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 glued the end of the sticks onto the edge of the cardboard about 2-3 cms in. I had an

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 and