As my brother painted his house green, grey and black, I thought there could be a quilt in that. When he announced his engagement, I KNEW there had to be a quilt in it.

I'm slowly piecing the blocks based on this quilt and have seen that I'm not the only one taken with this colour scheme. It's been a few months in the making with snatches of sewing snuck in every Monday night. I have until St Patrick's day to get it finished for the Wedding.

I have been trawling trademe for the dream chair to recover. I'm looking for the sort of chair that is local, and easy to cover. Of course, I shouldn't have been looking any further than my own lounge. So here we have my first attempt at upholstery.

I'm not sure if this counts as upholstery because I could remove all the cushions to measure up. The chair was in much better condition when I picked it up, but direct sun and curious fingers have forced me into action.

When I first picked up the chair, I was tempted to remove the cushions and leave it as is, for a homage to Eames look. However as these chairs reach the end the their lives, the wires come a little loose and have a tendancy to try and pinch your summery legs. It was either pick up the welding gear or the sewing machine.

Now that I have a pattern ready to go I have 4 more to cover. There will be a little tweaking as the seat could do with a little less ease. I am eyeing up the gorgeous Outside Oslo fabrics from how about Orange for use on these. Any other suggestions for affordable upholstery/canvas fabric would be welcomed.

I was getting a little carried away here before Christmas. A pile of new bright t-shirts were just calling out to be transformed. With a little freezer paper and ink, the new t-shirts were ready.

My initial stash of metallic pink and black inks* was not enough. Fortunately our local art shop had the inks on special and now I can mix up any colour I please. I'm thinking green frog princes and silver slippered Cinderellas.

For now, the girls are pleased as punch with their Christmas pyjamas.



*can you guess who chose each colour?