Freecycle Chair & Embroidered Valentines

Have you guys heard of freecycle?  It's like Craig's List, but with all free stuff (hence the name.....).  Their website describes it as:

The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,880 groups with 6,933,000 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them's good people). Membership is free.

The website is here.  I got this papasan chair a couple of months ago and have been too busy to fix it up until last weekend.  Here it is before:

As you can see, the cushion was way too big and wide for the frame making it look kinda sad.  Or like it was vomiting cushion.  I decided to change it up by repainting the frame and cutting the sides off the cushion so that it actually fit the frame.  Then I made a removable cover (this chair will be an outside chair so I wanted to be able to take off the cushion cover to store inside when not in use).

Here's the chair frame with a couple coats of paint.  It already looks soooo much better:

 

And here's the finished product! 

I found this upholstry on clearance and just love the coolness of the blue.  I can't wait until it's warmer so I can sit outside & read while curled up on this chair.

Next up are some embroidered Valentine's Day cards I made for my hubby and daughter using the pattern I created (my first one!).  I just wanted to give you an idea of how it can look if you choose to use the pattern. I just used some cream colored cardstock.  Enjoy!!!