I Sew! (Kind of)

Jason went out of town last weekend with "The Boys" to the Celebrity Golf Tournament in Lake Tahoe. They had a blast and I thought it would be a perfect time to start a new project!

I took my sister and my mom with me to find some fabric. I haven't sewn anything since Lauren was a baby- she's 6 now! I told Jen what I had in mind and told me what I needed to do. She said she could even help me since her husband was also gone on the boys trip!

She brought over her sewing machine and I went out to the garage to get mine. It was nowhere to be found! It has been so long since I used it, I may have possibly donated it in one of my purge modes. (If I haven't used it in a year, how much do I really need it?) So, we took turns cutting and sewing for about a couple of hours, but we had 8 kids running around! Around midnight we called it a night!

I really wanted to have them done by the time Jason got back, but Saturday still has it's usual chores that need to get done. I worked around the house, took a break to post "The Interview", and then decided I had better get to work on my curtains if I wanted to finish! I got out my fabric and was trying to measure where I needed to make my next cut, when Ashlyn decided that fabric was really fun! I couldn't keep her off of it! She wanted to sit on it, grab it and wave it around in the air, taste it, lay down on it and play peek a boo with it! I realized it would have to wait until she went to bed.

I called a babysitter and went out to buy curtain rods. Holy Cow! That costs a small fortune! I needed a double rod just longer than 14 1/2 just for my family room! I bought fabric for my kitchen too! I think I went to 5 different places just to see if there was any other options. My mom called and I told her my woes and she said I should just go to Home Depot and buy some stuff to mount the valance to the wall. By now I was tired and my brain was full of rods- colors, styles, length, prices, double rods, single rods, add a rod, extenders...

Mount it to the wall with L brackets and wood?... My brain was too full. She said she would go with me on Monday. I have been so tired lately, so I called it a day.

I finished up my sewing for my living room curtains, but not without a few phone calls. "Tell me again how to wind the bobbin?"

My mom went with me to buy the materials to mount my valance and I bought a rod for my panels. Jason helped me get the curtains up that night. I wasn't sure if I like them at first. I couldn't put my finger on what I wasn't sure about. Maybe it was just after midnight again and my brain seems to go to mush. But, the next morning when I came downstairs I really liked the way they warmed up the room and made it look more finished.

Now for the kitchen...