Besides eating a bunch of popcorn and getting drunk by myself, my other late-night activities include sewing and crocheting. I mean, the only reason I put the ladies to bed is to give me time to get stuff done. Sleep, be damned! *shake fist in the air*
(Similarly to how I will never add up the amount of money I've spent on ballroom dance, I will not give any math-time to how much sleep I have gotten since having children. Too much time spent thinking about either sum would make me feel appalled and exhausted, respectively. Plus, math is for nerds.)
Last night, I finished up my Christmas present to my bestie. For Christmas 2010.
It's a pretty easy little throw pillow for her awesomely retro couch (pattern from Crochet Today). I added my now-signature yo-yo to the back because I'm cheesy like that.
I also whipped up a couple pillow covers for my ladies. I made them a reading nook in their bedroom closet this summer and had literally tied some cloth over a couple huge pillows for make-shift covers.
Needless to say, the knot covers don't stay on very well. What was I thinking?
I happened to have 5 yards of this blue floral in my attic. Why in the world did I have 5 yards of this? I've had it since before the G and I were married, so my plan from the past escapes me.
I just wanted them to be functional and done, so I started sewing and everything worked out pretty well. I guess I made an "envelope pillowcase," so that's cool that they have a name.
Here's how lazy I am while sewing, though:
- I didn't measure anything. I just put the pillow near the fabric and eyeballed everything.
- I gave myself 5 pins to work with. I hate pinning. That's why we have hands, right? To hold things!
- I made my sewing machine go as fast as it could go. It was scary! Pedal to the metal!
- I didn cut any threads if they were on the inside of the pillow. I mean, who's going to check my craftmanship? Oh, you're going to now, aren't you?
Anywho, major upgrade on the cuteness/non-ghetto scale.
too young?
Riot and Frolic 
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