Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Paint Day
Not fabric unfortunately, but the next best thing... The Sewing Room.
I'm not a particularly good painter, however, 4 years of hard use by my artist son has taken its toll. Son has moved his area to the newly finished garage. So armed with my 4 year old Colonial White paint, paint roller, brush and various rags and such, I attacked the walls. I had tried earlier to just touch up the walls, however it had really yellowed over the past years, leaving icky looking blotches where I had tried to fix it. So, I painted the "obvious" walls.
You will note the shelving...This will eventually be all mine. However, right now it is storing stuff that will be part of a yard sale next spring.
I do have a plan here, Thursday: Scrub floors, Friday-Sunday: move my stuff. One of the things I did you will see here:
This is a close-up of the Block Butler. This is a sticky design wall fabric I purchased several years ago. I have had mixed feelings about the Block Butler. First, it was expensive ($60). Second, the threads get stuck to it (duh) but are hard to remove. The more threads that are stuck, the less tacky it is...to the point where you have to stick straight pins in the blocks to hold them to the Block Butler (so what is the point of having it?) The Block Butler instructions say that you can wash it. So that's what I did. Delicate cycle with a cap of Synthrapol. Here are the results....
Many of the threads came off in clumps, much like when you pre-wash fabric. Not all of the threads, but many. The downside is that threads that come off the front during the wash then get stuck to the back (which was totally clean prior to the wash). Some kind of grey grime also got stuck to both the front and back. I don't know if this is accumulated dust or some kind of washer detergent grime that was redeposited. Anyway, it came out of the washer just fine and appears to have regained a little of its tacky qualities. I'm still a bit indifferent to the Block Butler. It looks a little better than it did before the wash, but we'll see how it performs.
I am starting the commission quilt next week. I got all of the blocks Monday and I think it will turn out really cute. Well, back to "real" work...I have a script I need to get approved today.
I'm not a particularly good painter, however, 4 years of hard use by my artist son has taken its toll. Son has moved his area to the newly finished garage. So armed with my 4 year old Colonial White paint, paint roller, brush and various rags and such, I attacked the walls. I had tried earlier to just touch up the walls, however it had really yellowed over the past years, leaving icky looking blotches where I had tried to fix it. So, I painted the "obvious" walls.
You will note the shelving...This will eventually be all mine. However, right now it is storing stuff that will be part of a yard sale next spring.
I do have a plan here, Thursday: Scrub floors, Friday-Sunday: move my stuff. One of the things I did you will see here:
This is a close-up of the Block Butler. This is a sticky design wall fabric I purchased several years ago. I have had mixed feelings about the Block Butler. First, it was expensive ($60). Second, the threads get stuck to it (duh) but are hard to remove. The more threads that are stuck, the less tacky it is...to the point where you have to stick straight pins in the blocks to hold them to the Block Butler (so what is the point of having it?) The Block Butler instructions say that you can wash it. So that's what I did. Delicate cycle with a cap of Synthrapol. Here are the results....
Many of the threads came off in clumps, much like when you pre-wash fabric. Not all of the threads, but many. The downside is that threads that come off the front during the wash then get stuck to the back (which was totally clean prior to the wash). Some kind of grey grime also got stuck to both the front and back. I don't know if this is accumulated dust or some kind of washer detergent grime that was redeposited. Anyway, it came out of the washer just fine and appears to have regained a little of its tacky qualities. I'm still a bit indifferent to the Block Butler. It looks a little better than it did before the wash, but we'll see how it performs.
I am starting the commission quilt next week. I got all of the blocks Monday and I think it will turn out really cute. Well, back to "real" work...I have a script I need to get approved today.
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I purchased a block butler a few years ago and never became a fan of it. the first time i used it, it repeatedly fell off the wall...i'm saving it for the print table surface i'll have someday.
Good luck with your room renovation! Sounds like the hard work will be well worth it, for all that space to yourself!
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