Making Another Quilt Ladder

I bought the materials I need to make another quilt ladder.  I bought two 1 x 2 x 6 pine boards and three 3/4 inch 48 inch long dowel rods.

I have a 3/4 inch wood boring drill bit to make the holes for the dowels.  All I need to do is file a curve in the end of each board, drill the holes for the dowels, cut the dowels to about 20 inches long, glue them in and stain it.

Here is the cost of the wood I bought.

(2) 1 x 2 x 6 pine boards $3.94 each
(3) 3/4 inch by 48 inch dowel rods at $3.18 each.

I have the rasp, drill, drill bit, glue and stain.

The instructions I used to make my first quilt ladder said to make the ends of the boards curved so the ladder sits nice against the wall.  I can't find the instructions I used on the internet anymore so I can't link them here.  Here is the end of the boards with the curve filed.  It took about 30 minutes to file the four ends.   I don't have a fancy saw to cut the curve into the wood so I just use a rasp and elbow grease.

After making the curves, I drilled 5 - 3/4" holes in each board.  I sanded the curved ends and the holes in each board.  Then I cut  5 - 20" pieces from the 3 dowel rods.  I filed the ends of the rods and sanded them, then I glued them into each of the boards.

The ladder took me about 3 hours to put together.  It's an economical and easy project to do.

Here is the ladder put together before I stain it.

Quilt Ladder

    I made a quilt ladder several years ago and I used some instructions I found on a blog.  I looked for that blog today but I could not locate that specific blog.  I did find lots of other instructions for making all kinds of quilt/accessories ladders that use screws, nail, glue, and rope. 

     I made my ladder with pine boards and pieces of dowel.  I found all my materials at Lowes.   The boards measure 1.5" x 3/4" and the dowel sticks are 3/4".  I bought a spade drill bit to make the holes in the boards to insert the dowel sticks.  The ladder was easy to make and very cheap.  I want to say that even with the purchase of the drill bit it cost well under $20.00.  I stained the finished ladder and I also covered the stain with a polyurethane so the stain would not rub off onto my quilts.  I love this little piece and I want to make a couple more in the future.  This was such an easy project my daughter made one for herself.  She loves hers as well. 

      I took several picture of the quilt ladder because I wanted to show it well.

      This is the quilt ladder with four quilts on it.

     I took the top quilt off so you could get a sense of the width of the ladder.

     This is a picture of the ladder where it stays in a corner of the bedroom.

Easy Christmas Tree Decorations

    I found these cute Christmas tree ornaments on Facebook and made three to give to my dear daughter.  Here is the link to a similar tutorial made with scrap ribbon.  Link to fabric Christmas trees. 

     I made mine a little different.  I used a dowel that I cut up into three different sizes.  I filed the ends of each piece to round off the edges caused by the cutting.  I painted the dowel stick, then I cut up 1.5" wide strips of fabric into 8" long pieces and I also used some green ribbon I had.  I tied the fabric to the dowel and trimmed it into a triangle.  I found the wooden stars at Michaels and painted them with some silver glitter paint I had.  I glued the star to the top and added a piece of twine for hanging. 

    These were easy and fun to make.

Quilt Ladder Project

   I bought the supplies to make this quilt ladder a couple of weeks ago.  Using the instructions from this  A Beautiful Mess, I made it to store the quilts that I made.

My supplies:

  2 -  1" x 2" x 6' pine boards ($3.25 each)

  3 - 3/4" x 48" round dowels I'm making five rungs 20" long so I only needed 2 1/2 of these ($8.94)

  1 - 3/4" Forstner drill bit ($9.97)

  1 bottle of Elmer's Carpenter glue ($1.98)

Total  $27.39 (without state sales tax)

       I had a little trouble getting my drill to work.  I called in my dear daughter for help and we finished drilling the holes yesterday.  I sanded and set it up this morning for this picture.  I still have to stain it and I'm calling it done.  I have plans to make a couple of more for myself and dear daughter wants one or two.