{DIY: Coffee Table Makover}

Hi there! I am so pumped to reveal our coffee table makoever with you today!!!

We've had this table for about 8 years. It was a hand me down from some friends of our that had to downsize before they moved to Alaska. Want to see the before?

Not horrible by any means, but I am itching to bring in lots of happy color to our home any way that I can!

My husband did all the dirty work of sanding, painting, distressing, and knob replacement. The paint colors are White Raisin and Splashy. Both by Sherwin Williams. The most perfect shades and yellow and teal. Guess what??? Totally the hubb's idea to paint the drawers a different color! I was going to paint the whole thing yellow, but I LOVE having a contrasting color. So much fun. He's such a smarty pants sometimes. 

After painting, my husband distressed the table by beating the heck out of it with a rock and a hammer. The stain he used to shade the distressed areas is a nice pecan which is similar to the color of the original table. 

Then he added the new knobs. We got them at World Market.

While he was transforming the table, I made the pretty new runner!

 If you're on Instagram and follow any of the quilting crowd, you've seen the #scrappytripalong block extravaganza. I knew I wanted to get in on that, but I don't have time to commit to a big quilt right now. So I thought, hey, why not make up a few blocks and make a little runner for my fab new table!!!

 All it took was three blocks following the great tutorial over at Quiltville. The blocks were really fun to put together! The first one was kind of stressful just making sure I was doing it right and that everything was lining up properly, but all in all pretty easy. This project really made me miss quilting. I need more hours in the day!

The reverse side is a fun print given to me by my friend Richelle {@richelleparis on IG} and in my opinion, there is nothing cuter than polka dot binding!

That's it! I hope you love it as much as I do.

Have a happy colorful day friends!

{adding a hanmade touch pt.1}

Hi there! I am getting really excited to be attending Snap Conference this week! I leave bright and early Thursday morning. I've been busy getting packed and organized for the trip and making a few pretty things to take with me. Some you'll have to wait until next week to see :) 

I bought a few things for the trip that needed a little handmade touch. Today and tomorrow and I'm going to show you two little mini makeovers that I made to some store-bought items.

I am a sewing blogger {obviously} so I think it's important for me to be a reflection of my blog/shop and sport handmade {even if it's not handmade by me} any chance I get. I even like to add a handmade touch to store-bought items when I can. 

Case in point: this little dress.

Purchased at Cotton On for $7. Cute style but super blah. There is a maxi dress floating around Pinterest that I have been wanting to make, but haven't had time yet. I remembered though, that it had a sash that you could tie into a bow and I thought that would be perfect for this dress!!!

 Some cute fabric and maybe 20 minutes of my time and I have a sweet little sash to wear with my new dress! I'll probably be styling it with black leggings {because it's pretty short and I don't think anyone wants to see my business}, boots, and a black shrunken blazer. 

The possibilities are endless because this dress is so basic. I will likely be making a few more sashes to go with it!

You can find the maxi dress/sash tutorial HERE. Come back tomorrow for part two of this mini-makover series to see how I changed up a leather purse. That one will be a tutorial :)

Have a happy day!

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{my new sewing room}

Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! It's cloudy here today and all I want to do is curl up with my Kindle and finish my book...but I have tons of housework and sewing for next week's boutique to do. Boo. Such is life.

Okay, so on a whim a few weeks ago I decided to move my sewing room from the home office to our guest room. Last year I had redone the space in the office. You can read all about that HERE and HERE. Now that I am in the guest bedroom, I want to change EVERYTHING of course! Let me show you around and tell you all about my plans...

I want to cover Dolly with some pretty fabric, but I have no idea how to even go about that?!?! The vanity was a gift for my 16th birthday. It's screaming for a makeover! New paint, drawer pull, and covering the stool {not pictured} are on the to do list. See those curtains covering the closet? Yeah, those were my first sewing project EVER and made about 8 years ago. Not cute y'all. I'll be making new ones for sure!

Not a whole lot will change here. I do want to paint the room though. Maybe a soft gray. And add more hoop art. And cover the big ironing board.

The desk will all stay the same, but I have big ideas to change up the inspiration board. Like the sewing machine cover? I did a tutorial for it HERE.

Like I said, this is still our guest bedroom, so there is a big bed in there too. I plan on getting new bedding, making a quilt and some fun pillow covers. I also want to make a headboard and make a valance for the window. I will repaint the mirror and makeover the makeshift TV tray/nightstand too.

I have no idea when I will have time to do all this, but it's fun to dream right! Stay tuned for sewing room updates! I'll be sure to blog my progress.

Have a happy day!

Creative Space Makeover {part 1}

I am SO excited to share part one of my {Creative Space Makeover} with you all! I worked really hard on Tuesday and got these first projects done. I just LOVE how everything turned out! It makes such a difference in the room! I can’t wait to get everything done and get back to work in my pretty new office! I have a few projects to finish up today while the little man is at school. Part two of the reveal will be next week so stay tuned!

Ok…here is this part of the room before and after!

and a few more shots of the details…

Framed Vintage Flour Sacks (I used this tute) I think I need to add a few more…

 Pretty new Ironing Board Cover in Robert Kaufman Dill Blossoms (I used this tute)

This pink basket holds all my current projects. Typically I will cut a bunch of things out at a time and they live in this basket until they are sewn. Huge timesaver for me! The rolling cart holds LOTS of fabric scrap organized by color.

Ahhhhhh. The aqua dresser. I could not love it more. It’s a little dresser from Ikea. Perfect for all my sewing bits and pieces.

I scored these yellow ceramic polka dot pulls from the always AMAZING Cost Plus World Market. Such a fun store!

Well, there you have it! That’s part one! I will be busy today working on finishing up a few more projects. It’s all coming together quite nicely if I do say so myself!

Have a happy day friends!

{My Creative Space}

Over the weekend I gave you all a sneaky peek at what was going on behind the scenes at Sew Chatty.

It was time for an office/sewing space INTERVENTION. I felt like I was on an episode of “Hoarders” {which I totally love BTW}.

Clutter had overtaken most of the space and when things are messy, I am a crazy lady. It’s a pretty small room…about 10x10…and we have A LOT of furniture in there. It’s our home office AND my sewing room. Double duty means two desks and one of them is L-shaped so that’s like 3 desks.

My sewing desk {IKEA…love it} is made to be double sided so I was using one side to cut and the other to sew. I love that, but that means the desk is in the middle of the room and it is a TIGHT squeeze to move around in there. I decided that was the first change to make.

After LOTS of decluttering and organizing and moving things…I give to you the tour of my creative space…how it is now…but I’m no where near done yet!

This is the view from the living room. Whoa. I can actually walk in there now!

   

This is a strange little nook outside the room that I have turned into my shipping station.

This is the first area I’ll be making over! The dresser will be getting a pretty paint job and new pulls. The ironing board will be getting covered. And the things that are currently on the wall will be relocated to another wall and I will framing some pretty vintage flour sacks in embroidery hoops to hang up.

I am also eager to makeover this area! I’ll be redoing the inspiration board, covering the chair, making a new sewing machine cover, and adding a few cute accessories to the desk. 

This is the shelf part of my desk and where I store all my books, patterns, and various supplies. What is that white thing you ask? That would be my .50 light box…what I use to photograph most of my products. Tutorial coming soon! The other shelf stores my fabulous fabric.All that stuff in the corner is display things for boutiques/shows. I really need to find a more aesthetically pleasing way to store that!

This would be my new cutting table {aka desk that’s been in the room for 7 years} and where I check email, etc... I blog from the couch because I’m lazy :) 

I am also thinking we need a new desk chair. This one is GINORMOUS {while being very comfy} and not pretty. I like things to be pretty.

Well, that’s it. My creative space pre-redo. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be working hard to make it pretty! I hope you’ll follow along to see the progress!

Have a fabulous day!