I've got a new headboard

Love it.

Looking Good

I grouted on Tuesday, using an almond color to unify the pattern. I think it looks really nice. Sometimes I add the grout and it doesn't turn out nearly as good as the picture I had in my mind. Luckily that wasn't the case. Shout-out to Tim for helping me grout - for his first time he did really well!

Last night I painted the frame a bright white. Fabulous! Next post will be the completed herringbone headboard.

Herringbone Headway

The headboard on Wednesday morning.The headboard today.

Yeah done! Hoping to grout and paint the frame this week.

Headboard update

Here is the latest picture, five panes are completely done, ten to go. At the current pace I should be done by mid March - yikes, I've got to get busy!

Harder than I thought

Okay, I thought the herringbone project would be a piece of cake but it is proving to be a little finicky. Keeping the pattern running straight is not so easy.

The hand-cut pieces (charming I think) vary by millimeters in size - just enough to mean that you have to constantly compensate with spacing and angles. I'm a little crooked in some places but I think I'll be okay once the edge pieces are added.

Five squares are roughed in with ten to go, then all of the edging. I'd say that each square will end up taking between 2-3 hours.

Break time

I'm taking a break from dragon tongue and have started working on two new projects. One is a present so I'm not going to show progress, the other one is a wonderfully mindless project that I think will turn out beautiful.

I'm using the 15 pane window that was a dud of a project a few months ago and am going to make a headboard for my bed. I'm only using one color of glass and will be using a herringbone pattern; so all the pieces are essentially the same size.

It's like I'm still mosaicing but am on a vacation at the same time because there is no thinking about design. Here is a taste of what it will look like.