http://anniepoon.com Just another WordPress.com site Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:01:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/501dc7a2635529e91aa33d10648e5067?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://anniepoon.com http://anniepoon.com/2011/11/16/a-louis-xiv-walnut-armchair-french-late-17th-century/ http://anniepoon.com/2011/11/16/a-louis-xiv-walnut-armchair-french-late-17th-century/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:42:14 +0000 anniepoon http://anniepoon.com/?p=448 ]]> This armchair has obviously been restored, with hand coloring on the silk by me using crayola markers and vinegar water.  Okay seriously, this chair was such a messy project I felt like I was making smores the whole time!

 

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]]> http://anniepoon.com/2011/11/15/queen-anne-walnut-domed-cabinet/feed/ 0 anniepoon photo(2) http://anniepoon.com/2011/11/15/painting-furniture-fabric-with-markers-and-vinegar-water/ http://anniepoon.com/2011/11/15/painting-furniture-fabric-with-markers-and-vinegar-water/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:38:05 +0000 anniepoon http://anniepoon.com/?p=432 ]]> I got tired of upholstering my miniature furniture with pink silk and decided to start coloring fabric myself for variety and beauty.  I ordered fabric dye but till it arrives I’m experimenting with markers and vinegar.  I love how the green lines fade to blue tips as the color separates out.  Hopefully  the fabric will have an antique look, like it was colored with natural dyes.  It is very funny how the second I started working on this I was filled with so much happiness, the same strange transported feeling I used to feel when I would paint in art school.

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