Okay. So I wanted to reveal my mystery Club G.W. project at the party here. But the power went out, and we had no Internet for 30 hours, so I couldn't. But now I can! Remember, here was the teaser.
Now I'll show you more of that bad boy.
I picked up this burlap coffee sack at a local flea market, not quite sure what I was going to do with it, but I bought it anyway. Sound familiar? It really did smell like coffee beans.....but the vendor who sold it to me said to just rinse it with the hose and let it dry outside. I did. And to my amazement, it worked! Size-wise it's 2 1/2' by 3 1/2', affording quite a bit of "fabric" to create with (think two times the fun since it's a SACK so you have both a front and back panel).
When I got it home I decided I'd use it to cover an old stool that was left in our house by the prior owners. I was going to use the front of the bag, with the great stenciled letters and graphics. But then I got to thinking........and I came up with another use for the front (to be announced at a later date). So I cut the sack into two separate panels using my good old pinking shears to try and minimize the fraying. {NOTE: the bottom of the sack was tightly sewn together with blue thread, about an inch above the natural seam of the sack. To maximize my usable material, I used a seam ripper to rip out the blue seam before I cut the sack in two.}
Here's the stool before.
Pretty bad, I know. It's been sitting in our basement for the past seven years, what can I say?
As you can see, the fabric was a bit worn and outdated, and the dark wood just isn't my style. So I went to work to change things up a bit. So after a coat of primer and two coats of Valspar "Vintage Map," (and a wee bit of distressing) voila.
I do like how it turned out. My kids were all like "It's nice Mom, but it'll be so scratchy!"
Surprisingly, it's not! Lovin' it!
Hope you're all having a great week! And if you haven't linked up yet, there's still time. Hope to see you at Club G.W. No. 3!
xoxo
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