They are everywhere.  Lately I've been drawn to stripes. I love them on walls, floors, chairs, bedding, just about anything.

I was racking my brain over the weekend trying to come up with a place to add stripes in my house.
I love the idea of painting stripes on the wall, but I'm not sure I want to tackle any painting projects right now.

My fabric obsession is officially out of control!  I went to pick up some fabric for a new project I am working on and somehow I came home with tons of extra.  How does that happen?  I'll tell you how it happens, I see something beautiful, for a great price and I just can't seem to pass it up.

I tend to stockpile fabric like some people stockpile toilet paper.  I suppose if there were ever an emergency, we could wrap ourselves in fabric and keep warm or in an extreme emergency, it could even be used as toilet paper.  I said an extreme emergency.

If I can't seem to find a use for the extras I brought home today, I may be listing them for sale on my blog.  I may even incorporate them in a design board for some inspiration.  Stay tuned.

Anyone share my fabric obsession?

So that's why I don' buy expensive fabric.  I change my mind way too often.  Anyone else fickle over fabric (and rugs, and lamps and mirrors)?

There is still time to enter the Olive Leaf Stencil giveaway.  It is open until Friday at 11:59 a.m.

Since I got my sewing machine for Christmas, I have been slowing but surely improving on my sewing skills.  A sewing class will be my next step, but so far, I have learned by trial and error and a few tutorials from my talented mother.  She has been sewing since I can remember.  She would often times stay up until all hours of the night making my sister and I something to wear.  When we would wake up the next morning, her creation would be waiting for us at the end of our bed.  Had a paid more attention, I could be an excellent seamstress by now.

Pillows are one of the easiest things to sew, since it's basically two squares (or rectangles if you want to get fancy) sewn together.  It is pretty hard to mess up.  Since February, I have been on a pillow making frenzy.  I am very fickle when it comes to pillows so I don't like to spend a lot of money on them.  A remnant of fabric, preferably purchased from the clearance table, some stuffing (or an insert), and some thread is all it takes.


1.  I made the blue one for our family room.  (the plaid one in front was made by my mom)
2.  I bought the pillow, but made the rolled flower and attached it to the pillow.
3.  This is my latest creation.  It is part of the project my mom and I stayed up until 2am working on.
4.  Another one for the yet to be revealed project
5.  I made both of these (two of each) to go on the love seats in our living room.
6.  The sassy striped pillow was made for my daughter's recently updated room.
7.  These were made from my inspiration fabric for my daughter's room (my first attempt at adding trim).
8.  This stipe pillow is another outcome of the 2am project.  (hint: it's outdoor fabric)
9.  I made the small coral pillow for the family room. (the other two were made by my mom.)

So, now you know what I do in my spare time. I would love to learn to sew well enough to make my kids something and have it sitting at the end of their beds when they wake up.

Any talented seamstresses out there that want to come by and give me a few lessons?

I am linking to:
Savvy Southern Style
Truly Lovely

I also found this perfect bench at an outdoor antique fair today.  The guy was getting ready to load everything up so he gave me a sweet deal.  This one and an identical white one for only $30.00.


Here is my inspiration fabric.  You can order it here for $19.98/yard.  Of course, I found it on clearance and paid $4.00/yard.  I have enough to have two large pillows made for her bed and probably a cushion for this bench.


Which leaves me with eight (8) yards of this lovely fabric.  I bought it before we moved in to our house thinking I would use it for my daughter's room.  If anyone is interested, e-mail me here.


Just for kicks, here was the room before we moved in.


And here is it after its first makeover.

Stay tuned for the end result.  Life is pretty busy right now, with baseball games, gymnastics, pre-school parties, spending time with my friends and family, things like that.  I'm trying to find a nice balance between this whole blogging world and my life.  It's a work in progress, just like this old house.