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I am so excited to finally get something crossed off my creative to-do list.  The other day I played with the mod-podge for furniture, called Hard Coat, that I first read about here.  It was fun to be able to spice up what might otherwise be…less spicy.

I found this old table at one of my favorite junk stores in Abilene.  I love this store because there is so much stuff to rummage through, and you find a new treasure every time you go.  I think she charged me $25 for it.  It was a steal, and it didn’t end up need as much work as I thought that it would because I love the way the paint ended up after the sanding, so I didn’t have to repaint it.  The boy helped me sand everything down, and he also glued some things back together to make the whole thing a little sturdier.

I am planning on using it for a sewing table, and the thing that makes it the most perfect, I think, is it has a little drawer in the front where I can keep all my sewing necessities that I like to have within arm’s reach.  The inside of the drawer had seen better days (I am sorry that I wasn’t really good about photographing my progress here, but I will get better!).  So, I decided to cover the inside with some of my favorite Heather Bailey fabric.

This has a duel benefit for me.  First, it helped reinforce the drawer a little, but most important, it gave me an opportunity to use some of my favorites for me, something that I am admittedly very bad at doing.    I am actually not very good at making things for myself at all, but I am working on fixing that too.  The next quilt I make is going to be for me - mark my words!

This whole process was very much like decoupaging with paper.  I didn’t read the directions as carefully as I should have before I started.  Sanding between each layer would have probably made the whole thing smoother.  I may go back and sand it just a little to smooth things out; the finish is a little rough in parts.  I also probably should have painted the drawer first, so that the wood underneath wouldn’t have darkened the fabric.

Overall, I love it though.  It is glorious in its imperfection. See how much I am growing!