Pictures of projects from my old website
Here are just a few photos I had posted on my Wirkkala Designs website. I thought that I would copy them here. The first is of the curtains and pillows I made for the Master Bedroom in my old house. You may recognize them, since they now hang in the front windows on my Sewing School!
Second picture is of a lamp I found in the trash. I cleaned it up, had it rewired and made a lampshade out of some Elephant print fabric I have, which you may recognize from a quilt I have pictured below and in another post. I glued the trim on with white glue. I prefer double sided tape nowadays. Less messy, instant tack and no burning potential when using a hot glue gun. This picture was taken at the base of the stairway, leading to the 1/2 bath on the first floor of my old place. The painting on the wall is a watercolor I did. I copied a picture of leaves scattered on the forest floor.
The third picture is of my daughter’s crib, from when she still slept in one. Of course, she slept with the side on, but the picture looked much better without the railing. I made the dust ruffle, bolster pillow, the bumper pads and the duvet cover for the crib-sized down comforter. (The only place I was able to find that size of down comforter was at the Company Store in Wisconsin) Amelia still uses the duvet and even though she is too long for it to cover her, she takes it with her on sleepovers and, at home, has me put it on top of all her other blankets. Once I pieced the top, I backed it with cotton batiste, stitched those layers together in the ditch so that it would keep the patchwork seams from fraying in the wash. It has worked well because this cover has been washed many times in the last 8.5 years. Don’t you just love the walls behind the crib? They were painted during the 4 days I was in the hospital when I had Amelia. The painters did this beautiful paint effect. Plus, they painted faint cloud images on the ceiling. Dave Matuccio and his crew did the work. Great guys.
