Reading…….

About 3 weeks ago, I was the lucky winner of a giveaway on Our Craft Forum and won this fabulous book from Sandy.

Sandy wrapped the book in that gorgeous doily as she knows I love them. Thanks Sandy!

I am enjoying reading the book too.

I found this gorgeous little jug in a local thrift shop, that's another thing I love….old jugs!

Another thing I love is tins. There are some fabulous tins out there and when I was doing Folk Art & Decorative painting, I would paint them if they were plain janes.

This one is a thin one but a long one. Cheeky mice!

This one isn't really a little tin but an old metal hat box.

I loved painting this watering can for a lady……she loved it too.

I should get my paints out again and finish off the UFO’s I have that are waiting to be finished.

Hugs to all….

Covering a tin….

I had these tins waiting very

patiently for me to cover them.

This adventure meant I had to find my hot glue gun so I could use it.

Then I had to sort out two different fabrics for each tin.

I picked two different reds for one and two different greens for the other.

Measure the circumference of the tin and add an inch by the height of the tin plus 5 inches.

So my tins fabric worked out to be a 13 1/2 x 9 inch rectangle.

The top is 13 1/2 x 3 inch rectangle.

Fold back one end by 1/4 inch and press. Wrong sides together and the shorter end.

Place dots of glue up the tin and place tin on the fabric on the end that hasn't been turned back. (Wrong side of fabric on to tin). Roll the tin over the fabric so to encase the tin. Put some dots of glue on to the bottom of the tin and fold back the fabric so that it sits flat and smooth.

Dot some glue around the inside top of tin and fold back the fabric in to the tin, making sure it is smooth.

Next…

Fold over 1/4 inch on both long lengths onto wrong side of fabrics of Top rectangle and press. Fold over one end (wrong sides together) and press.

Place around the top of tin and making sure it is evenly placed around. Lift the corner of the end that isn't folded back and dot a glue under and then secure this end. Randomly place dots of glue under the strip to secure and making sure the ends are aligned dot with glue and secure the folded end in to place.

Decorate with buttons or bows or what ever takes your fancy and use the tins for storing pencils or your bits and pieces.

When I was doing Folk Art and Decorative Painting any tin that took my fancy would be painted.

I did these quite a few years ago and my daughter Zoei has them all now as she loved the bees on them. It was an Annie Lang design.

These ones I painted for a friends daughter.

I have done quite a few different designs on tins over the years I was painting but haven't painted much at all lately and now its fabric covered tins and the hot glue gun and burnt fingers!

Hugs to all…….

This little box I did for my son's g/f.

This is a "tin bag" which I did for my friend.

This one is a Jo Sonja design which I love doing.

The one on the left and bottom are Jo Sonja designs. The cutlery box I got at a junk clean out and cleaned up the box and sanded it back and painted this design on it.

More of Jo Sonja Designs.

This hat box I found put out by someones rubbish bin with no bottom in it so had it repaired and sandblasted and then painted this design on it which is one of Jo Sonja's designs. See I love Chooks!

The one at left is a Terrie Cordray Design and I love her designs also but alas she has passed away so there will be no more wonderful designs from her :( Most sad.