My latest and second attempt at a DIY furniture piece has been a cute little telephone table I found at a local op shop. I liked its lines and wanted a table for beside the lounge for magazines and a cuppa 
. Here are the before and after shots. I love how it turned out. The process involved taking it apart and sanding it back a bit, painting with ESP, painting with a semi-gloss paint in 3 coats, then putting it back together. For the seat, I pulled the old fabric off, washed the inner foam, and re-stapled the new fabric over the cushion and put it back onto the seat. Here are the pics
Before
During before paint
During painting
Finished seat covered
Finished side table
xx Sanch
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Ohhh, its always exciting getting a parcel in the mail. My latest one was some beautiful fabrics I ordered from Amber at Fresh Fabrics. Now I just have to work out what fabric to make into which project .
xx Sanch
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Lately I have spent some time sewing some shorts for my lil man. He is slim and so regular size 2-3′s don’t fit him very well. I usually have to get pants with adjustable elastic in them, but the legs are still really wide so they swim on him. So this was my first attempt at doing a pattern off a pair of shorts he currently has and sewing them up. They are easy, no side seams, elasticated waist and I made them out of fabric I already had just to see how they turned out. For a bit of fun and with lil man’s help I also did a monster applique on a t-shirt he had, gave the monster button eyes and called him “Gutterman” after the Gutterman brand sewing thread, not a monster that lives in the gutter . Also for anyone interested I did the shorts via this tutorial. Although that is a 10 minute trouser tutorial I do recommend actually taking the time to overlock seams and sew in elastic rather than just tying a knot, then you can have a pair of pants that look professional rather than home-made and survive multiple washes and wears. Here are some pics .
xx Sanch
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