I didn't mean to be a tease....

Okay so I didn't really mean to tease with a picture and then not post for days.  I ended up going to Atlanta with LB and the hotel wanted $15 a day for internet service.  Really?  This was a nice hotel and they can't provide free WiFi?  Even McDonald's has free WiFi.  But anyway...

So I took what was left of the drop cloth I used to cover the window seat cushion and decided I would make some pillows to jazz it up and bring the colors together.  Bear in mind I've never stenciled anything before, but I had never covered a cushion before either.  I used Martha Stewart craft paint and added textile medium and a Martha Stewart set of stencils.  A word of advice, start in the middle and work your way out.  Don't start on the edge and hope for the best.  Trust me on this.  LB commented immediately when he saw what I was doing that I started wrong.  Thanks so much big helper, where was he when I was starting?

 SO, here is what I ended up with.  And I used the remaining welting.  Go me!  Didn't want to waste that since it took forever to make.

 In the tease picture I only showed you the three patterns.  Once I sat them on the cushion I realized I needed another orange pillow or it would look wonky.  This is what I came up with.

 Then I had an even number of pillows.  That was never going to work and totally threw my chi off.  I dug through all the fabric in my studio, that's a lot of fabric, and found this oriental print.  I originally found Chiang Mai Draggon fabric by Schumacher online and wanted it for this space but the $ was WAY out of the kitchen budget.  Like there is no budget to work with so fabric that is over $200 a yard isn't even a pipe dream.  This fabric had all the colors of the other pillows and added a different texture to the whole thing so I made a pillow that was a little larger than the others.

I decided I want to make two more pillows to go on each end.  I'm going to make them from the solid I used to make the welting on the oriental pillow.  I hope to get them finished tomorrow and then I'll be done with this pillow business for a while.

So did you know there is actually fabric out there that cost hundreds of dollars for a yard?  I didn't.  And to be honest I doubt there will ever be any fabric that cost that much in this humble abode.  Although I'm certain the beasties that share our space would absolutely LOVE anything made out of fabric that cost that much.  After all they think we are their support staff and they would deserve something made from the costliest fabric we could find.

I went to one of my favorite places when in Atlanta.  I'll tell you about that soon.  Have a GREAT weekend!

Love, Love, Kiss, Kiss!

SNM

Just a little tease...

It was a dreary day here today.  It looked like winter outside but if you went out there it felt like late spring.  I don't know where winter went but it needs to come on back for a longer visit.  It was well into the 70's which is entirely too hot for the 1st of February.

I was hoping to get a new project finished today but as usual it took longer than I thought it would.  I swear you get a great idea and it seems like you should be able to do it in a short short.  NEVER turns out that way.  I got about half way to the finish line but I have to call uncle.  It's late and I'm tired.  LB and RH are already sleeping like babies.  Anyway, here's a little tease of the project.  I hope to finish tomorrow and show you the completed items.

Do you start projects thinking you'll get them finished in no time and then it ends up taking way longer?  I hope I'm not the only one with that problem.  Eventually the tortoise won the race...

Love, Love, Kiss, Kiss!

SNM