Labor Day 2011
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Spent a lot of time in the sewing room this weekend as the rest of the family was out of town in various places. Made pillows for the home of a soon-to-be-newlywed couple. They get married in a month and are feathering their soon-to-be nest. First time I had dealt with this type of trim. It was thick and didn't really want to be co-operative.
But I won.
The pillows with brown and lime green pom pom ball fringe turned out to be my very favorites!
Y'know, I could do this for a living...
if only more people needed decorative pillows and knew that I rock at making them.
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After that project was complete, I made a table runner for a friend whose family has just moved to a new neighborhood. I recovered their dining room chairs in the same fabric.
I'd never made a table runner before.
Y'know, I could sew those for a living...
but then I might put the poor children in China's sweatshops out of business.
And I'd hate to do that.
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At the end of the weekend, I cleaned and oiled my faithful sewing machine.
It was well-deserved and much needed. She made a lot less noise afterward. But I am pretty sure I heard a small, sweet voice say 'thank you' when I walked out of the room.
