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18th June 2012, 09:59 AM #1
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Sewing table, version 2
What do you do when your elderly mother (for the first & only time I can remember), admires a piece of furniture you've made & says "I'd love one of those!"??
The obvious answer is "hurry" - she's almost 90, and I'd like her to enjoy it as long as possible...
So this is another version of the chair-side sewing table I made for LOML. Mum wanted it in a light wood, and didn't want the bag (my better half couldn't convince her that it's one of the more useful features), but the customer is always right. Wood is southern Silky Oak, with drawer-fronts of nicely-figured northern SO, for a bit of contrast. Finish is clear, hard Shellac (our sponsor's product, which I have finally learned to dilute enough to make it easy to apply). It's a little bit shorter than version 1, and I made the legs just a bit thinner (5mm) which gives it a slightly more dainty look.
It has been approved by the new owner.....
Cheers,IW
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18th June 2012, 10:18 AM #2
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Very nice and good on you.
The job in progress bag is very useful, when I made my version of a ladies work table I had visions of half finished tapestries and quilts residing there but other uses keep coming up like leaving the ball of wool in there while knitting so it does not roll around.
P/s like how you have used different knobs on each version but they both look so right I can't choose between them,
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18th June 2012, 07:13 PM #3
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Hi Hugh. I leave it to the owner to decide how the bag gets used. Whatever suits; I think I would be ill-advised to try telling LOML what she should put in it....
Originally Posted by A Duke
That's encouraging - thanks. On the first version, I asked the recipient what she would like, & she chose the glass knobs. I was taken to task (mildly) because they are not period-authentic. My answer was that they were free to discuss it with my better half. (The offer was hastily declined... Originally Posted by A Duke
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I turned my own knobs for vers. 2 (from She-oak), after some consultation with my B.H., to whom I turn for advice on aesthetic matters. I think the two smaller knobs actually look a tad better, myself - more balanced - but both owners seem to be quite happy with what they've got, so all's well.
Cheers,IW
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19th June 2012, 09:04 PM #4
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Version 2 just as nice as version 1.
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