Julie Hicks Textile Design

                               How I made a Starburst Mirror When I was decorating the living room last year and adding idea's to my ever growing Pinterest board I was pinning lots of pictures of Mid Century furniture as that was the look I was interested in and Starburst mirrors kept making an appearance.  I really liked  the look but not the price ! So I decided to have a go at making one myself. I headed for YouTube and there were loads of lovely people showing you how it's done. I took inspo from a few of them and set about looking for a round mirror and some kebab sticks. I also got out the glue gun and rummaged through the recycling for some cardboard. round mirror , kebab sticks and a hot glue gun So, start with a circle of cardboard slightly smaller than your mirror. My mirror was 25 cms in diameter and the kebab sticks were 30 cms long. With the glue gun ready to go I...

Taking an old unloved piece of furniture and turning it into something beautiful and useful again is another passion of mine. I like the fact an old piece of furniture has a story. I will always remember where I bought a piece and what I did to transform it. It had another life before it made it's way in to our house and will be unique to us. My other half groans when I pull up outside our house with a piece of furniture in the back, bought from the tip shop or charity furniture shop, sometimes a car boot or the local antiques/collectables barn, but he does end up liking most of my finds. Being a sewer I just had to rescue this old sewing machine and give it a purpose. Base looking a bit sad and unloved  I found this at a little antique place near me at a bargain price of £35.00. Someone had  painted the wrought iron base with what looked like white gloss paint so it looked pretty sad and unloved. I bought it not sure where it was going to go in the house...