New Shower Curtain

Remember this photo?

Just in case you didn't read the wordy post from yesterday some repeat photos :) .....

I started cutting out circles by hand and then decided to speed things up and bought this.

Had Brett fix my already cut circles while adding the steam-a-seam

Then we, mainly Brett, cut out the rest. I just laid the fabric on top of the square adhesive sheets and cut them both out at the same time.

We did various sized circles with 5 different fabrics. I laid the shower curtain out flat on the living room floor and flung the circles like frisbees hoping for a random layout. I liked how it looked so I pined them in place and then got to work attaching them to the curtain. First with the iron (for the steam-a-seam) then with the embroidery floss.

I love it and so does Colin. Brett is a little concerned about the goldfish named Robert looking at him while he uses the facility :)

It was supposed to be a lazy Sunday

Instead it was very productive.

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After:

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Thanks to Ikea we got some great stuff for the kitchen at really good prices. Our old light had a socket that went bad so we only had two bulbs in it. Which was not enough light for our kitchen. The new light fixture is not my dram fixture but for $20 it works wonderfully.

The hanging system under the cabinets works really well. I got some stuff out of the cupboards (I need to make room) that we use every day. I need to go back to Ikea and get some longer hooks to hang the ceramic holders on so I can fit some cooking utensils in them. For now they are housing Colin's forks (which there is also no room in the silverware drawer).

Some of my goals this year are:

*to simplify our life/house

*to slow down and enjoy the time we share together

So far we are off to a great start. We cleaned out the garage and a few cupboards in the kitchen.

Happy Monday :)

Spring & Summer Colors

Summer in the City by Urban Chicks

Miscellaneous American Jane, mostly Peas and Carrots :)

 

Flea Market Fancy- Rainbow of Colors

The colors in these fabrics bring me a little bit of sunshine to some of the grey gloom days that we have here in the pacific northwest. Need some sunshine for yourself? Just click on the photo.

We made it

My husband as been in Germany for two weeks, working of course, and I am happy to report that Colin, Kona, and myself are all in one piece. Half way through the first week I did not think I was going to make it. Colin decided to change his most compassionate sleeping schedule to an unruly one. Waking up after bedtime after sleeping for as little as one hour, it was a different story every night, even though I put him to bed at the same time. I will be so happy and well rested when he sleeps more consistently through the night.

I did find lots of energy for some projects around the house, and thanks to my little brother Ben we got them done before Brett got home.
This is a frame we made to fit this Alexander Henry decorator weight fabric on. I got it out of the remnants section at Fabric Depot. You just can't pass up the savings and the fabric piece was 3/4 of a yard, I think. I also got a yard of the Alexander Henry decorator weight fabric Mocha (and a extra yard to use with Christina's diaper bag pattern when it's finished) and I made two panels and a third out of some Laurie Smith fabric I had in the stash.
The wall is long enough for a fourth panel and it looks a bit strange with just the three so I am going to make a fourth panel with the Laurie Smith stripe. I got the frames for these at Ikea, they were only $4.99 and it came with screws and nails. The nails were complete junk and it went much faster with a stapler. Overall I am very pleased with both projects but of course the one in Colin's room is my favorite, since we made the frame ourselves. Next time I will just make the frame myself so I can vary the size/shape to fit the fabric I have and add more pezazz.

Here is a peek at the rest of the fabrics I bought from Fabric depot, all at least 30% off, to add to my stash.

That's right there is a piece of Paisley print fabric ;)