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Last month we finished up our beautiful boudoir. Now we take on the office! Spruce’s May Upholstery Basics post is live on Design Sponge, go check out here how to build from scratch your very own room divider!
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You may have noticed a trend in the past 10 years. It seems that anything your granny did is now becoming cool. It started with the knitting craze and then crocheting and now we are seeing needlepoint all over the place. I am not one to be above trends. In fact, at the beginning of the year I made a very motivated trip to Hobby Lobby and got all the supplies that one would need to pose as a true needlepoint-er. Sadly, that bag is currently under my bed as we speak. I had good intentions…plus I figured, “why should I do all of this extra work when there is an abundance of perfectly good (better) needlework to be found at estate sales, vintage shops, Goodwill, or on the internet”. With the rediscovery of this art, we have noticed a bit of an increase in re-upholstery projects involving needlepoint. I really like this idea.
When I used to think of needle point and upholstery, the image of a formal chair with mauve roses came to mind. Similar to this…
Not that there is anything wrong with this but, I have since realized that there is a way to have a little more fun with needlework. Picture back chairs are the perfect vehicle to frame a funky retro wall hanging or even to use to make unique pillows. I am sure that there are endless ways to re-use vintage needlework but for now, check out some of these fun finds.
I hope that you are inspired to search for fun needlework. Beware…it can be quite addicting!
Another set of benches come to life! We have a rash of classes this month and had a fantastic time with the ladies in our “Build Your Own” Bench Class! We had some fun variations this time around as well. One of our students provided her own hairpin legs, giving the bench a new and different look, LOVE IT! This is a great reminder that you are more than welcome to customize your bench if you like. Just let us know and we can adjust the structure if possible. Take a look at how everything came together and drool over Katherine’s buttermilk pie. To die for!
We are so pleased to toot our horn about being included in the current issue of Austin Monthly Magazine! We are listed as number 5 in the article, “112 Fun Things to Do in the Summer.” HOT DOG! Awesome sauce! We hope you’ll include us in your to-do list for summer and take a class, by golly!
Current Issue of Austin Monthly.
In other news, we were recently asked to participate in a grassroots campaign featuring local craftspeople, artisans, and business owners by our neighbors – tech/media software development gurus Red Method. Sprucettes and our class-goers were featured in a video to promote hand-made, American-made efforts. You can check out the video below:
Isn’t that special?!! You can see more footage of Austin locals by visiting the Red Method site here. Great mission from those folks: they are using current technology via apps to urge and enable us to buy local, create domestically, and pay it forward to ourselves and our neighbors. Great job Red Method! Thanks for thinking of us here at Spruce! We’re pleased to be included. Here’s a pic from the event…
Spruce girls at Red Method.
That’s that for now. Come on by the shop and reupholster local! We appreciate your support always. 
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Have you ever heard of a Canadian tuxedo?…No? Well neither had I until Meredith enlightened me. For those of you who are uninformed, a Canadian tuxedo is when one wears denim on denim or a “denim sandwich”. Typically these are known as a fashion faux paus but Clar has been known to rock this ensemble from time to time. She too was unaware of its clever name. Luckily, Clar is just so adorable that she can make denim on denim cool. Take a look at our photoshoot from this past Wednesday.
I don’t know about you guys, but I am about to start breaking out my denim!
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