New Sofa

I still need to glue the white piping on the sofa but, other than that it's done.  Well, the legs need varnish and some glue to hold them in place.
I'm really pleased with the end result.  All it needs is some comfy pillows and a blanket. ^_^
Sorry for the shitty lighting I should have waited till there was better light outside.

Front

Hmmm, needs piping.

Back

These are the colours of the fabrics to choose from in my shop.  I will be adding more colours.

New sofa leg design.

Working on a New Sofa

Things seem to be going a lot slower than I had originally hoped.  I plan (well, try to plan things) to reopen my shop this week.
In the mean time here's a peek at a new sofa I have been working on.  It's kind of going the way I would like but, these projects always have a way of designing themselves.  ^_^ Which leads us back to the trying to plan stuff.  Enjoy.

This is the basic look I am going for with the sofa.  I'm not even going to attempt the tufting shown here.  Maybe sometime in the not to distant future if I'm feeling adventurous I give it a go. 

Reinforcing the armrest with pieces of basswood.  The wood I used to cover the armrest is 1/32" thick very thin wood but, flexible.  So the added pieces of wood help give some strength.

So far so good ^_^.  Armrests strengthened now some cotton batting is needed for padding.

New Items for my shop

Here are some new pics of the things that I have bee working on lately.  The ready made and the custom order pieces.  There are still a few more to go before I open up the shop again.  ^_^
The custom pieces will have a choice of colour and finish to choose from.  I am still working on picking what fabrics will be available for the custom upholstered sofas and chairs.  
I have been reading articles about making custom listings for your easy shop.  They say that you should keep the choices simple and few.  Yet, trying to decide what fabrics to offer from my huge stash is a bit overwhelming at the moment.  
I think that it would be good to offer solid colours for the main choice and the printed fabrics for the throw pillows. 

The quilt for the bed that I made. . .

Playing around with some ideas for what the bedding will look like for the french style bed.  Here's one idea I have for a quilt design.  Have always wanted to try and make a diamond quilt.  I have made larger people size quilts that seem to take forever to sew together and then quilt.  So far the mini version seems to be going well.  

I would like to give it a more vintage look to it.  So when I'm done with the quilting part I may give it a be of distressing and perhaps a tea dip. ^_^

Bed Update

Finally got some paint on the bed.  Lookin' pretty good so far. The bottom pic shows that I decided to change the height of the legs on the bed.  All it needed was another 1/4" and made a difference.  I am also beginning to wonder if the head and foot boards should have been made a bit higher.  Well I make that decision when I get around to making the mattress and bedding, and quilt.

Note: Since these pictures were taken the bed has been sanded and distressed a bit.  Still needs some more paint and distressing. ^_^