Star Wars Guys & a Chair done

Yesterday was one of those rare days. The limited amount of days that you get when your child plays nicely next to you and you can finish a project that should have been done a while ago.

My daughter watched Star Wars with my husband the other day and now she is hooked! Steve went and found his old Star Wars Guys(and Trains and GI Joe Guys) and they started playing with them. I had been meaning to finish this chair but somehow the summer flew by. Finally I just had to do it. So downstairs we went to play with "Dad's Star Wars Guys".

She played for hours with them and built towers like in the movie, and even built Darth Vader a house out of Mega Blocks. How nice... So I was able to get my chair done. Finally.

Sometimes you think you can just get something done really quickly, but it turns out differently... The back on this chair threw me a curve ball. I am used to working with conventional fabric and this one is Oilcloth, which just doesn't have the same amount of "give" as I'm used to. But after processing it for a few extra weeks I finally figured it out :)

You can see the before photo here.

Thanks Naphtali for the challenge! You can find her at Second Street Designs

Cushions

I have been working on a bunch of different projects lately. One of them that I had to get done pretty quickly were these cushions and pillows. The homeowner had a bench seat and storage for the mud room built-in and wanted something to protect the fancy wood and look nice at the same time.
He picked the fabric that matched up really well with the wood tones. The bigger pillows are stuffed with down. I have seen pillows like the little rectangle one and thought they looked cool. So I tried one & think it turned out nicely.

He already had the black pillow in the back for some added comfort.

New Project

My next project will be re-upholstering this chair for Naphtali over at Second Street Designs. I met her at a craft sale last fall and she makes awesome stuff, you should check her out if you haven't already!

You can see a hint of the white/red fabric off to the right side of the chair. She has picked Oil Cloth to re-do it in because it is going into her kitchen. She will paint all of the wood white after the upholstery part is done.

I will post the photos after my part is complete.