Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Quick Kitschy Kitchen Curtain~

We have a window in our kitchen that needs replaced.  It is functional, but u.g.l.y.
Since we are still deciding the design of the kitchen (before remodeling), this window is in ugly limbo land, hanging there and irritating me daily. 
It is west facing, so in the evening, the sun blinds us during our evening meal. 

My solution? A tacky, kitschy curtain.... to hide the window, and block the sun.

The floral fabric is from a thrifted, vintage twin fitted sheet.
The bird fabric was about a foot short of the needed length, so I decided to add a panel at the top. 
It extended my length and added some whimsey (whimsey is a classier word for tacky. grin)

  The bird fabric I scored at Ikea several years ago because I loved it.

  I made the curtain short so it easily cleared the shelf below it.

  The panels are minimally sewed and hemmed so I can repurpose the fabric in the future if I choose.
The ring clips eliminate the need for a rod pocket and make the curtain easier to open and close.

  I am in love. Tacky, thrifted, colorful and whimsical. 
Perfection.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

A Thurs. with Time to Make~

   It's a rare day here on the farm, where I am in my favorite pink jammie pants and have time to play in the studio! Of course I am not in the studio, I am on the computer as usual... a quick post and then I am off to make a MESS of some sort...

   I just spent some time futzing around on facebook and realized that I am posting more on my wall on facebook than here in my blog. Not sure I like that, I mean, I consider this blog my journal, a documentation of my life happenings... whether relevant to the world or not, the things I post are relevant to me, and I enjoy browsing through the previous years to see where I was mentally, creatively and physically. I do not want that documenting place to be FB.

So... the plan is to post HERE and have it feed to FB. If I can get Network Blogs to WORK, that is.

Anyway... here are some things I have been sniffing around in the studio. 
Plans. 
Always have Lotsa Plans.

Here they are...

APRONS!
Project 17 with Craft Hope is APRONS FOR HAITI~ 
I love the idea of sending some pretties to women who experience very little prettiness in their lives...
This is cute, but not one I made, this photo is from their FB page.

LOVE this apron style... love how it looks like a wrap-around skirt.
I think it needs pockets. Some serious pockets. 
And it needs to be a bit wider around, for some of us are curvier and have wider parts than others.  ;)
Today I plan to dig through the fabric stash and make some to send to Craft Hope.

They put an iPod on a practically unresponsive man in a nursing home. It's like he wakes UP.
So fascinating. A MUST see...
I love old men. I was Grandpa's girl and will always have a soft spot for cranky, crazy old men.

K. FOCUS TIME. I am off to the studio!
xo