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Sunday 27 June 2010

Shabby Chic Deckchairs


I TURNED THESE INTO THESE
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Over the weekend I have been busy in the garden and found out that over the winter Roland Ratty had gnawed through the fabric of one of my deck chairs - He must have been desperate to eat fabric don't you think? Well not to be defeated by his hooliganism's I resorted to making my deck chairs a little bit more Shabby Chic.

I know its not quilting but it is craft and I did have to do some sewing. I painted them with Farrow and Balls colour no 4 Old White and would you believe the fabric was a table cloth- Not a very successful table cloth as it was furnishing weight and looked lovely until someone spilt red wine on it . It had to be washed and was never that crisp self again- so in a light bulb moment I thought Table cloth- New deck chair covers.

So here I have my lovely new deck chairs , I just hope the weather continues so I can enjoy sitting in at least one of them . The other one is for my friend - The invisible man LOL.

9 comments:

  1. Wonderful transformation! Hope you soon have lots of sunny days with cool breezes, so you might enjoy the "almost new" chairs! Thank you for your delightful blog!

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  2. WOW!Your deck chairs are fantastic-- so much nicer than the way over priced ones we saw at the garden centre.Clever girl.And I hope that invisible man can cook and clean!

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  3. Great deck chairs Sue and a good use of recycling. Enjoy them in this amazing sunshine we are having.
    Love Shirley.x

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  4. SUEMLUVSQUILTS- I hope the invisible man can turn himself into a box of chocolates as well- Of course the none fattening version.

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  5. They are so pretty! Great job!!

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  6. Great Job I love your new version - how clever!

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  7. Your deckchairs look fantastic Sue! They will look so pretty in your garden.

    I love your quilt from your previous post too. It is a very interesting block.

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  8. And of course, if the invisible man sewed beautiful, tiny, hand quilting stitches as well?!!

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