David and Daisy

Fabric, Dreams and Life

My Over-the-Top To-Do List for The Next Week

We’ve been away for a few days – a Cape May visit.  And our basement flooded, because the county “fixed” our curbs and blocked our drainage.  And there are a quite a few other things that have been going on, all contributing to the lack-of-use of my nice, new sewing room. So here is my [...]

Line the Curtains or Not?

Having just finished lining the nursery curtains, it was interesting to see this post from Fresh Nest Design today – Drapes: To Line or Not to Line.
I have personally never lined curtains for my home, but it has always been a purposeful decision.  My  living room curtains are made of thick Amy Butler August Fields [...]

Upcoming Projects

I’m on a “use what I have”  and “finish old projects” kick, because sadly we had to buy a new car a few weeks ago, and it has hit my fabric budget a little bit.
Thankfully – I have a lot of fabric at home already.  I have another panel of a curtain to finish, and 2 [...]

Painting the First Floor …

I haven’t been sewing as much lately, because we’ve been working on quite a few projects around the house. I HAD to finish them before this weekend, because we were hosting our monthly potluck, and I didn’t want the house to be a construction zone with paint fumes.
I painted the living room (Sherwin Williams Softened [...]

Lots of Stuff …

I’ve been super busy.  The house updating has pulled me away from my sewing machine, but I’m 95% done a summer dress, and I have so much to sew next week.
I’ll also be posting pictures of living room and dining room soon.  I’ve been sanding and painting …

Really, enough procrastination …

This past week I was distracted by this beautiful addition to our home:

My living room was temporarily in my dining room, which threw everything else into disarray, and of course I have not had any chance to sew since. Well, I spent 1 hour cutting out a new dress.  I guess that counts.
Then, we were [...]

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