Recovering

I stayed home from work all last week, recovering from surgery. Cabin fever was setting in and feeling unproductive, so despite doctor's order for bed rest, I sat in front of my sewing machine and got to work. With the fabric I purchased from Mood Fabric, here is project number one finished. With the left over scrap, I turned it into a pillow. I'm patting myself in the back for having absolutely no fabric waste, I literally used every inch of fabric purchased.

As you can see, our bedroom is mostly white, cream, beige, so the shot of purple print from the window treatment creates visual interest and movement. There is also a tangible energy shift in the room now. It used to be calming and soothing, I purposely decided not to hang any art to give our minds and eyes rest for the day. Now I'm thinking that I like this vibrant energy in the bedroom.

In the Mood for Decorating

Inspired by the picture from the last post of this picture, I headed out to Mood Fabrics on Saturday with my friend, Lifestyles of the Chic & Vegan. Here is a not so hot snapshot of Mood's upholstery section. If you like that kind of stuff, seriously, it's like being a kid in a candy store. I could have spend the whole day in there and spent all kinds of money, if my hubby wasn't waiting for me at home for brunch.



Again, a not so hot snapshot of a print that I loved. I'm not usually drawn to purple, but for some reason, all I look at are purple these days. So, I found this print in purple that will be used for the window treatment and I'm thinking the contrasting yellow for bed skirt.
Here is the loot from Mood....the purple print uphostery fabric-window treatment, brown sheer nylon will be sunblocker in the husbands office, the black perforated faux leather will eventually become a vegan hobo bag, and the yellow with black feathered water color print velvet will become a tunic dress.
Here is a glimpse of the fabric temporarily hung on the window rod so I can get a feel for it. I'm totally loving it!
I thought I'd just throw this in...can you spot the little girl? So this is what it looks like from the street looking up and seeing those pointy little ears.