Recyling. Rethinking. Recreating. Handcrafting upcycled vintage lawnchairs with thrifted western belts. Collecting and hoarding, and occasionally selling, nature and vintage goodies. Retail rebel. Sharer of good.Wanderer at heart. Photographing what I see.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Kikithespunkymunky is Baaaaack! Rethinking, Repurposing, Recreating, DIYing, and Sharing: Embroidery Hoops n Fabric Window Covering
The window next to my computer in the office lets in a lot of Texas heat in the summer, so now that it's fall (but will be summer in Texas for the next couple of months lol), I decided to come up with a window covering. And without going out and buying anything to complete the project as usuual...The window is an odd shape and I didn't feel like cutting and hemming fabric to fit, so I remembered an idea I saw on Pinterest many a time, using embroidery hoops (of which I have a collection, imagine!) and lace. I decided to use scrap fabric instead of lace because I want to keep the heat/sun out. I was planning to connect the hoops together somehow after I had them arranged in the window how I wanted and make a 'screen', but instead I adjusted them and 'wedged' them in. They're not hard to remove when I want more light or if it's rainy outside, right nice feature. Instead of the lace idea I saw, I used a bag my hammock came in that I was never going to use; a ripped embroidered pillow that I didn't feel like repairing; and the back of a vintage pleather jacket (thrifted for .50). I'm frugal like that:) Voila.....
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potter's newest fave pic of himself
mother's day rose 2008
mac cutie (feb 2000)
i'm having a big mac attack (spring 2008)
'show us your shoes'
broadway shows i've been to
- a chorus line
- annie
- beauty and the beast
- best little whorehouse
- cats
- chicago
- evita
- fiddler on the roof
- gypsy
- hair
- oklahoma
- oliver
- phantom of the opera
- rent
- south pacific
- stomp
- the color purple
- the lion king
- the odd couple
- the sound of music
- thoroughly modern millie
- tommy
- victor victoria
- wicked
pigs on the dresser
broadway shows i'm waiting to see
- billy elliot
- chitty chitty bang bang
- hairspray
- les miserables
- mamma mia
- mary poppins
- the little mermaid
potter's 1st oil pastel (2008/8th grade)
concerts i'd like to go to
- amy winehouse
- barbra streisand
- bette midler
- chris isaak
- don mclean
- elton john
- joan baez
- joni mitchell
- josh groban
- judy collins
- madonna
- stevie wonder
concerts i wish i'd been to
- frank sinatra
- janis joplin
- jefferson airplane
- jimmi hendrix
- queen
- sonny and cher
- the beatles
- the doors
- the grateful dead
2 comments:
what a cool idea! this is my first time seeing your blog! very cool! luv ya girl! p.n. trombones rock
Thanks! Anonymous lol Trombones rock. Yes.
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