ReDo's..

Happy Fathers Day

to all you awesome Daddies out there!

I hope ya'll enjoyed the day, you deserve it!

Mr. Ruffles is out of town working,

so, I decided to do a little

and

Not too long ago, all the blog rage

was the union jack stuff..

Cute? Yep..

but, since 4th of July was coming up soon

I thought I'd give the union jack a twist

and make a shabby chic pillow of

the US flag:

I know, it doesn't look like the USA flag,

but, if you use your imagination..

I cut strips of pink, blue and white fabric.

Washed them so they would fray,

Layered them all up and

stiched each one down

so they wouldn't fray more..

Today was a back & forth

sort of day.  I'd sew a little bit,

then out to the garage to

paint a little bit.

First, I painted a frame pink.

(Sorry, forgot the before!)

Close up of the detail..

Frame with the Shabby Chic US Flag Pillow

Then, back to the sewing room I go!!

I printed this awesome french graphic

from The Graphics Fairy and

sewed that onto some drop cloth.

Then, sewed the ruffle around it.

I tied some black ribbons on

my vanity chair and added the pillow

Yikes! Looks like I'll have to come up

with some sort of a cushion for

the seat too!!

Then, back to the garage

for some more painting!!

Remember the mirror I bought

yesterday at a yard sale?

Here's the before:

And, here's the after!

Close up:

I need Mr. Ruffles to help me

with hanging my mirror and frame up..

Seems I can get quite a bit done

when he's away.. except for the

hanging stuff!! LOL

What have you been up to today?

Linking up with:

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound