Upholstery samples projects

A couple of weeks ago I received a phone call from the woman who owns the drafting shop where I get my pattern sheets printed. We’ve gotten to know each other over the years. She said that he…

Yesterday I made a quilt using all kinds of beautiful upholstery fabric that were given to me by my local furniture shop! Go on down to your local furniture shop and ask them if they can give you their old and discontinued fabric samples... chances are they would LOVE to! After all, they probably feel as bad about throwing them out as you do! This final quilt will be a surprise because the difference top quilting will make will change the whole look of it. For this quilt I used browns…

UPDATE: I now have a pattern for a zippered version of this wallet (including all pattern pieces) in my Etsy shop. Youn can find it HERE. About nine months ago I acquired seven upholstery fabric swatch books. My friend Melissa P went to buy a daybed from someone on Craig's List, and the woman packed the bed into Melissa's mini-van using the fabric swatch books to keep it in place. Melissa immediately called me and asked if I had a use for them. I said yes, not knowing what, but then I never…

I was given a bag of upholstery samples that would have otherwise been thrown out, and I immediately thought that the fabric would be perfec...

R found five fabulous upholstery samples at our friendly neighbourhood thrift store and picked them up with the idea that we’d turn them into decorative wall hangings. And we did, at least wi…

A couple of weeks ago I received a phone call from the woman who owns the drafting shop where I get my pattern sheets printed. We’ve gotten to know each other over the years. She said that he…

Custom upholstery manufacturers typically provide dealers with fabric samples to show...

I love solving puzzles. I almost bought a piece of “fleece” at Joann’s last week; the pattern was all-over puzzle pieces. But I stopped myse...

I've been loving on these birthday crowns for a very long time, now, but because of my concerns about wool felt, I hadn't been able to make any for my little