FADE FROM BLACK TO WHITE

Maybe the title of this post should be "Fade From Dark Brown to White", but...you get the idea.

I got this little tobacco chest a few year's back from a neighbor's garage sale for $10!  The neighbor told me this was a family piece, from her husband's side of the family, hence, she had no problem getting rid of it!  I really did try to talk her out of selling it to me at this point, but she wanted it out. of. the. house!  I was happy to carry it across the street to my place.  It had cigarette burns on the top, but to me, it was just part of the history of the piece.  Here it is before paint...

Cute, huh?  I know, you probably can't believe I wanted to paint it, but...I had this new clay paint by Cece Caldwell (not compensated in any way, darn it) and was just itching to put it on a few things, so...

Here's a shot of the inside.  I didn't realize it was lined in some sort of breakable material until I moved it one day.  I had stored something heavy inside and decided to move the chest without unloading it.  BIG MISTAKE!   It broke this front panel.  I was a little sick when it happened and left the broken piece inside until now.  Today I took a hammer (yes, I did) and broke out the rest of the panel and painted the inside of the door--paint covers a lot of mistakes things we don't want to see anymore.

I turned the little piece upside-down to paint its underpinnings and found this little brass plaque.  At this point I thought maybe I had really depreciated a pricey heirloom!  Investigation proved that I hadn't and I could breathe again!  

Here she is in place and I love her even more now!  She will get a coat of wax when the paint is fully cured, but doesn't she look great in her new paint?  Those little legs were tricky to paint and now I know I DO NOT WANT TO PAINT MY STAIR SPINDLES like I thought I did.

Thanks for reading...

Robin

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Spring Quilt

For Spring this year, I decided to bring out a quilt made by my mother and display it on my piano.  I thought you might like to have a look--up close and personal.  Here it is...

Here it is displayed

This pattern is called "Dresden Plate" and requires a little skill to get all of the elements on the block.  Mom was a whiz with difficult patterns and always loved the challenge.  This was her first quilt in this pattern, but then she made two more--one for my sister and one for my daughter.

Now, if you are like me, you'd like to see the details of the quilt, so I did lay it out for you to see it in it's natural state--on a bed.

I did use the quilt as a bed covering for a while and had a blue toile bedskirt and pillow shams that I made to go with it.  That was quite a few years ago and I don't have any pictures of the room.

The quilting was hand-done by a group of Mennonite women.

I was into bows at the time and requested them in all of the corners.

A closer look at the fabrics used.

And, then, as a reward for reading this far, I wanted to share a picture of a painted piece of furniture I recently spotted and thought was reproducible for those of us that paint our existing pieces to update them.

The style of the piece reminded me of many older pieces I've seen and I thought it was totally charming.  I wish I taken a picture of the price tag for you.  It was in a furniture store in Lawrence, Kansas called Winfield's.  I love to go in and just browse their wonderful displays when I am in town.  I was there to watch a KU basketball game.  They won, of course!  Rock Chalk!

Thanks for reading.  Till next time...

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