tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36355169236348118822024-03-06T11:03:41.763-08:00A Little of This That and the OtherTamerie Shriver Hallidayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05520049303830446498noreply@blogger.comBlogger440125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635516923634811882.post-34589121336330816122015-07-24T09:17:00.000-07:002015-07-24T09:17:40.305-07:00A SIMPLE BATHROOM SINK SKIRT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My client has a tiny guest bathroom, so small that it was even difficult to take these pictures!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And because it is very small, doors on the cabinet are just in the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This adorable colorful fabric, from JoAnn Fabrics, adds a touch of whimsy without overpowering the small space, while also hiding the pipes and storage under the sink. Sometimes simple really is better!</span></div>
<br />Tamerie Shriver Hallidayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05520049303830446498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635516923634811882.post-51398224932200573652015-07-10T13:56:00.000-07:002015-07-10T13:56:01.684-07:00SO MANY BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It truly takes better pictures than my camera. I can take a close-up shot, and there is no distortion or blurriness!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took all of these pictures yesterday and today on my morning walk around the island. While it IS summer, we have flowers blooming all year long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This plumeria has both pink and yellow, which I love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another I do not know the name of, but thought if worthy of being included.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the colors in this are so intense...just beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White linen, inverted pleats, lined with blackout and an expanse of 156" equals really, really heavy draperies! Really heavy and hard to manage, especially when making them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, in spite of the challenge to make them and the lack of space I have to work on such a project, they look really lovely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Given how much fabric is in each side of the panels, they stack pretty well and leave a lot of the backyard visible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, there are two roman shades on either side of the huge bed, which no one told me about. Because of that, there is a bit of an issue with the controls on the shades. Oh, well! When I measured there was not even drywall up yet, let alone any furniture in the room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My client brought me these brightly colored, appliquéd pieces that she bought in Panama and wanted me to make her pillows from them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She chose a black Sunbrella for front borders and the backs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is one other pillow which can be partially seen in the second pillow from the top. It is my favorite and I will put that one on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/tamerieshriver">Instagram</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, I did reupholster these chairs, six to be exact, with Sunbrella. And, no, I do not normally do reupholstery jobs. Chairs seats are the exception to that rule. These chairs, however, could not have been more difficult. Even pulling the old staples out was tough...I kept slipping and when finished, I looked like I'd been in a fight. My knuckles were bloody and cut up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fabric my client chose for the slips was the same as upholstered seats, just in a different color. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's where slipcovers come in. I am often asked how one should decide whether or not to slipcover a piece of furniture. I always say, if you love it and it is comfortable, do it. If you just hate the fabric and do not want to have it reupholstered, do it. If it is uncomfortable, don't bother. If the piece is from IKEA, don't bother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.coronadohistory.org/">City of Coronado</a> was incorporated in 1890, and is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. This Sunday, Mother's Day, is the Coronado Historic Home Tour. The homes on the tour represent six of the styles of architecture that built Coronado. Those on the tour include Mid-Century Modern, Palmer, Spanish Eclectic, Tudor, Craftsman and Spanish Revival. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition to these six, there are five other (addresses provided in your ticket booklet for 'drive-by' touring) typical styles constructed here over the last 12 decades, and those are: Victorian, Mission Revival, Colonial Revival, Arts and Crafts and Pueblo Revival.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have the great fortune of having done work in 3 of the 6 houses this year! And in the picture above, the Tudor, I did the sofa slipcover to the left and the chair and ottoman in the center of the picture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, as seen above in the picture to the bottom left, in the living room, I made the pillows, and the bottom right shows the outside patio in the back of the house, where I did the cushions. There are also various other window treatments, bedding, etc. that I have done over the last 10 or more years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you live locally in San Diego, I highly recommend you come to Coronado on Sunday and enjoy the exquisite homes on the tour. The hours are 11 am to 4 pm, and tickets are available at the Visitor Center at 1100 Orange Avenue. Check out the web site for more information: <a href="http://www.coronadohistory.org./">www.coronadohistory.org.</a></span></div>
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<br />Tamerie Shriver Hallidayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05520049303830446498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635516923634811882.post-47527830629528482182015-05-02T07:35:00.000-07:002015-05-02T07:35:13.161-07:00'OLD' ROMAN SHADES<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few weeks back I got an email from a client. In part it said,</span> "<span style="font-family: ComicSansMS; font-size: 12px;">Hope you will remember us as you made 9 Roman Shades for our our home in Fairbanks Ranch, Rancho Santa Fe, in October 2005 when we moved to San Diego. Despite being put up and down every morning and every night, they still look like new." </span><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course I remembered them. What the email also said was that, if I was interested, they needed more roman shades. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I went yesterday to measure and pick up the fabric for the roman shades in the guest room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I had never gotten pictures of the ones I did 10 years ago, I took the opportunity to take them yesterday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I first walked in the master bedroom, my first thought was, 'I did not make these.' But really, how could they think I had if I hadn't. When I looked closer, I realized that I had, in fact, made them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I do remember about this job was how each shade, all 9 of them, came out exactly the same, and by that I mean I cut them all from the top down. So even though they had varying finished lengths, the tops were all identical. I was impressed, and so were my clients.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am happy that after all these years the shades still look really good. And clearly my clients are happy as well since I am making more shades for their lovely home in Fairbanks Ranch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On to the fancy...this chair, one of two, is in the sitting room of the downstairs guest room. The black and white embroidered fabric dresses up the vintage wicker chairs. The contrast welting is the white Sunbrella.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a sort of relaxed balloon shade. Or maybe a flat cloud shade. Whatever you call it, it turned out pretty cute. I made it from Laura Ashley panels that my client purchased at <a href="http://www.homegoods.com/">Home Goods</a>. In the picture above, to the left, notice the painting of an Old English Sheepdog...my clients dog, Daisy. At the bottom of this post I included a picture of Daisy last week on her 3rd birthday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is one of three houses here in Coronado that will be on the Home Tour this Mother's Day. Unfortunately, this room is upstairs, so will not be seen by visitors. Bummer! But on the plus side, I also made cushions on the first floor that will be seen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fabric we used is Sunbrella. Also, to the right in the above picture and the one below, you can see striped towels (from the Hotel Del Coronado, found abandoned on the beach) which are covering the seat cushions on the chairs I made new covers for. I'll do those in a different post. They are covered to protect the cushions from the kitty cats!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In an attempt to keep the slipcover in place, my client had an under-the-rug mesh pad that we put directly on the ottoman before putting the slipcover on. (I ran into my client today and didn't think to ask how this is working.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did the slipcovers for the bar stools in November or December. I had one of the chairs at my house and when I delivered them, only one of the other stools could be located. The house was still being renovated, and we all knew that there were three stools originally. Eventually, the 'lost' chair was found, and the kitchen was finally finished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The nice thing about the slipcovers is since they are made with Sunbrella, the wear and tear will be minimal, and they can simply be wiped down if food is spilled on them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The above picture was taken before the furniture was even in the living room. The fabric is from Designers Guild Limited through Osborne & Little Inc. The pattern is called Orsoglio and the color is Azure. The panels have inverted pleats, puddle on the floor, and to make them even more luxurious, they are interlined. Though the fabric looks and acts like silk, it is a cotton/polyester blend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And it's a great picture of the street outside the window, but not so much the draperies, or even the pillows on the sofa. Oh, well, I think you get the idea!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I delivered these balloon valances (the other is not visible in pictures) a couple weeks before Christmas. When my client saw them up, she said, "I don't like them. I don't like khaki." Well, that upset me greatly, though I did my best to remain calm. It would have been very helpful to me if she or the designer had mentioned this kind-of-important fact to me <i>before</i> I made them. And when I saw the picture of it, I thought, 'she's right, they really don't look that good.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The solution was to unmount them from the boards, which would involve removing the million staples I had used to make sure it was nice and secure, and reverse the pleats so that the turquoise that ended up inside the poofs would be out and the khaki that she did not care for would be inside. I literally thought, and worried, about this all through Christmas. And when I got back, I texted her and said that, of course, I would happily fix them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Turned out, though that the designer had fooled with them and was able to somehow pull enough of the turquoise out of the pleat that the client was happy. I had to admit when I saw it that it wasn't bad. Yes, the khaki is still prominent, but at least the prettier color is now showing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although it is not so evident in the pictures, this fabric is really quite lovely. And incredibly expensive! It is from Designers Guild and, at wholesale, it is $250 a yard. The fabric alone for these two windows was $1000!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I learned a valuable lesson on this job...make sure the likes and dislikes of certain colors are communicated clearly to me. I make what I am told to make, but I do not want a client to be unhappy with something that I've done, whether my fault or not. And while it would have been a huge pain to 'fix' these balloon shades, I would have done it. Even though my client was not initially happy, in the end, she was. And that made me happy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pattern was fairly large, so to take advantage of all the different scenes, I did not match the seat, back and ottoman pieces. Also, if you turn them over, they still do not match. Fronts and backs are all different. It was the only way to not completely waste fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love small things: tiny seashells and sea urchins, sand dollars the size of erasers, minuscule buttons, small bottles, really anything lilliputian. Not sure why or when this started, but for as long as I can remember this has been the case. Maybe because I am tall, and growing up I hated it and wanted to be short, which really wasn't a possibility. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to my angel trumpet for lending its leaf for the first picture and to my chippy, weather-worn table for the others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did this chair a while back, but never got around to posting it. This fabric was one of the oddest I've ever worked with. It looks like denim, but it is mostly, if not all, polyester and the reverse side is a black fleece; a faux-denim, if you will. Very strange. It is very soft, though, not even a little rough like real denim can be until it has been washed many times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My clients had just moved into the house, and I slipcovered it before the rest of the new furniture had arrived, so I was taking pictures of just the chair, trying not to show how much empty space there still was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the back, with the ever-popular covered buttons. You can not tell from the photo, but the buttons are actually a stripe that is the sofa fabric (the sofa that had yet to be delivered at the time of the slipcover delivery.)</span></div>
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My friend, Laura Petersen from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/seasidecottagestyle">Seaside Cottage Style</a>, bought an old trailer and has spent the last year fixing her up. Before the renovation, she had thought to name her Pearl. After deciding on a decorating theme, kind of a mix of Marie Antoinette and beach, and a color for the outside, she changed her name to Delphine. Delphine is French for dolphin, and Marie Antoinette's crest is a dolphin.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made the cushions for the dining area. The fabric is a tweed in blue and khaki, with a solid khaki welting. And if the cushion are flipped over, the other other is the solid khaki linen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This small, occasional chair was in need of a make-over. There was nothing really wrong with the upholstery; it just was tired, and my client wanted more color in the room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The solution? A blue and white ticking stripe. My client ordered this fabric from <a href="http://fabric.com/">fabric.com</a>. It was a great weight and it washed very nicely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As with any barrel chair, it is always more challenging to do a slipcover. There has to be lots of darts and seams that a less rounded chair would not require. Still, the stripe helps hide those seams and darts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I also made arm covers out of the same fabric for a chair in the bedroom of my client's son, though I did not take a picture of that.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here in Coronado we have high rise buildings just to the south of the Hotel Del, called the Shores.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I came very close to making the pillows and the new seat cushions with the wrong side of the fabric. Luckily, I was out walking and ran into the designer on this job and asked, in passing, if the blue side of the fabric was the right side. She said, no, the black side. That could have been a disaster had I not asked! The funny thing is either side would have worked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The renovation is still in progress, but the new pillows and cushions have gone along way to make the condo look fresher and more up-to-date. Of course, the view of the Pacific Ocean never gets old!</span></div>
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<br />Tamerie Shriver Hallidayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05520049303830446498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635516923634811882.post-3233125614610490642015-01-09T13:57:00.000-08:002015-01-09T13:57:21.544-08:00HAPPY 2015 TO ME<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never make anything for myself. That is partly because I don't pay myself to make things for me, but mostly it's because I sew most every day, for most of the day. So when I don't have to work, I simply cannot sew. I was sick at the end of 2014/ beginning of 2015 and decided that I was going to make myself a present.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got this adorable hot pink polka dot fabric at Home Fabrics for just $8 per yard. I washed it to pre-shrink it so that I can just throw it in the washing machine when it gets dirty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have had this Parsons chair for, well, ever, and had never taken the time to make a slipcover for it. Since it is upholstered in white duck cloth, it has gotten really grubby. I got tired of looking at it and decided to, finally, do something about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, when I walk into my sewing room/office each morning and throughout the day, I am greeted with a bright, pretty new gift to myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This slipcover was a hurry-up-and-get-it-finished-before-Christmas job. The fabric is from Lee Jofa and the pattern is Jacobean Tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whoever made the one I took apart did not do it like I do...that is, I cut half and flip it over since it is a mirror image. This one, not so much. I had to cut it exactly as the taken apart pieces were so it would go back together properly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got a little nervous that the slipcover might not fit even though I was using the slipcover I took off, so I pinned the entire thing together and took it over to make sure. It seemed to fit fine, but the original slipcover had just a 1/2" turned up hem and the new one looked like it might be just a tad short. The solution was to add a 2" ruffle at the bottom, which, in the end, was the icing on the cake, so to speak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My client loved it! She kept saying it looked it should be in an English cottage with a low-beamed ceiling. I was also very happy with how it turned out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">May the coming year bring you Health, Happiness and Prosperity!</span></div>
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