A finished project

April 20, 2006

I'm finally finished the girl's bedroom curtains and bedcovers. The bedcovers have been done for months and half the curtain has been hanging up for a couple weeks. Today Celine's best friend came over to play and the children all played with each other for hours. I basically only had to feed them which left me lots of time to sew.

I now know why I like gardening better than sewing. Working with dirt is less precise and more forgiving of errors not to mention just plain dirtier. You don't have to worry about exact measurements. When I sew I'm always changing the design as I go (I make my own designs to begin with - can't stand following patterns) to accomodate for the mistakes I've made along the way. It probably would be easier to follow a pattern, measure, etc... These particular curtains I made with leftover sheets and used ribbon to edge them since I didn't leave enough fabric to sew a hem! Opps.

The duvet covers I made using a king sized floral patterned sheet (cut in half, one half for each bed) as the topper and a flannel twin flat sheet as the bottom. I've found that a bottom & top sheet are just too much hassle with small children so I use a duvet cover & duvet as the top sheet and blanket all in one.

Next fall/winter I hope to remove the wallpaper and paint the room a light coral or lilac color with green accents - oh I love the thought of it already!