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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Recycle:)

I love prims and antiques and love it even better when I can find a way to add cross stitch to the pieces I find.  While antiquing awhile back I found this wonderful glass washboard.  I looked through my designs and thought I'd use the bottom motifs from my
 "Love for Labors All" design.  Changed up the colors and added a date....
Mounted and laced it onto some cardboard with batting and popped it in the top of the washboard.  Trimmed it with my stained vintage chenille around the edge.
This was fun and my first time doing this finish.  I'll be on the lookout for more washboards when I'm out junking with my buddies:)


Hope you have had a creative day my friends!  
Smiles, ~Nan
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9 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 16, 2015 at 5:03 PM

    oh that is lovely :) I never find wash boards in the UK :( and it would be used for its original purpose as i'm hand washing everything atm because our washing machine died :( typical haha :) xx

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  2. MouseApril 16, 2015 at 5:41 PM

    oooooo fab idea ... never find them over here unless you want to pay oodles of pennies :) love mouse xxxxx

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  3. Robin in VirginiaApril 16, 2015 at 5:51 PM

    What a great way to repurpose the old washboard! Go Nan!

    Robin in Virginia

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  4. lindaApril 16, 2015 at 6:13 PM

    Beautiful finish Nan! I love washboards!

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  5. deniseApril 16, 2015 at 6:27 PM

    :-)

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  6. Three Sheep StudioApril 17, 2015 at 11:26 AM

    Nan, this is so lovely and very clever !
    Rose

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  7. moosecraftApril 18, 2015 at 5:39 AM

    Absolutely gorgeous! Love it!

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  8. KristaApril 18, 2015 at 8:16 PM

    So very creative! Love it! What color did you use for the flowers, looks purple-y :)

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  9. Robin at The Primitive HutchApril 21, 2015 at 11:20 AM

    I've been seeing these done up with punch needle designs ~ I love the way yours turned out with the cross stitched piece! So creative you are!
    Blessings
    Robin

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