So Sew Something!

Hi friends and fellow obsessives and compelleds!  When I first decided to go ahead with this crazy idea to make something every day, my main motivation was to finally finish up the millions of unfinished projects around my house (okay, in my life!).  I am a visionary in the true sense of the word – I love coming up with ideas, figuring out what I’ll need to make it, how much it will cost, and then diving right in.  The problem is that I loathe the finishing part….especially HEMS!

Many of you have been to my home and noticed this….somehow, I’ve ended up with such lovely houseguests that only a small fraction of you ever actually said anything….but there are about 8 pillows lying around my house that have 3 sides finished and one side pinned with straight pins.  I don’t mean lying around in a dark corner somewhere, I mean PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED as if they are as they should be, straight pins and all.  And this is just the pillows, I am not even going to mention the unhemmed curtains, the half-pinned slip cover pattern on display in my bedroom, and so forth.  You don’t need to know about those right now, there’s plenty of time for that!

So, tonight’s project is intended to fulfill that first goal, and it is dedicated to all of you who have hung out in my gameroom and sat in the black rocking chair….only to have been met with a straight pin in a place that you never expected.  There in the rocking chair, since last FEBRUARY, has set a lovely pillow made of beautiful Amy Butler fabric that I chose specifically for that pillow in that spot.  I just never got around to finishing the pillow….UNTIL  TONIGHT!  Yay, Yay, YAY!!!

Time: One year!  But tonight’s part, the hem, 5 minutes!  (how absurd that it takes me that long!)

Cost: I used about a half yard of 2 scrap fabrics so $0 – but I think originally this fabric would total to about $7.

Okay y’all – go hem something in your house.  AND, you might want to think twice the next time you want to ask me to hem your jeans!  HA!