a little sewing

I had fun making a seat cushion for my sewing chair this friday. i love this fabric and it goes really well in our blue craft room! (this is our green living room and my kitchen chair so it does not fit perfectly)

I did not have a pattern but it was really easy to measure the seat and then just added the ties on the back. i am still painting the sewing chair i just wanted to see how it looked.

I am so excited that it turned out well....

I added some antique buttons from my grandma's sewing kit and love how it turned out. now to finish painting....

This is our rocker on the back patio. it needed a seat cushion as well. i like the first one better but it will work.

Again another vintage button in the middle

and just one tie in the back


i think i can move on to seat cushions for the kitchen chairs. we picked some fabric and i think chris is even ok with the wallpaper that i like for ONE wall in the kitchen! it really needs to be refinished-the flowery stencil is still on the wall from the previous owners-not really our style! one room at a time.

spt

tuesday, january 27th i resolve to take more self portraits doing everyday things that i love + with people that i love
tuesday, february 3rd--resolve to take more self portraits doing the things i love...


this is harder than i thought it would be to take pictures of everyday things we are doing once a week. i think looking back i will really like it. it is also hard to get pictures of myself because i am usually the one to take them or we snap one of the two of us.



while shopping in utah with my mom we saw the cutest little fabric book but they were out of the panel so i searched online and ordered the panel. it is soo cute and easy to make. i have done pieces when i have five to ten minutes here and there.


i did not get very far but it is cut out! i love to sew and love to find different and unique fabric and patterns.




although sometimes i do get discouraged and frustrated by trying new things. I actually really enjoy the challenge. I love finding new patterns and thinking i can do that! And it does not always work out the way that I imagine but I would rather try and fail than never try at all. so one of my resolutions is to try new things and document it. (one of the problems is i want to try so many things)



this second project has been in the works for a few years...yes. years. i decided to hand quilt it and it takes an enormous amount of time but i am determined to finish it! it is fun and i think i have gotten the hang of it. i want to finish it this year!