New Goal

Well, I did not make my goal of finishing the table and chairs last night :( I wouldn't even say that I am close.  I got the table painted and one chair.  SO, I have two chairs left and touch up. NEW GOAL: Finished by Friday of next week. Hopefully this week will go well.  I need some cheers I guess.

The Blue Table

Finished blue table last night!

The Colors

These are the colors I will paint the table and chairs.  My deadline is today! I painted the table blue last night and so I just need to finish the chairs today! Wish me luck hopefully I can get it done by tonight!

Primed and Ready for Paint

On Friday, I started priming.  I had almost all of it finished except for the underneath part. I was going to wait until the top dried to turn it over and do the bottoms of everything.  I finished priming today just in time to paint tomorrow and hopefully be finished by the 18th! If I do something like this again, I would prime the underneath part first and then prime the top.

Sluggish week

I have not posted at all this week because it has been not so good in the productivity area at all.  Not just with my project but with my whole house!  I have done nothing :( I only just cleaned my house from my half a week mess yesterday! I guess that is just how some weeks go. I am going to go finishing sanding and start painting the table and chairs right now.  Hopefully I can get them done by my goal date. This is part of the reason why I struggle finishing projects sometimes because I have weeks like these. I will keep working though!

Rag Doll

Before I started refinishing the table and chairs, I thought I was going to visit my nieces for their birthday.  It was a spur-of-the-moment thing and I was going crazy trying to think of what I could make them that I could finish quickly! My neighbor had shown me a rag doll that she made her nieces for Christmas and I thought I would attempt it. With the help of my very domesticated mom-in-law we got two dolls done in one day! They were a lot of fun to make and we later made four more.  Unfortunately, I was not able to make the journey to their house but the dolls did.:)
There are a few things that I would do differently the next time; one, I would make my pattern (for the arms and legs) fatter so that I could get a better seam allowance and not have them be too skinny, two, I would sew the legs closer together (it looks cuter) and hand stitch the side instead of the bottom.  
P.S. I found the doll pattern at http://www.make-baby-stuff.com/free-doll-pattern.html?vm=r

Unknown Cracks

So as with almost any project, there are things that come up that you do not expect (funny how that happens with almost anything in life as well).  As I was sanding, I discovered some cracks along the sides of a few chairs and the table.  They weren't too bad though.  I just had to put some wood putty in them, let them dry and then sand they lightly again.  Hopefully, I will start priming soon. 

Sanded

The table and chairs have officially been sanded! Sanding was not my favorite.  Perhaps my husband could tell when he laughed as he saw me sanding.  I asked, "What's so funny?"  He replied, "You sand like a girl."  Well, like a girl or not, they got sanded :)

Small Table and Chairs

My next project is to refinish 3 small chairs and a little table. This process is going to consist of sanding each piece, priming them and then painting them. I want to paint each piece a different color.  The colors I have picked are blue, green, purple and pink. As you can see I have started to sand the chairs.  I will continue to make posts of my progress.  My goal is to have everything completely painted by Feb. 18th. Wish me luck!

Lined Pleated Drapes

My first project of the year was lined pleated drapes for my back room window.  I have a window in my front living room that I made drapes for about 3 years ago.  I bought enough material to do the back window as well but, as things go, did not even start them. I decided that the drapes would be a good project to start the year off.  I was glad that I finished them before the first month of the year was over!

The start of the year is going well

The main projects that I have started are

• Making pleated drapes for my backroom (check, will post pictures and explanation soon)
• Finish work for research project (check)
• Refinish small table and chairs
• Refinish crib
• Refinish built in cubby and add shelves
• Finish skirt
• Learn how to knit headbands

This is the start. I am sure there will be more along the way. This is my goal this year, to finish these projects that I have started and do them one by one and not work on another until the one I am working on is FINISHED! I will blog my progress as I go. If this inspires anyone to finish something (or many things) that they have started share them with me!