Miniature Faux Wicker Chair

 Oh y'all... I'm in love with this one!!  I noticed an old wicker rocking chair in a flea market garden magazine that I've had for years last night.  I looked at the chair for several minutes and decided to try and make a replica.  Ideas started swarming in my head and I got to work.  

I made the rocker from a vanilla wafers box, some twine ribbon left over from another project, four pieces of chair legs from a different project, tape, glue, paint and an old scrap piece of lace.  Take a look!

I wound up using four pieces total of chair.  One for the whole frame, on for the back and two for the arms.

I taped the lace in between the frame and back piece.  Then used wood glue and cut pieces of ribbon all over.

I used a multi strand, twisted piece of string all along the edges.

For the rocker pieces I used balsa wood.  I glued two pieces together for strength and thickness.  I used a knife to cut away the excess and a fingernail file and sand paper to carve the pieces to exactly what I wanted.  

It looked really pretty with just a coat of white paint!  

But I love to age pieces and it needed aging to match the one in the magazine.

For the cushion I used a piece of vintage rose fabric that I have very little of.  It is saved for special pieces.  I really didn't feel like sewing the pillow so I just glued the fabric onto a piece of cardboard and stuffed it.  I later ran a straight pin through the middle, glued it and snipped the end off.

Hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed making it!!