While throwing a jug in the trash this morning something caught my eye. The lid seemed the perfect size for a mini end table for White Pine Cottage. So I kept it out and got out a dowel for the legs. Then dug around for fabric. A little while later an end table was finished! Here's how it went...
I cut a wooden dowel into thirds leaving them 2 inches each and hot glued them underneath the lid.
I cut a circle of fabric by tracing a small Pyrex bowl.
I also thought a floral cover on top of the white fabric would look nice. I used a paper napkin with a smaller circle traced and cut it out. Then I removed the layers of the napkins until I only had the top printed layer.
I Mod Podged the fabric to the top of the lid. I thought it would be smoother than hot glue.
The I did use hot glue around the sides of the lid. I used a little at a time and pinched the fabric to form ruffles all around. I then used Mod Podge to glue down the floral layer.
In the mean time I used spray starch all around the ruffles and tied a piece of string around while drying to sort of control the ruffles so they wouldn't splay out too much. I also used a combination of watered down brown paint and dry brushed brown paint here and there to give it an aged look and also depth.
Here are links to other mini-tutorials pictured...
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