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 [...]

Completed Curtains for a Nursery

I’m finished the two panels for my cousin’s nursery. They were made with fabric from Serena and Lily and they are lovely! Of course, I will need to wait to get some photos of them hanging, in the room, but I have some details for now.
This is a detail of my hand-sewn blind hems. I [...]

Curtains for a Nursery

Pretty fabric! It is from Serena and Lily, and it is a cotton sateen.  I’m making curtains for my cousin – she needs them for her nursery.  I LOVE blue and orange together, and the fabric is really bright and cheerful.

She needs two panels … 92″ finished.  They will also be lined. They won’t have [...]

Sewing Room Move …

This past week, we decided to have a spontaneous room switch.  Alex doesn’t mind working in the basement, and I was having a hard time getting anything sewn back in that dark corner. We did some rearranging and moving – now my sewing room (Can I call it my studio? I think I will) is [...]

Curtains for a Toddler’s Room

I finally got a chance to sew up these super easy curtains on Saturday.

The fabric is a Michael Miller print with dump trucks and orange cones and all sorts of construction equipment. I didn’t line them.  I wanted something simple an fun.  And, I’m going to be sewing dark blue roman blinds for the windows, [...]

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