CorinnaAshley

Did I ever tell you about that one time I bought 3 yards of a faux leather fabric in probably the most perfect color on Amazon? Well, I did. And having never really bought fabric before, I way overestimated how much I needed. So I’ve been thinking of different ways to use the extra fabric and came up with this ultra cute leather fringe banner!

What You’ll Need:

Leather-like material, ruler/yard stick, pencil, scissors

Start by cutting out a rectangle of fabric. Mine is 10 inches tall by 36 inches wide.

Go along one of the long sides and mark 1/4 inch increments. I used the threading on the backside of the fabric as a guide so only had to mark part way. Then mark off about 1 and 1/2 inches on the other long side as a guide for where to stop cutting,

Cut straight lines at those 1/4 inch marks to the stop point. (This would be the time consuming part)

(See that large bundle of leather fabric there in the basic? I’ve still got loads more to work with!) Gold thumb tacks work really well for the weight of the fabric. Just press through the fabric and hold it up on the wall, adjust until you like how it hangs, then press the tacks in place!

Our living room is in that awkard state where we’re still buying and arranging furniture. So please excuse that! It’ll come together soon enough, I can’t wait!

 

 

I thought about hanging up a really cheesy and badly edited picture of it hanging over a white fireplace. I think it would look hella cool hanging across the mantle but, alas, have no fireplace yet. I’m pretty stinkin’ determined to have one eventually, so if you see a good DIY fireplace, send it my way!

I tried out a new thing with curtain making. Naturally, that meant I wanted to share with you my recent DIY curtain adventure today. I have been wanting to play around with tie dye for months now and finally pulled out the kit I’d bought. I used them on the plain canvas drop cloth panels I had hanging up. The results are stellar, I hope you like!

What I Used:

Canvas drop cloth, this “moody blues” tie dye kit, saran wrap, spray bottle with water, and these antique bronze finish drapery clip rings

The curtain rods are DIY.

 

The Process:

First thing I did was run the panels through a rinse cycle in the washer.

The instructions in the kit are pretty much straight forward. I chose the pattern I wanted, which they call “Stripes.” The kit came with rubber bands, which is convenient, but they aren’t very heavy duty for reference. I spaced a few of the rubber bands closer and a few farther a part from one another. I matched up the spacing on the two panels.

Then, I took my saran wrap out, pulled some out, laid the end of one panel onto it. Pulled more saran wrap out and laid more panel onto it. And so on until the whole thing was on saran wrap. I did it in sections so that the saran wrap didn’t bunch up and stick to itself.

Once I added water to the bottles provided with dye in them, I put the plastic gloves on as I figured I’d have to touch the panels a lot to get the dye spread.

I then zig zagged some indigo dye in some sections and turquoise in others.

Immediately after running the dye down, I sprayed over it with the water to spread it out and let it seep. The kit isn’t really designed for large curtain panels so I utilized the water to help the dye reach further into the bunched up fabric.

I then wrapped the saran wrap around the panels and let them sit for just over 24 hours. I dragged them out to the washer and ran them through a rinse cycle. Then through the dryer.

You may or may not want to wash it more than rinsing before putting it through the dryer. It didn’t seem like there was still dye running out of my panels after rinsing, but that may not be the case for you and I don’t want you to tie dye the inside of your dryer.

Once dry, they’re ready to hang!

The rocker is vintage rattan, garden stool was a makeover, sequin pillow I shared on Houseologie, and I’ll talk more about the lamp and plants later on. I’m not digging the lamp in the living room. I feel like it clashes with all the warm undertones in the wood and leather. What do you think?

I was initially worried about the blue on blue in the space but I’m not at all disappointed! I’m very happy with them when I hang out in this space. They feel so me.

The accent pillows here are handmade. I shared the leather pillow on the Love Nerds and I created the gold glitter heart pillow.

 

The panels fit beautifully with our vintage furniture and eclectic finds. I am so excited to share with you all the things coming together in this space. I hope you’re following along, and if you’re not, you should!

Do you dig tie dye?