Around the Corner

This is a great wall hanging made from the Around the Corner block. I wish the colors were brighter but when I went to mess with the photo it just looked weird and orange. I have this up in my living room and I love the colors. It feels really warm to me. I made this when we were buying the house. I figured we couldn't move into a new home unless we had a new wall hanging. Strange logic, I know. But there it is, living proof that I won't pack or move until I have a new wall hanging.

New Curtains, okay I copied

Well, Dahlia didn't like the pillow but she liked the curtains. Dahlia pulled the curtains off the wall last week and bent the curtain rod. It was a cheap metal rod that just bent in half under the weight of a swinging monkey of a girl. So I got a big 1 inch thick dowel from Lowes and replaced it with that. I took the curtains, washed them, ironed them and sewed ribbon all over them. I copied the idea from Maddie's curtains, they aren't exactly the same but I liked the effect. Took about 15 minutes, now that's an EASY project.

Easy Pillowcase with French Seams

I was up at Fiddlesticks today, one of my favorite shops, and picked up a kit for a Valentine pillow. It had directions for the roll tube, something I haven't done before. So I brought it home, thinking this is going to be a snap, the pieces are already cut and it should sew together in just a few minutes. Well.......20 minutes later i'm still looking at the instructions trying to figure them out. The instructions say things like: "fold the fabric in half" well, which way? So after a while, I did figure it out, and it did sew together pretty quickly. I hope Dahlia loves it when she gets home. So really this should be titled:

Easy (if you know what you're doing) Pillowcase with French Seams