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 [...]