Sewing Part Deux

For those of you that know me well you will not be suprised that I did not let sewing "beat me." Although the class was overwhelming I decided to give it a try. I bought a simple pattern and some cute fabric, circa Lucille Ball, from Walmart and decided to make an apron. Being the prudent person I am I also decided I was in need of adult supervision for this first project so I loaded everything up and went to Granny's house. She helped me lay out the pattern, put the pieces together and make some key decisions. I did all the sewing and really got comfortable with my machine. It was so much fun and only cost about $20 to make. Here is a picture of the finished product.

Pretty cute, I know. Please try to limit your orders to 5 per day.

Fast forward 2 weeks and I'm getting pretty gutsy. I decided to turn my big, ugly pine coffee table into an ottoman. This project had 2 objectives. Objective 1 was to disguise the big, ugly table. Objective 2 was to hide all of Jake's living room toys underneath the table. I must say mission accomplished! Pricing the foam for the top of the table was scary, but luckily JoAnne's was having their Christmas in July sale so I got everything 1/2 off. Here is a picture of our new ottoman/coffee table. Please feel free to come by and see it in person too!