Monday, February 23, 2015

Ottobre Design: #24 1/2015 Jeanie Skirt


Eleanor recently wore out her last pair of jeans (plus they might have been a tad short) and since she is allowed to wear jeans on Fridays at school, I decided I should probably make her a new pair.  I made myself a pair a little while back and had some leftover fabric.  Unfortunately, it wasn't quite enough for pants, but it was enough for a skirt.


I used #24 from the latest kids edition of Ottobre Design, 1/2015.  It was a rather fast sew and turned out so cute.  It has an elastic waist, faux fly, pockets with flaps that snap closed, and topstitching. 


 The only changes I made was to lengthen it a bit and use a fun pansy print for under the pocket flaps.





Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Chandelier Update

When we got our new house I was super excited, because I got to have a chandelier.  After removing a wall of mirrors and painting it just didn't show up as much as I would have liked, plus from the start I wanted to paint it.  After Christmas, I finally got around to doing just that.  

One of the house listing pictures
Gold before painting
I used Modern Masters Metallic Paint in Pewter and it took two coats.


I love how it turned out.  It shows itself off so much better now.