Showing posts with label grey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grey. Show all posts
Friday, July 13, 2018
The First Afghan I Ever Made
I made a black, white and grey acrylic granny ripple afghan for my big brother in 1983. I bought the pattern and the acrylic yarn at my local JoAnn's Fabrics. I had not made anything as big as an afghan before and I always forget about this one when I think about old projects. I asked my brother to take this picture the other day so I could document my first big project with a crochet hook. He loves this afghan and I love him for using it and loving it all these years.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
My Barn Quilt - - - How I Made It and Why I Won't Be Making Another
But, I made myself a barn quilt. I'm not going to hang it anywhere but I am going to set it on the deck so I can see it from the sliding glass door in my dining room. My barn quilt started as a almost 2' x 2' piece of plywood I purchased in 2013 for this project. I finally bought the other materials to finish this on February 9, 2015. I bought wood glue to seal the edges, a quart of grey exterior paint and a quart of bright purple exterior paint for the design; a quart of latex primer, a good paint brush, and a quart of Spar varnish to finish it.
This project is really messy and I thought about fixing the messy areas and I even thought about re-painting the entire thing with a different block and different colors. But I'm not going to do that. I'm going to leave this as is and let this serve as a reminder to me that I hate to paint and I'm not a good painter. I think one of the worst parts of painting is letting one coat dry so you can paint the second coat. Boring!
On Saturday, February 14, 2015, I sealed the edges with wood glue, sanding the edges after they were dry. I painted one coat of primer on all sides of the board and gave it a light sand.
On Sunday, February 15, 2015, I painted two more coats of primer on all sides of the board, sanding after each coat was dry and I drew my hunter's star pattern on the wood.
On Sunday, February 22, 2015. I painted all the grey sections with two coats of paint. Then I started putting down my painter's tape in some of the purple sections to paint them. I gave about 4 purple sections two coats of paint.
On Monday, February 23, 2015. I took all the old painter's tape off the piece and put more on the purple sections that needed painting. I gave each of these sections two coats of purple paint.
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015. I took all the old painter's tape off the piece and put more on the purple sections that needed painting. I gave each of these sections two coats of purple paint.
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015. I took all the old painter's tape off the piece and put more on the purple sections that needed painting. I gave each of these sections two coats of purple paint
Today, Saturday, February 28, 2015, I will paint the back and the sides with two coats of grey paint.
Tomorrow, Sunday, March 1, 2015, I will give the piece two coats of varnish with a light sand in between each coat.
Here it is:
This project is really messy and I thought about fixing the messy areas and I even thought about re-painting the entire thing with a different block and different colors. But I'm not going to do that. I'm going to leave this as is and let this serve as a reminder to me that I hate to paint and I'm not a good painter. I think one of the worst parts of painting is letting one coat dry so you can paint the second coat. Boring!
On Saturday, February 14, 2015, I sealed the edges with wood glue, sanding the edges after they were dry. I painted one coat of primer on all sides of the board and gave it a light sand.
On Sunday, February 15, 2015, I painted two more coats of primer on all sides of the board, sanding after each coat was dry and I drew my hunter's star pattern on the wood.
On Sunday, February 22, 2015. I painted all the grey sections with two coats of paint. Then I started putting down my painter's tape in some of the purple sections to paint them. I gave about 4 purple sections two coats of paint.
On Monday, February 23, 2015. I took all the old painter's tape off the piece and put more on the purple sections that needed painting. I gave each of these sections two coats of purple paint.
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015. I took all the old painter's tape off the piece and put more on the purple sections that needed painting. I gave each of these sections two coats of purple paint.
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015. I took all the old painter's tape off the piece and put more on the purple sections that needed painting. I gave each of these sections two coats of purple paint
Today, Saturday, February 28, 2015, I will paint the back and the sides with two coats of grey paint.
Tomorrow, Sunday, March 1, 2015, I will give the piece two coats of varnish with a light sand in between each coat.
Here it is:
Monday, February 9, 2015
I'm Going To Paint A Barn Quilt
I don't have a barn to hang it on, but I'm going to make myself a barn quilt to put on my deck right outside the sliding glass door in my dining room.
I have been wanting to make one of these for a couple of years and two years ago I bought the a 24" square piece of wood for this project, but I never went any further with it. Today I went to Lowe's and bought all the rest of my supplies to finish this project. This is what I bought today:
1. Wood glue to seal the edges of the wood.
2. A quart of latex primer.
3. A paint brush.
4. A quart of purple paint (should have bought an 8 oz. sample instead).
5. A quart of light grey paint (should have bought an 8 oz. sample instead).
6. A quart of varnish.
I already have the piece of wood and I have painter's tape.
I'm going to use the hunter star block for my barn quilt. It will be a light grey and dark purple. I never bought paint before and I should have bought 8 oz. samples of each paint color instead of the quart of each paint color I did buy. I'm going to have a ton of paint leftover. Ugh.
Here's the hunter's star block.
This will be fun.
I have been wanting to make one of these for a couple of years and two years ago I bought the a 24" square piece of wood for this project, but I never went any further with it. Today I went to Lowe's and bought all the rest of my supplies to finish this project. This is what I bought today:
1. Wood glue to seal the edges of the wood.
2. A quart of latex primer.
3. A paint brush.
4. A quart of purple paint (should have bought an 8 oz. sample instead).
5. A quart of light grey paint (should have bought an 8 oz. sample instead).
6. A quart of varnish.
I already have the piece of wood and I have painter's tape.
I'm going to use the hunter star block for my barn quilt. It will be a light grey and dark purple. I never bought paint before and I should have bought 8 oz. samples of each paint color instead of the quart of each paint color I did buy. I'm going to have a ton of paint leftover. Ugh.
Here's the hunter's star block.
This will be fun.
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