Vintage Lace Upcycle -Tie Dye Look

Move over friends . These are not your grannies stained old laces ANYMORE!  

I love the bold brights of these pretties.

So, I keep going through my stash to get myself cleaned out and more organized but inevitably there is just a new project because I can't just toss things. 

Here, I have a few stained vintage laces. Can I hide the stains with these dyes? Let's see.

In the pic you can see that I am getting ready to use those dyes and inks.

This was just a fun little experiment . I simply wet the lace and gently wrung it out. Next, I laid it out on my studio table and began to add various inks and dyes from my collection. Additionally , I used a mist bottle to spread the ink and lighten certain areas. I was able to spread ink by smushing, you know what I mean, smushing the fabric together to get the ink into other parts of the lace. Now, I do not know if this is washable. I do not know if it will bleed. I do know that I love it and plan to find a way to use this in my décor or artwork. 

Stains covered.

I hope you enjoyed.

With love and gratitude,

Michele

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Shabby Upcycled Quilt Flower Coasters -Thrifting Bohemian #Upcycle #Quilts #Fabricart #Thrifting

Let me show you how I used a king size quilted sham to make  shabby chic flower coasters for my home. 

This was a very satisfying project. One, because I thrifted the sham for only $1.00 at a thrift store, two, because these look so charming being used in the home  and three these are clearly one of a kind.

I drew, on cardboard, a basic flower shape in the size I wanted for these coasters. Then I cut out the shape to use as my template.

From there I traced my pattern onto the double thickness. (Yes, I used a pencil but these get washed to get a shabby edge, so it's perfectly fine.) Remember these need to be thick to withstand the heat.

Then cut and pin together to get ready for sewing.

I stitched a 5/8"seem edge around the entire flower leaving that edge raw for taking on some fray in the wash.

Stitched

And washed and frayed looking perfectly shabby.

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With love and gratitude,

Michele

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Packaging Box Upcycle

I love this idea and can't wait to use it more often. It is not my original idea. I watched someone on Youtube make one. It may have been #CanterburyCottage, #OurGreenAcres  or  #OurUpcycledLife. If I can credit them properly, I will get that updated here.

I had volunteered to bring a gift basket of all my home made goodies to a Christmas party. Looking around my stash I found this box and remembered I could paint it (video I saw). 

So I gave it a quick coat of chalk paint. Then I searched around for a piece of hardware to add to the front of the box. This is what really stuck with me. It really adds a little something different and I could use up some of my hardware stash. Hello I'm an upcycler. It's dangerous.

I put two holes in the box for the screws and attached the hardware and then secured it better with a layer of hot glue.

I lined the box with fabric from my stash. This is easy and doesn't have to be perfect. Cut a piece of fabric as long as the circumference of the box plus an inch or two more and as tall as the box plus at least 3-4 inches. Starting in a corner fold down a hem and adhere it to the top corner.

Now line the top of the box with a few inches of glue and continue adhering the clean finished edge, (folded hem), around until the box is lined. 

Cut a piece of cardboard to fit inside the bottom of the box. Now cover that with fabric. It's easy to do this by using hot glue.

Lay that inside the box . This pulls all the fabric from the sides and makes them looked more finished.

Once you do this, the lining is complete. 

I added a shabby bow.

And then stuffed it full of creative gifts. Mostly with a Coastal theme.

 A mermaid ornament , a mermaid oyster shell, a seashorse switch plate, a vintage moon mixed media bookmark  a gift tag amixed media tag , a Christmas door hanger 

Just a little holiday fun. Hope you found some inspiration. 

With love and gratitude,

Michele

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