Project designed by Sandi Reinke.
Ice cream parlor chair
Materials:
chair with seat cushion
two sheets of Loose Ends Calypso hand painted paper - #27360
one yard of burlap fabric
staple gun
staples
white glue and water mixture
sealer
1. Remove the seat cushion from the chair and take off the seat cover.
2. Clean the chair.
3. Tear the paper into medium-sized strips.
4. Dip the paper strips into the white glue and water mixture. Apply the strips to the entire frame of the chair (figure A). Let dry overnight.
5. Apply at least two coats of sealer. Let dry.
6. Cover the seat cushion with a fabric of choice (figure B), using the staple gun to secure it underneath (figure C).
7. Place the seat in the chair.
Moss chair
Materials:
Loose Ends bamboo chair - #84275
Loose Ends roll of moss cloth - #50270
Loose Ends varigated ivy whips - #53411
Loose Ends mixed forest mosses - #00150
terra cotta pot
hot glue gun
sponge
Steps:
1. Hot glue the moss to the legs of the chair by working up as if the moss were growing up the chair (figure D). Do the same on the arms and back, leaving some open areas on the bamboo.
2. Hot glue other variety of moss with the base moss to make the chair look more natural.
3. Sponge paint the terra cotta pot and glue moss to it to give it an aged appearance.
4. Place the pot next to the chair and fill it with ivy whips and moss "growing" out onto the chair.
5. Put a pillow covered with moss in the chair and set the chair in a garden room or use it as a patio accent.
Oriental chair
Materials:
one sheet of Loose Ends mocha chomis quilted paper - #69750
two sheets of black Loose Ends Eurorap paper - #26021
picture of a crane or other picture of choice
chair
white glue and water mixture
sealer
pellon
1. Clean the chair.
2. Tear the Eurorap paper into pieces (figure E) and dip the pieces into the glue mixture.
3. Apply the strips to the entire frame of the chair.
4. Copy the picture of a crane of other picture of choice onto the quilted paper. Decal the edges of the picture.
5. Iron the picture onto Pellon and place in the center of the chair seat. Iron quilted paper onto Pellon and attach it to the rest of the seat.
6. Seal the entire chair with mat finish.
Lemon chair
Steps:
six faux lemons
one sheet of Loose Ends chamois quilt paper persimmion - #69761
three sheets of Loose Ends chamois quilt cobalt paper - #69753
white glue and water mixture
hacksaw
wooden chair with seat cushion
hot glue gun
Steps:
1. Clean the chair and remove the seat cushion.
2. Tear the paper into medium-sized strips. Dip the strips into the glue mixture and apply them to the entire frame of the chair. Let dry overnight.
3. Dip strips of persimmion paper into the glue and water mixture then apply them to the seat cushion. Let dry overnight.
4. Attach the seat cushion to the chair.
5. Cut faux lemons in half with a hacksaw (figure F). Hot glue them onto the chair back.
Egg chair
Materials:
three sheets of Loose Ends Coral Seas slivered bamboo paper - #27033
one dozen brown speckled eggs - #07431
white glue and water mixture
hot glue gun
wooden chair without cushion
Steps:
1. Clean the chair.
2. Tear the paper into medium-sized strips and dip it into the glue and water mixture. Apply the strips to the entire frame of the chair. Let dry overnight.
3. Hot glue faux eggs onto the chair back.
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