This fabric is calling to me, but I’m in the process of moving my sewing room and cleaning out the house so it will have to wait. I plan to make some new pillows to brighten up our den. This fabric is from the Drawing Room collection by Anna Maria Horner (loving that new line that’s coming out soon, by the way). I bought this fabric from Contemporary Cloth.
Here are some photos from the wedding party last night. I worked at a flower shop for several years after college, so I enjoyed having the opportunity to make these arrangements.
And look at the yummy cupcakes (made by Sweet Pockets here in Atlanta).
I hate this ottoman. I am in a period of crafrustration where none of my projects come out right, which is one reason that I’ve not posted the past few days. For this project, I used a cheaper blend version of sari fabrics, as silk obviously would not work for a project like this and would be too expensive. Still, the fabric was slippery and had to be backed with fusible webbing. Here’s the before and after shot of the ottoman, so I suppose it’s an improvement:
But in a house with two small children this is not the best fabric choice and it came out a bit sloppy. You should see the matching chair that I energetically ripped apart but have now decided that I am not capable of recovering. Oops. At least I bought upholstery fabric for that project. Do you ever start to hate something in your house so much that you must change it right away? That’s how I felt about this chair and ottoman. And I’ll probably feel compelled to change this again soon. Persistence, right?
Enough of my complaining. I still think that sari fabric would make some lovely pillows, and I like these colors. I used the wrong side of the fabric as it had a little less sheen and more muted color tones.
There’s no point in getting new furniture around here because it will only get over-loved by the kids, so I decided to make some new throw pillows.
I wanted to find fabric that would lend itself well to a patchwork pillow design so I went with this Marimekko fabric from Reprodepot. Seems that it’s longer available there, but you can find it and all the other incredibly cool fabrics on the Marimekko site here. This is a pattern from the ’60s and I chose it because I needed blue, but I’m thinking it looks a bit like I pulled it off a dorm room wall. Can you smell the patchouli? Or maybe the colors make it look kind of nautical. Perhaps I should have mixed in some other fabrics. Anyway, I’m just not sure about these pillows. I’m going to try to make some more pillows to add to the room and see how it goes. Thought I might try Amy Butler‘s hourglass pillow pattern (available free on her site).
