DIY Woven Rag Rug

Turn your old bed sheets into a new Woven Rag Rug.   

I love the look, texture and colors!   Love this and can't wait to give it a try.   This technique would make lovely table placemats as well!

Here's the link at Craft Passion for the Woven Rag Rug Tutorial. 

Free Hanging Bed Plans - for a room shared by three.

Bumper Crop used Ana's free plans to make these awesome hanging beds!   If you haven't discovered Ana's woodworking plans you will be amazed at the success of hundreds of beginning woodworkers using her designs.   I love these hanging beds so much, I almost which I had 3 boys to put in them!

Free Plans

• Hanging Daybed at Ana's Site

Blogged at Bumper Crop's Site

• The Bumper Crop's 3 boys and 2 Room Hanging Bed (check it out for bedding and accessory information too).

Indoor Climbing Wall Idea

Thought I'd pass along this great idea for a kids playroom.   Found at Kajja.   Made of v shaped wood pieces.   Sand, paint and securely fastened with screws to the wall.   In new home construction it would be ideal to re-enforce the wall before installation.   Little boys especially, would love playing on this.   Read more at Kajja.   

(If you open this site in Google Chrome you will be able to translate it into english).

Handmade Rag Rug Tutorial

Years ago I found an eight foot circular, handmade Rag Rug for sale at a craft store.   It was beautiful, unfortunately, it was also sold.   Since then I have often thought it would be fun to try and make my own.   Today I finally found a free tutorial.   It looks easy and fun to do.   Luckily, I still have my collection of scrap fabric.  I'll be giving this a try.   Visit Sugar Bee for the free Video Tutorial.

diy Uncommon Valentine

I have fallen in love with this idea I found at Design Sponge  

What a great Christmas or Valentines gift.    

Simple and easy to make.

What you will need: 

One sheet of watercolor paper, any size you prefer

frame

vintage jewelry pieces, knick-knacks, keys, buttons, etc.

paper punch

colored paper

hot glue gun

black spray paint

Visit Design Sponge for the complete instructions

diy Crate and Barrel Collette Upholstered Bed

The Colette Bed at Crate and Barrel is a great looking bed!

I love it.   You can buy it for $1,599.99 or

 you can build it yourself. 

The blog -  A High Heeled Foot In The Door 

will show you how.

Supplies to make a Queen Size bed

Qty. 4 :  1"x10" fir boards.   Two of these - cut to  80" and the other two cut to  61 1/2"
              These will be the sides, head and footboards.

Qty 4 :    5/4" x 4"  (aka five quarter board) fir boards that are 80" long.
               These will be your side and center support boards.

Qty 1 :    2" x 4" cut to 80"   (this is part of the center support)

Qty 14 :   1" x 3" fir board cut to 60"   (These will be the cross rails that support the mattress)

Qty 1:     4' x 8' x 3/4" MDF sheet - cut to 61 1/2" wide (this will be the headboard)

Qty 2:     1" x 4" - cut to 60" (part of the lower supports)

Qty 2:     1" x 3" - cut to 60" ( part of the lower supports)

You will also need -  Four heavy duty corner top plates (see photo below),  Four legs of your choice,   3" nut and bolt (see photo below), a wrench,  a hammer, electric drill and screw driver,  nails, liquid nails, screws, a measuring tape, metal yardstick, jigsaw, sander, one queen size foam mattress pad, two twin size foam mattress pad, 6 yards fabric of your choice, staple gun and staples, paper to design the headboard template.

This is the finished bed

Estimated cost:

$ 200  - wood, hardware and legs

$ 45    - foam mattress pads

$ 25    - fabric (6 yards at 4.00 per yard)

Labor - 12 to 15 hours

Visit A High Heeled Foot In The Door for the photo tutorial.

diy Urban Outfitters Inspired Recycled Magazine Mirror

Urban Outfitter's is one of my favorite stores to shop with my daughter. 

There is a 70's retro feel which sends me back in time to memories long forgotten. 

Shoes and clothes I wore in 7th and 8th grade. 

Cool stuff that would look great with my Ikea collection.  

  

This recycled magazine mirror looks like something I could have picked up on my 

last visit to Gateway.   In fact I remember making paper beads, rings and chains

some time around 1975.   ( My sisters and I also folded gum wrappers into chains and

decorated our bedroom walls with candy bar wrappers.   Those were the days!

Thanks to Laura from Fleeting Thing and her easy-to-follow tutorial,

you and I can make an Urban Outfitters inspired, retro - recycled magazine mirror.   

I love it!   Inexpensive, easy and fun to make.

Visit Laura, her tutorial is great! 

diy project - Samantha's faux suzani pillow

Using felt, fabric glue and a pre-made pillow cover you can create a suzani pillow

for only a few dollars. 

Suzani, a form of traditional embroidered textile from Central Asia , now adorn the sofas 

and beds of many Americans.   Suzani shapes - like wheels, flowers, leaves and scrolling 

borders - are showing up on everything.   The bright colors and intricate motifs go with 

modern and traditional decorating styles.

Samantha Baldwin from the NewYork Examiner 

has a series of articles and provides the free downloadable templates 

for creating the suzani shapes.   All you have to do is trace, cut and glue. 

For this project you will need the following materials:

• A 24" square pillow form.   (A smaller pillow can be used but you will have to adjust the template accordingly.)
• A 24" square solid color pillow cover ( a felt pillow cover would be best).

      ( Instructions for making this pillow cover are posted here )

• White felt, at least 22 inches square 
• Fuchsia felt, at least 10 inches square
• Pink felt, at least 10 inches square
• Yellow felt, about 10 inches square
• Fabric glue (fusible web interfacing can be used as an alternative)
• A piece of paper at least 22 inches square. 

Download and print the following templates and

 follow the instructions in each article for creating your felt pieces. 

• Make a suzani circle motif
• Make a large suzani flower motif
• Make a medium suzani flower motif

Steps

Center the medium (pink) suzani flower in the center of the large (fushia) suzani flower 

and adhere with fabric glue. 

Find the center point of your pillow front and glue 

the large flower so that is centered on the pillow.

Place the suzani circle (white) around the flower and center.  

 Fold over half of the circle and apply glue. 

Lay the circle back down and adhere the pillow cover.   

Do the same with the second half of the white circle.

Place one small pink flower and two yellow flourishes in each corner of the pillow. 

Glue down each piece.

Allow the glue to dry.

Set the pillow up to see if any edges need more glue. 

You are finished.   Enjoy your custom pillow!

(tutorial via  Design Sponge)

A Playroom in Brooklyn

A family in Brooklyn commissioned Designer, Jen Talbot to design their children's playroom. 

This is what she came up with.   Wool Felt is a wonderful medium, soft, warm and a perfect 

creative fiber.     I love her design and I'm sure the children in this family do too. 

What do you think?

Visit Jen's website here:

http://www.jentalbot.com/portfolio/brooklyn-playroom/

Oilcloth Barstool Slipcovers

Dana shares how to make oilcloth slipcovers for Ikea Barstools

Go Here: 

http://www.dana-made-it.com/2010/03/orange-you-glad-oilcloth-chairs.html

Ikea Barstool, Go Here:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S19862334