David and Daisy

Fabric, Dreams and Life

Mrs Mrs Owl

This is Mrs Mrs Owl:

It was so nice to get back to sewing today. I’ve been painting and fixing up our garden and doing tons of other things.
Mrs Mrs Owl (yes, that is two ‘mrs’, very important) is David’s imaginary friend.  She lives in our house, and swoops in to eat dried oatmeal when we [...]

Distraction #47 – Fire Truck Birthday Cake

I spent 2 nights this past week making these cakes for a certain now-3-year-old’s birthday party. So yeah, no sewing lately.

And we can’t forget the burning building!

Completed Curtains for Faculty Room

Here are the curtains I made for the room.  These were actually 2 long panels, already purchased.  We didn’t want to cover the heating vent, so I cut the bottom off and used the remainder to make a valance to cover a very awful scalloped wooden valance. I added a center pleat to hide the [...]

I sewed a slipcover!

I volunteered to help with a faculty room makeover, for Teacher Appreciation Week, at David’s school.  I thought … I’ll make some pillows, maybe curtains.
“Jen, can you make a slipcover?”
Sure I can! (Um, I think.)
Here’s a close up of the ugly chair fabric -

And here is the muslin.   I didn’t even take a picture of [...]