a cushion-ary tale

The place where we bought our living room furniture offers additional services in the form of sewing cushion covers. We had them make our black/white covers but I wasn’t very impressed with their work. And so, despite my heart’s protestations, I set out to sew a new set. Protestations, yes. Because I find sewing things for the home, especially ones that involve nothing but straight stitches, unbearably boring.

But I remembered that I am an adult and sucking it up with regards to some unbearably boring things comes with the territory. Of course, it helped that I used a color that I like and that Egg served as my muse.

I am not kidding about Egg being my muse. The first cover I constructed was for the big cushion above. It always helps to start with the most difficult step if you’re about to do something you don’t like, you see. After I replaced the old cover, Egg hopped to the cushion and made herself comfortable. That inspired me to finish all covers in a single afternoon.

Here is Egg again showing you the yummy color of the cover:

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tutorial: DIY floral plastic animal toy jewelry

Farm animal toys are sold by the pack. So after I turned the poultry into rocking thingamabobs, I still had several left.

Ta-da! Floral Horse and Aztec Goat!

My post introductions have gone downhill ever since, well… Okay, they’ve never been up the hill so let’s just stick to the DIY. This one, as you can see, is another from the Crafting with Childhood Toys series. And oh-so-easy to do!

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tutorial: DIY valentine’s day heart softie mobile

I know, I know, it’s Valentine’s Day in several days. But last-minute craft projects can be fun! If, like me, you’re a home buddy, last-minute projects can be quite an adrenaline rush. Right?

Materials: plain fabric (burlap or canvas will do), embroidery thread, embroidery hoop, needle, stuffing, charms, scissors, sewing machine.

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DIY rain cloud mobile

When I posted photos of the Rainy Day Musings mobiles on my Instagram, one lovely lady asked me if I would be writing a DIY/tutorial. I wasn’t planning to because I was going to list the mobiles up for sale on the online shop but one day, I found myself taking photos of the process.

The tutorial is over at Ecka & Pecka. See you there!