done!

But, I decided that I wanted to add some of the thin, jute string to the seams that divide the patterns....so, off to Hobby Lobby I went.
 While I was there I came across this fun, new bling....strips of faux upholstery tacks and a new, great big button.

The button was just large enough that I could easily just cover it with the brown fabric and layer it, with hot glue, on top of the old one. I was afraid that if I removed the old one that I would lose that tufted look!

After adding more stamping to the canvas on the sides, adding the gold, stud trim and re-attaching the gold, caster feet ....

I think that "I'm in love!"

 Next up on my re-do/to do list.....replacing the plaid valances that came with the house. I'm feeling plain canvas with that gold, tack trim!

   Love, Hugs and Kisses,
JP

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Our Fall Pumpkin Family

Blue skies and the perfect day for making our "pumpkin family." 
Thankfully, I had my honey to help me!

Old, orange, faded pumpkins were given a "facelift" with some white, spray paint and an assortment of posts, for their frames, await them.

My "helper" drilled holes into wood blocks (to insert the main post into, to hold their frames) then screwed them inside their "hollow" heads. 

  We used black electrical tape to secure the "arms" to their bodies, just about where their shoulders should be. Duct tape or rope would been a better option but, what we chose was just handy!
A, shorter, cut of wood was used on the "pumpkin daddy" for his "hips."  He needed something to hold his pants up!

Waiting to "get dressed!"

Here they are at our driveway entrance all decked out and enjoying the sun!

Can you spot the difference between these two pics?

The second pic was taken today, almost 3 weeks later!

Since the opening in the kids heads was smaller than the others my honey decided to go the easy route and mount their blocks on the outside.

They still look cute!

Oh, and don't make my mistake and use thin dowels for arms....I broke hers while getting her dressed!

Now, thank you for stopping by to check out my post and especially to my party hosts and new, friends for following!

Love, Hugs & Kisses 

to my family and friends,

JP 

 

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