bark cloth score!

 YEAH BABY! I scored this vintage bark cloth quilt on eBay for $59 - are you even kidding me?!?!

Bark Cloth - do you know what it is? I bet you do and you don't even know it!

Think 1950's..... think Hawaiian, or tiki, or fun atomic prints..... on thick, rough, nubby fabric.

Bark Cloth!

It wears well, it feels so vintagy-good, and you can even find lots of reproductions now too.

I love how it looks on our bed, especially for summer time. And bark cloth is so CHEERFUL!

 You know what's so terrific about bark cloth? ANY kind of quilt, for that matter!

Not every square is made from the coolest, most gorgeous piece of fabric..... some are kinda ugly!

But put all of them together? And together they create a beautiful thing! So amazing!

There's a lesson somewhere in there, people!

Bring me some fresh pineapple and a ukulele please! :D

I make stuff

Like these *FUN* light switch and outlet covers!

Most items on today's post are previews of upcoming tutorials! Let me know what you'd like first! 

And yes, I've been very busy. It's called therapy in order to keep my sanity.

Let me eat cake!

Embellishing jeans - an ongoing project for me always!

Yep, I made this lampshade. Sometimes I scare myself. 

:)

I'm a bark cloth lover to the 3rd degree! This time I'm making A. MAZE. ING. pillows!

But I couldn't refuse this bark cloth quilt on eBay for $59! LOVE IT!

I FINALLY COVERED MY BOX SPRING! And it's the bomb.

and last but not least.....

Nope, I didn't make these, but I *AM* selling them! Land's End King Size Flannel Sheets/Cases

The pic doesn't do them justice - they're GORGEOUS! 

We slept on them one time and then gave up our old king size bed and purchased a queen.

So name your price and they're yours - I need them to go to a good home!

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Okay kids, let me know which craft or project you'd like to see first and I'll post it!

in the tiki room

HAH! I fooled all you Disneyland lovers!

Okay, I'm not really in the Tiki Room...

(though I would have no complaints about being there!)

... but I *did* have some requests to show the fabric I found!

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But first, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

My oldest son Daniel and his partner in crime Alissa CAME HOME!

That's right, those stinkers drove 10 hours without saying a word,

showed up at our door, and surprised & delighted the guts out of us!!!

Needless to say, we are having the best Thanksgiving weekend EVER!

I hope all of you dear readers had a lovely day too - 

I know this old world is having an awfully hard time right now...

but I do believe we still have so much to be thankful for :)

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SO. Back to my chairs and The Fabric I found!

Feast Your Eyes! Isn't it just TOO FUN!?!?

I've been looking for fabric to recover a pair of wing back chairs -

and I wanted to have some fun by turning them on their ear so to speak,

and use a cool, retro fabric to twist the stuffiness right outta them!

Nothing like zapping an old style chair to lighten and brighten it!

And to me, retro means bark cloth - a nubbyish fabric made popular in the 1950's.

It came in lots of styles and weights, from cottage roses to tropical patterns.

It also came in cool atomic and tiki type designs, which were very popular

with the mid-century modern wave of decor that was taking off in a big way.

 And that's exactly what I found! On eBay! YESSSSS!!!!!! 

This fabric is a reproduction, produced at the same mill where it was originally made.

I had a dang hard time choosing what color I wanted - it came in several!

In the end, I knew this would look amazing alongside my light tan leather couch.

We'll be getting the chairs back in a few weeks and I will post pics of course!

WHEEEEEE!!! :)