That makes me nostalgic for the 70's when I bought a very ugly painted and gouged headboard for my son for when he moved to a "big" boy bed. $5 was all I could afford back then. So, I stripped it, and sanded out the gouges, stained and varnished, and it was absolutly beautiful!! That was the last furniture I refinished. You make me want to do something again. But DO protect your precious sewing hands, OK?