White linen slip finished

My last post showed the beginning of the transformation of this chair.

She’s done.

One more white jewel in the living room. My husband thinks I’m cracking up, slip covering everything. Little does he know it’s only just begun! But for now I’d better clean up the threads, linen scraps, linen dust, (Why does linen make so much dust when you cut it?) and get ready for the Memorial Day weekend.

This slip took me a total 20 hours to make. Shellagh at Ticking and Toile was wondering.

More white linen slip covering

Inspired by Shellagh at Ticking and Toile, again. Her beautiful ~Ruffles and Lilacs~ post spoke to me and energized me to create yet another slip cover.

Shellagh’s beautiful white linen slipcover. She’s making a second one. Shellagh asked me to count the hours it is taking me to make mine.

So here is the metamorphosis of another chair. This is the most comfortable chair, beautiful leather but again adds to all the dark elements in the room.

I took a chance and painted the wood white. Even the oyster shell lamp brightens things up.

Then I decided this wonderful chair needs a white linen slip.

So far, I have the chair back and front done. This, chair back and front, took me at least 10 hours. There’s always a goof here or there that has to be ripped out and fixed. Goofs are time consuming.

Hope to finish the seat up in next day or so.

Look how the other white linen slip covered chair brightens up my dark living room. This chair and the other 2 armless chairs are new. I don’t want to paint the wood, as it goes nicely with the silk that they are upholstered in. I don’t want everything white, I still love dark traditional wood.

And white linen looks amazing with dark woods. Hopefully I have a few more things finished in the room and show the results.

Off to help a friend find some new furniture. No sewing today. Have a great Monday!

Joining Metamorphosis Monday and Do It Yourself Day, and DIY Showoff.

Another white linen slipcover

Linking up with My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday , Favorite Things Friday at A few of My Favorite Things, and Frugalicious Friday at Finding Fabulous, and Tools are for Women Too!, Do I Yourself Day, and Furniture Feature Friday.

Back in 2008, I posted this about my dream to slipcover these 3 chairs. Finally the chair with the arms is wearing her new white linen slip.

Pining on the gusset, Bailey trying to get my attention. See Bailey under the table?

Arms on a chair = difficult slipcover for me. Trying to cut the opening presents a challenge.

Putting the chair on my kitchen table gives the perfect height for working on the gusset and ruffled skirt.

A simple arm cover with a ballet slipper tie

5 ties down each side

2 ties at front arm

and she’s done

ALIVE DAY MAY 11 2010

Tomorrow we are celebrating David’s 1st ALIVE Day! Let me tell you,  we are the happiest families on earth….David’s and ours.  We thank God and count our blessings on a daily basis that our David survived his EOD explosion in Afghanistan.  It has been a long and difficult year for David and Liz. They have made us all proud with their stoic perseverance,  David’s maybe 30- surgeries,  their daily struggles (which make most of our struggles look like a dream), their founding of the amazing Wii’s for Warriors, and their commitment to each other in their first year of marriage. The wonderful welcome home.  Their special Christmas Eve.  And, on occasion, I do believe, my Liz has kicked a butt or two.  Go Liz! You are an inspiration to all us girls, wives, and Moms!

Most of the world had no idea what EOD was until the Hurt Locker won awards.

Last weekend was the Memorial EOD Weekend in Fort Walton, FL.  Liz and David flew down to participate in this solemn ceremony. David is ALIVE. 16 other EODs are not.

Please watch this amazing video that was just made to memorialize all the fallen EODs this past year. The song: “In the Middle of the Night” was written for this tribute. It shows what our amazing EODs do, when the music changes, half way through, you will see pictures of the fallen EODs and their families. All of these brave men were added to the EOD Memorial Wall on the first of May.   The Wounded EOD Warrior Foundation is another great place to visit. There is even a picture of our David receiving his Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

 

Thank you to all our EODs, who “In the middle of the night, while the others are in bed, they go out and do the job where the angels fear to tread”.

 

Love you, David and Liz! Happy Alive Day!

ooh, ooh that smell, can’t you smell that smell…

On occasion, depending on the winds, we can smell oil here in Diamondhead, MS. Keep in mind the weather here has been horrible for the last 4 days. No oil yet on our beaches, but we can smell it.

Please fly away, you sweet Least Terns, please fly away! This picture was taken yesterday, off the beachfront in Bay St Louis on a drive-out fishing pier. The innocent Least Terns are so used to sharing their nesting spots with humans that they don’t even fly away when cars or people come close to them. The Least Terns have protected nesting beds all along our 27 mile beach coastline here in Mississippi. Sadly, this is their nesting season. You can just imagine what might happen to them.

I want to introduce you you to these amazing blogs that here in this region. These girls share the same fears that we all do on the entire Gulf Coast.

Bumpkin on a Swing and her Captain John are Mississippi neighbors here that are trying to help in every way possible. This blog is amazing and a must read for up-date info in our local area. Bumpkin is Worried Sick right now.

NOLA GIRL wrote an amazing post so eloquently and factual. She says all the things I wish I could say, but I break down and cry in trying to do so. Please read her amazing post: Feeling Helpless but not hopeless.

As for me, I’m signing up for some of the classes being offered to assist in the clean-up. I am quite depressed but realize I need to do something to help and keep busy. This is pretty much the attitude of my all Mississippi neighbors that pulled through Katrina. We blame no one (our entire country is oil dependent, so the blame is on all of us)... do not blame or diss any one entity. Spend your thoughts on what you can do to help us here in the Gulf Coast Region.

Katrina was a natural disaster... this oil spill is a man made disaster. We residents know the first response is up to the locals and the citizens. NOT THE GOVERNMENT. We realize we have to rise up and help our community and ourselves. Does the rest of our great country understand this attitude?

And we wait…

For the second day in a row, the skies are heavy and oppressive, as if the oil slick has been dumped overhead. It is windy, warm, and humid…almost difficult to breathe out of doors. I had prayed that 2010 would not present any misfortunes but it looks like we all on the Gulf Coast will be expecting the worst man made national disaster. After going through the worst natural national disaster. The Coast Guard planes have been flying low over my house all this week. Our local shopping spots are full of Coast Guard and the National Guard are now starting to show up. Gives me Katrina flashbacks.

The waiting is just like waiting for a hurricane. You know it’s coming, it will hit somewhere. You secretly “wish cast” it to another area, feeling a little guilty about doing so. This morning I heard a reporter from Louisiana wish cast the oil to us in Mississippi. His theory was the oil will be easier to clean up from the beach then it would be to clean from the estuaries. I suppose this is true.

I’m headed down to the beach to see what is going on. There’s this page on Face book that has great info about volunteering. Apparently we have to be trained as the oil is dangerous. I’m signing up to do whatever I can. The waiting is really getting to us all…