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Sunday, 31 July 2011

The Mouseman footstool is nearly finished!

Had an inspiring weekend....so I thought I'd make the most of it and work on the lovely little Mouseman footstool. First of all I removed the old leather seat straps that were broken...


then some old leather had to be aged to match the 90 years of wear and tear...


The new bare strips were cut and woven into place....


and finally, the new straps were antiqued to match the originals....


I'm quite pleased so far, tomorrow the hide feed will have been absorbed into the old leather and I should be able to buff the whole top, then I'll be able to do the final distressing to the new straps.

Why not pop over to Wendy's handmade Monday to see what everyone else has been doing this week?

12 comments:

  1. Anne - Imagination Beads31 July 2011 at 18:55

    A very impressive result.

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  2. Unknown31 July 2011 at 19:31

    Your stool has brought back many happy memories for me, I remember a strawberry and cream rush version that my brother made in the 1960s at school, it was my seat in our living room.

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  3. Susie31 July 2011 at 20:21

    This is wonderful. I love that there are people still doing this sort of thing, so many people don't bother to have things repaired these days. Wonderful, thank you for sharing this.

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  4. Wendy31 July 2011 at 20:30

    It looks amazing - already there's very little difference between the new and old!

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  5. PuppyFly Boutique31 July 2011 at 21:17

    Lovely to see something so different. It looks fantastic (and really comfy!) Anna x

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  6. itsamistry31 July 2011 at 22:06

    Looks fabulous and it's great to see items are being restored and not just thrown away.

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  7. Kazies Magical Designs31 July 2011 at 23:15

    looks lovely well done on getting to look so authentic xxx

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  8. Carolee Crafts1 August 2011 at 10:14

    The finished stall is fantastic, well done

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  9. Ali1 August 2011 at 18:42

    Very impressive work matching the new to the old - an amazing result.

    Ali x

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  10. Caroline Lovis (Redneedle)1 August 2011 at 21:47

    Your picture really caught my eye. Well done for breathing life into this lovely piece

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  11. Kim2 August 2011 at 11:36

    Thank you everyone, I've finished it now - hooray!

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  12. stylesofcooking2 August 2011 at 18:53

    All i can say is WOW! How impressive and it's great to read something very different in a blog. Great work well done

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