Skirted Table Tutorial

I have been obsessing with skirted tables for awhile, but it took me a looong time to work up the courage to sew my own. I finally decided to tackle it right before I went out of town to WV, and because I rushed to get it finished and posted it at the last minute, I am just now posting the tutorial.

There are so many great skirted table tutorials in blogland, many no sew versions, like this gorgeous ikat skirted table from Little Green Notebook or the fun teal and cream by Pawley's Island Posh...

But I have had my eye on the tutorial by Bryn Alexandra since I started blogging in January.

In the end, i didn't follow directions very long :)...so this is my version.

I wanted more of a "buffet" in my dining room, and this chinoiserie style table my parent's gave me was a little short, so I propped the legs up higher and decided to skirt it.

I started by measuring the width, height and depth of all sides and the top of the table. I then added 1.5" to each measurement (to account for the hem). Next, cut out your pieces.

I copied this great diagram off of Bryn's blog to show you the pieces you should have after cutting.

Next, fold the 2 sides of each piece over 3/4", pin and iron. Then repeat, only hem the bottom of each piece once (3/4") and leave the top of the fabric unfolded (this is what you attach to the fabric for the top of your table).

Hem the two sides ( folded twice) and the bottom (folded once). Repeat with the front/back, two sides and the corner pieces.

To make the skirt appear tailored, I laid the top piece on the top of the table and marked a line along the edge of the table. I then folded the edge of the fabric over, to touch the line, ironed and hemmed.

Now lay the top piece of your fabric right side up and line the top edge (the raw edge) of your side piece (wrong side up) of fabric up with the edge of the table top piece of fabric. Pin, sew and repeat with the 3 other side pieces.

Now your basic table skirt is finished, all that is left is to attach the corner pieces. Unfortunately, at this point I was running behind and did not take pictures. I simply attached the corner pieces to the underside of the table skirt with hemming tape.

I also attached the green grosgrain ribbon with to the edge of each side with a piece of double sided hemming tape.

VOILA!

I hope this helps!

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The Laundry Room - The forgotten corner of the house

Remember our laundry room renovation I mentioned a couple weeks ago?

If not, you can read about it here. Well, it is taking much longer than expected to complete, but I am happy to say it is ALMOST finished. I am touching up the stenciling and a new floor has been installed.

Today, I asked my wonderful husband to stop by and share how he installed our new floor, he installed it last weekend while I was fast asleep.

Take it away Alfred...

Dear Blogland,

Many readers of the Mustard Ceiling may have been wondering where all of Elizabeth's fantastic projects have gone to, and why she would need a week off from blogging last week. Trust me it is not that she was tired, needed a vacation, or was suddenly taken by some weird tropical disease. We have been trying to revamp the forgotten room in our home, the room that we have been putting off because really who wants to show off their laundry room.
Think about it. Your husband/boyfriend brings a bunch of his friends over, crack open a few beers and gets ready to watch the game and suddenly he sits up excited " Oh guys you have to check out my sweet new laundry room." Probably not a realistic.. but you never know.


The month of July will break down the remodel of our Laundry Room and this weeks installment will be the new floor. In the photos there is a preview of the walls, but no cheating trying to guess next week's post.

July Week 1: New Laundry Room Floor ( Amateur total time 5 hrs) (Cost :$60 at Blue Box)

The Laundry room is utilitarian by nature and thus doesn't really need a fantastic, expensive floor covering.

We chose to use a Peel and Stick tile flooring to cover the old 1950's Linoleum.

Step 1: Paint the walls and baseboards

If you are going for a full remodel paint the base boards now because who cares if you get paint on the floor, your going to cover it up anyway.

The old floor before prep work

Step 2: Prep work

Elizabeth hates it, normally my job, but I believe that this is the most important step. The picture is only as pretty as the canvas, right. Sweep the floor, and mop it, then let the floor dry.

Step 3: Pick your starting point

We started in the front of the room

The instructions on the box state that you do not want tiles to be smaller than half a tile width, but in some cases this is unavoidable. Plus, I didn't read that part till I was already into the project... oops.

The goal is to select the corner that you want to look the best, it will probably not be under the washer and dryer. Our spot was the corner just to the right of the entry way.

Step 4: Laying out the tile ( Not permanently sticking it down yet)

The goal is to lay the tile out in a large V shape. One layer of tile deep along each wall from the original corner. Use another tile to make sure the lines are straight.

Amateur Tip: Trimming/Cutting tile to your room

Getting ready to trim a tile

In our room it was easy to lay the tile out on one side, but along the entrance wall we needed to modify the tile to fit.

If I was to just lay tile from the corner across the entrance wall, there would be a small tile piece at the entrance. I didn't think this high traffic area was the best place for a small tile that could get worked loose later and cause a tripping hazard.


I removed the kick plate from the original floor and the kitchen VCT tile. I then measured the distance from the edge of the VCT tile and wall. Depicted in Picture below.

Trim measured distance from the original corner tile. This will help make a clean line all the way across. I used a tile cutter pictured below.

It looks wicked, and it is sharp. When cutting the tile I scored the back of the tile and bent it apart, towards the surface, Bend from an edge and work across. Then cut with the blade through the show surface.

When you need to trim the tile be very careful and cut away from yourself and try to take small cuts. Also, be patient if you mess up the tile start over.

Step 5: Sticking your tile

Finishing the last row of tiles



Voila, new floor

When you stick the tile make sure you keep the seams straight. The goal is build the V then build make it into a Pyramid, building out.

Again, as you need cut tiles and trim around the obstacle.

Take your time and it will turn out well.

-Alfred

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Design Sponge Feature: Ikat Pillow Tutorial

Remember last week when I told you I was working on a new project? Well, I'm excited to reveal it is being featured on Design Sponge today!!

I received an email a couple weeks ago asking if I would be interested in using my Ikat tutorial to stencil pillows for Design Sponge's DIY section. Of course I said YES!!

Head over and check it out!!

I think they are perfect for my living room this summer!

Click here for my original dining room ikat project and tutorial.

Have a great day!

Garage Sale Lamp Revamp

This week, I took a break and decided to tackle a small project (it turned out to be a much larger project than anticipated). It is funny how that happens everytime!

I wanted to turn my "interesting" $5 garage sale lamp into something stunning.

The Lamp Before:

My Inspiration:

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I do not like the white shades with the gold.
I want a black shade with gold inside (like the first inspiration).

This is how I did it:

1. Sand and prime lamp

2. Paint first gold coat with Precious Metals Premium Leafing Glaze, Gold

This was my first time using this product. The directions recommended brushing it on with a soft-bristle brush, or sponge brush. I used a sponge brush.

I had a difficult time keeping the paint from streaking.

Start of the first coat

After the first coat had been applied

3. Allow the first coat to dry for 24 hours. Lightly sanded the lamp again to even out streaking.

I applied a second coat of Precious Metals gold, to even out the finish. The Precious Metals gold was a little too yellow for my taste, so I painted a third coat using Liquid Leaf, Classic Gold.


I do not have photos of this step or the next.

At this point, I was not happy with the progress and honestly did not think the project was going to be a success...but I kept working with it.

The lamp was starting to look better after I applied the Liquid Leaf gold, it was not as yellow. I would recommend using both because you get a nice depth of color.

Allow the third coat time to dry.

4. Apply Precious Metals Leafing Glaze, Antiquing

After the third coat was dry, I rubbed the antiquing glaze on with a soft rag, working in small sections.

I immediately rubbed the majority off, before moving to the next section, leaving just enough to give the lamp an aged look.




Now the lamp is finished, onto the lampshade.

I wanted a black lampshade, with a gold interior, like the first inspiration.

1. Spray paint the interior of the shade gold.

2. Spray paint the lamp shade black.

Be sure to cover the interior.

I spray painted the lamp shade black so the original silver would not show through the black linen fabric.

3. Lay your fabric out,iron and cut to size.

Line up the seam of the fabric with the seam of the lampshade.

Roll your lampshade in the fabric and cut the fabric to size. One side should be folded over and ironed to make a nice edge.

Cut the fabric a little wider than your shade. Later you will fold the fabric over and hot glue into your shade.

4. Spray spray adhesive on the wrong side of the fabric.

Line up the raw seam of your fabric with the seam of the lamp shade.

Slowly, cover the lamp shade with the fabric, working in small sections, carefully smoothing
the fabric as you move around the lamp shade.

5. Fold the extra fabric over the top and bottom and carefully glue with the glue gun.

Are you ready for the final result?

Before

After

I really like the warmth of the gold in the space. I am also crazy over the black and gold lamp shade, it adds a sophistication to the space that was lacking before.

The black lampshade also helps tie in the dark, walnut table to the rest of the space.
Before it looked out of place because it was the only dark value in the entry
(the sticks in the before photo were not there very long).

Overall, I think it is a huge improvement over the original lamp :).

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Ikat Fabric Tutorial and Printable Pattern

Last Thursday, in this post, I asked you to help me with my design dilemma.

I wanted to bring coral into my dining room again, this time on the seat cushions. Most of you thought the Malabar Ikat with the coral background was the best choice for the room,
and I agreed.

Today, I am excited to share the end result with you and show you how I did it.

Part A: Create the Stencil

1. Create an Ikat stencil in photoshop.

To do this, I cut and pasted this photo of Malabar Ikat from Ballard Designs into photoshop.




In photoshop, I created a seamless pattern out of this design and sized it 8 x 11. This made it large and easy to work with.

2. Print the pattern .



I created an 8x11 printable for you. Click here.

When you are finished cutting the stencil out, it will not look exactly like this pattern,
this is just a guideline.

3. Trace the pattern onto stencil sheet with thin permanent marker.

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I bought my sheets from Hobby Lobby, they were a little larger than 8 x 11.

If I had to do it over again, I would buy the largest sheet I could find and trace the stencil onto it filling the sheet. This would make the stenciling process alot easier.

This stage is where your stencil becomes your own. I had to alter the Malabar pattern to make it work as a stencil. I had to make sure all of the individual pieces of the pattern were connected so the stencil would be successful.

4. Cut out stencil.

This tool is a lifesaver for cutting out stencils, I think I paid $7.00 at Hobby Lobby, definitely worth it!

I wanted to make the background of my fabric coral. To do this I cut out the gray areas of the stencil. If you wanted to make the ikat coral cut out the white of the stencil.

Part B: Set-up your Fabric and Paint

1. Select Fabric.

I used a cream linen for my fabric. I was very pleased with how the stencil and Simply Screen paint worked on the linen.

2. Iron fabric, lay it flat on a piece of posterboard (something you do not mind getting paint on) and tightly tape the fabric to the board.

3. Paint

I decided to try Simply Screen, screen printing paint, after seeing these incredible DIY pillows by Cyndy on The Exchange.

She had me sold when she said "when the screen print paint dries, it is just like fabric and doesn't look "painted" on." I hate crunchy paint on fabric!

I mixed a custom color using Simply Screen Firetruck, Orange Peel and a little white to cut saturation and make the color less intense.

Cyndy was right, this paint is AMAZING! When you mix it, it becomes an inky goo more like ink than paint. It does not bleed, and there is no variation of color when you put it on the fabric. Best of all it is not crunchy when it dries.

Before I started stenciling, I rubbed stencil adhesive onto the stencil, especially around the edges to keep it tight to the fabric.

Wow, this is a looong tutorial. Bear with me the fun is just beginning, it is time to stencil your fabric!

Part C: Stencil

1. Lay your stencil straight onto your fabric.

I used a T-square throughout the process to keep the stencil straight.

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2. Paint, use a lot of paint, make sure the fabric is wet.

3. Move stencil vertically, lining your stencil up with the portion you just painted. Make sure to keep the stencil straight.

4. Paint

5. Move the stencil horizontally to the first panel you painted. Overlap the first area you painted, to make the transition seamless.

I had to use the stencil to paint two rows vertically and four columns horizontally to fill approximately 3/4 a yard.

This is why I recommend using a larger stencil sheet, so I would not have had to overlap the stencil as often.

Me stenciling away, doesn't this look like fun!?

Finished with the first piece, three to go

Unfortunately, I ran out of paint after the third piece, so currently I have one more to paint....but I'll show the results anyway...But before I do...

I couldn't put my beautiful NEW ikat fabric on my old, beat up chairs...so I gave them a fresh coat of Dover White Gloss spray paint.

READY?!

...and Here is the new dining room

I still have a few things in here to finish, but I am happy so far.
I hope the tutorial helps you get your Ikat on!

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