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Thursday, July 19, 2012

And Now For Something Completely Different...

To quote the lads from Monty Python!  I finally completed the decoupaged notions box!  You may recall that one of the boys made me a box in woodshop.  A little rough hewn and slightly lopsided in places, but a nice large wooden box, with a drawer.  Immediately, my thoughts went to what things could be stored in such a box. Since sewing holds a huge place in my heart and brain, it occured to me that one big box for notions and machine parts would be great to have and would eliminate the need for about four other boxes I currently keep about my sewing table.

Here are the pictures of the original box.




The first step was to decoupage on some tissue pattern pieces from patterns that had some pieces missing already.



Eventually I coated the whole box with these.  Then I printed out some sewing graphics onto parchment from my favorite free Graphics site, The Graphics Fairy.  After all images were affixed, I "aged" the box a little by spraying with a brown stain, and adding some small areas of rubbed off paint.  And here is the completed box!


One or two more coats of acrylic varnish and it will be ready to hold all my sewing tools!  This was a fun project that while sewing related, did not involve one single needle and thread!  Occasionally, it's nice to do something other than your main craft, don't you think?

5 comments:

  1. Love it - how lucky to find a box for all your sewing tools, and its a nice way to use orphaned pattern pieces.

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  2. Came over from graphics Fairy to see your sewing box. Great idea and wonderfully done.

    Distressed Donna Down Home

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  3. Super cool!! I could take a page outta your book, I have a bad habit of ending up at the store who shall remain nameless buying plastic crap with absolutely NO personality...ugh!

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