One person's junk... (picture heavy)

...is another's treasure.

We got yet another installment of free furniture! A while back, my Dad was out jogging and went past a house where the owner had put out their garbage. Next to the trash cans was an end table. The top of the table looked like someone took a hammer to it. Having the eye for well made furniture, he went home, got the car, and brought it home. It turns out to be a piece of Henredon furniture.

He stripped it, and covering the table top with a dish towel, he ran a steam iron over it, about 1" from the surface, which made the wood in the indentations expand, so the majority of the hammer marks were gone. Once he stained it, they're almost undetectable.

It's a beautiful piece of furniture and is the perfect mate to my free chair! :o)





I told him that he should take a polaroid of it and send it to the old owners! ;o)


How to make a polarfleece sock:

1. Here are the three pieces:

L to R: Top of foot/front of shin (A), back of shin (B), and sole (C)

2. Sew B to C at the heel:


3. I used the Elastic Stitch, which is stitch #3 (#1 is your typical straight stitch):


4. Sew A to the two pieces just sewn together:


5. Turn down about 1" and stitch the cuff:


6. Turn right-side-out and you have a warm, comfy sock!