{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!

{Conversation Heart Coasters}

*This tutorial was posted on See Kate Sew on Tuesday, but just in case you missed it...here it is!*

{Conversation Heart Coasters}

They are so fun to make and include a little of everything…embroidery, appliqué, quilting…fun fun fun! Alrighty friends lets get to it!

Materials:

Canvas/linen {for tops}

solid cotton {for hearts}

printed cotton {far backing}

batting

little embroidery hoop

red embroidery thread

embroidery needles

basic sewing supplies

Marking Pen (disappearing/water soluble ink)

Fabric Glue

Heart Shaped Cookie cutter

1. Gather all your supplies.

2. Cut your squares. You need 4 each of the canvas, cotton, and batting. A 5 1/4” square makes a nice sized coaster.

3. Pick your conversation heart phrases to write. I chose Love, Be Mine, XOXO, and Dream. Write it on the fabric. Place fabric in hoop.

4. Now you are going to embroider your handwriting. Confession…I have never embroidered in my life so I kind of learned as I went. I am sure I am doing this wrong, but you can read the words and that’s what matters, right? I just did a little running stitch over my writing. It’s not perfect, but I think that adds to the character a bit!

5. Take the hoop off. Turn your work over and trace your heart shape with your cookie cutter. Make sure your writing is centered in the heart shape. Freehand this if you want to…I am not an artist thus the cookie cutter :P

6. Cut out your heart! Awwww, so cute!

7. Repeat these steps for the next 3 hearts.

8. {You can skip this step and just use pins, but I like a little extra insurance. You can also use some Heat N Bond or Wonder Under, but I was feeling lazy and busted out my trusty Liquid Stitch.} Place a fine line of glue around your shape.

9. Stick it down on the canvas.

10. Stitch down. You can use whatever appliqué stitch you like. Zig Zag, finish stitch, etc…but I just did some raw edge appliqué about an 1/8 of an inch from the edge. I like how it frays over time. Oh and if you have one, a clear foot helps to keep everything nice and pretty.

11. Once all your hearts are stitched down, you are ready to layer up and sew your coasters together! Batting first, then the top with the heart, then the backing.

12. I pin to prevent shifting. You don’t HAVE to.

13. Sew your coasters! For the rest of the process, I like to use my walking foot. Again, you don’t have to have a special foot, but if you have one it helps. I use it every time I sew something with batting because my machine has attitude about too many layers. Make sure you use a 1/4 seam allowance and leave a 2-3 inch opening for turning.

14. Clip your corners. Turn inside out. Poke the corners out nice and sharp. Press well. Pin opening closed.

15. Topstitch making sure to catch the opening.

And that’s it! A fun and simple project to get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day!

They can be reversible too if you want to mix and match!

Blessings!