On someone else's time...

I saw the cutest homemade child's watch on a great creative website, it was up as a giveaway, but seeing as I didn't win and that I loved it so much I decided to give it my best effort and make my son one.

Here's my what it turned out like:

It didn't turn out just like the other, but for a first try and with limited supplies I think it's a pretty darn good job. Not to mention, my son LOVES! it. He wouldn't even take it off at bedtime.

New Life

I wish that I was talented enough to show step by step with explanations of how I was able to recover this poor well loved chair (the well loving part came from my son in the form of a permanent blue marker and a friend of mine in the form of red punch). However, I'm only just starting out and all I have are the pictures as I went along.  I can say that there is a fabulous book that is great on explaining though!

Here's the fabric I bought from JoAnn's for 50% OFF :)

Hooray for sales!

There was A LOT of pinning to be done

Laying out...moving around...more pinning

Finally towards the end - stapling the fabric underneath.

Are you ready for it?

The final product...?

Well here it is!

Pretty darn good for a first try I would say.

Thanks Aunt B. for all the help - you are a magic sewing teacher!