Bringing sexy...err, fabric (and myself) back...

So I've clearly been taking a blog break. I just have not found myself feeling craft inspired lately. I decided to jump back into the craft world to distract myself. So here goes nothing...

I attempted to order curtain fabric a couple months ago and it fell through. I eventually ordered the same fabric again and got it about a week ago. It.was.horrible. SOOO much brighter in person than it was on my computer screen..which is always a risk when buying fabric online. I've returned the fabric and I've been perusing a different website. I've come up with some more options that I like and if the colors are not quite the same I think they'll still work. I'm totally in love with gray and yellow together these days. I have a slate grey/blue couch that dominates my living room. I'm tired of blue and brown together. I'll consider going yellow and blue but this grey and blue stuff is really intriguing me. What do you think??






Right now I am in looooove with the fabric in the third picture. It's by Amy Butler and is called Midwest Modern Optic Blossom. It is not a conventional choice for me at all. Something about it just keeps bringing me back to it.

Curtain Fabric Reveal

I went ahead and made a decision on fabric. The color surrounding the fabric in the photo is close to the color of my couch. I reallllly hope this fabric works with my huge pain in the butt sectional. Soooo.....9 yards of this is on the way.....





Wait for it....










Keep waiting....










Be patient!......










This is so exciting! I'm excited. Are you excited???










Okay, okay...here it is!!!

Curtains!!

I really like making my own curtains whether I start with sheets, fabric from a bolt, or curtains that I'm altering. I'm not claiming to be an amazing seamstress or that the curtains I make rock...but...I like them! I'm planning on getting a different curtain rod. The one I have up now is great for valances but these curtains need something else.

New Fabric Theme!

Here are the fabrics I picked out for Angelica's room! I LOVE them! The pink is going to be used for curtains. The yellow is for pillows (this matches the chair I upholstered). The blue flower fabric is for a bed skirt and some pillows. I'm still trying to decide if I will applique some of the blue flower fabric to the pink comforter.

I'll having pictures of the process and some of the finished results up tomorrow. I don't have any filling for pillows so those are going to remain empty until I can get up the nerve to go back to the store (I haaaaaate Walmart and there isn't another cheap option for stuffing here).

This picture isn't the best because I took it with my cell phone outside.



Completed chair using the yellow fabric.