look what i did today

we got this ikea chair off craigslist a while ago. (sidenote-my husband is a craigslist master.) it didn't come with a cushion, so we went down the street to our lovely ikea and got a cream colored cushion. it ended up being penny's favorite place to sit. after a while i started noticing how dingy it was looking, but the cover was dry clean only so i just put it out of my mind.

then penny decided to barf on the ottoman.

i took the cover off and saw how nasty it really was looking. we are not buying anything that color ever again! the cushions ended up being three pieces of thick foam, so i thought it wouldn't be all that hard to recover it in fabric i can wash here at home. or at my mom's house where laundry-doing is free. thanks mama :)

i got fabric, and today i covered the cushions (with mom's help. what would i do without her?) after a few mess-ups, i finished and i love it!

close up of the fabric

now i want to recover some of our pillows. my love of color has finally caught up with me and it's looking kinda crazy in this castle.

p.s.- i pride myself on being a good multi-tasker. but when it comes to sewing, i have a one-track mind. which means i have to do a lot of re-doing... baby steps i guess :)

my first apron

a few weeks ago my dear friend jess had a bridal shower, and since she is a baking queen i decided to carry on my mother-in-law's tradition and make her an apron. i'm trying to get better at using patterns so i found one for $3 and managed to sew it without any major issues :)

ta da!

well shoot...

i'm terrible at this whole blogging thing... maybe i'll make it my goal for the month of august to blog on a more regular basis. i did make a really cute apron for a good friend who is getting married in a few weeks, so i will post pictures of that asap. and i got some really fun fabric to recover the cushions on a chair we have, so that will be a fun experiment :) here's to being a better blogger!

it's july!

holy cow i can't believe it's already july! summer is in full swing in san diego; it's been warm and beautiful and the june gloom has finally said goodbye! i even got my first bad sunburn of the year. that means summer has officially begun in my book :)

i haven't had my sewing machine for about a month now, and i have lots of projects i'm dying to try once i get it back! it's supposed to be ready today, but they said the same thing on tuesday and it wasn't, so i'm not getting my hopes up. once i get it back i will post pictures of all the things i'm hoping to make!

i've also decided i'm going to finally get the studio i teach in looking at least a little bit inviting. i've been teaching there for almost two years now and it's about time i spruce it up. i'll post some before pictures soon, and i apologize if they make you depressed. 

happy weekend! here's to lots of barbequed things and waving flags and watching fireworks. and hopefully a s'more or two :) and how cute is that stars and stripes bunting???