This is just the sort of project that reinforces my rackrat habits! I was ready for some new pillow coverings to spruce up our outdoors swing. A friend had given me some extras from her fabric stash back when our sons were in elementary school. (They are now 30 and 31.) I remembered she had included some very lovely fabric squares in a variety of blue patterns. She had acquired them on a trip to France back in the day. I’ve thinned my fabric stash over the last twenty years, but always made room to save these French fabrics for a special project someday.
Someday arrived, and here is my packrat payoff.
Tags: French fabric, packrat, sewing
July 27, 2011 at 6:00 PM |
What do you do about rain? I’m not organized enough to take them in and out each day.
July 27, 2011 at 6:41 PM |
Somehow I remember to bring them in as part of my after dinner chores. I keep them inside our house right by the front door. It also helps that the swing they are on outside is something I see out of one of our main floor windows. It hasn’t been much of a pillow summer yet!
July 27, 2011 at 6:00 PM |
Actually that was me, Jodee
July 27, 2011 at 6:36 PM |
I figured Hal is a thoughtful guy, so he was keeping track of your garden decor!
July 30, 2011 at 6:53 AM |
I am impressed that you remember a specific fabric from “back in the day” and could identify where it is now.
Beautiful job.
July 30, 2011 at 7:32 AM |
I guess I am an organized packrat with selective memory! It’s getting more challenging remembering where I have put things these days, especially after our move to this new house late last year. I’m still working and fine-tuning the right spot for some things. So once I’ve moved it a time or two, it can take me a while to find something. Thank goodness I enjoy organizing things. Thanks for dropping by my blog and leaving a nice comment.