In the process of moving out of the partially furnished basement suite I have been living in, my landlady mentioned she would like to get rid of some of the furniture rather than move it with her. Since I needed a few pieces of furniture, it seemed like a we were onto a good thing. After all, I'd been living with the stuff for a couple of years ... we were "old friends" already! This is the sturdy little love seat that had been in front of the fireplace in the basement suite ...
Although I kept it covered up with blankets, it was wearing a floral cotton cover. I'm not your floral kinda gal, and I would have bought it a new cover ages ago if it had BELONGED to me. Now that it DOES belong to me, I figured a new cover would be easy to accomplish. It was, but I also discovered this sturdy little love seat had a couple of secrets under its floral cotton skirts! First, it was hiding its true identity ...
Lime green velveteen ... it's a 70s sofa! (Matches the counter top in my new bathroom perfectly. Hmm, I wonder if I should move it into the bathroom?) But that's not the only secret! Underneath that lime green velveteen is ... a hide-a-bed! With a just-like-new mattress! I'd been thinking about buying a hide-a-bed, but wanted to hold off and see what other moving expenses were going to pop up first. No wonder this little love seat was so "sturdy"! It is now covered with ...
Although I kept it covered up with blankets, it was wearing a floral cotton cover. I'm not your floral kinda gal, and I would have bought it a new cover ages ago if it had BELONGED to me. Now that it DOES belong to me, I figured a new cover would be easy to accomplish. It was, but I also discovered this sturdy little love seat had a couple of secrets under its floral cotton skirts! First, it was hiding its true identity ...Lime green velveteen ... it's a 70s sofa! (Matches the counter top in my new bathroom perfectly. Hmm, I wonder if I should move it into the bathroom?) But that's not the only secret! Underneath that lime green velveteen is ... a hide-a-bed! With a just-like-new mattress! I'd been thinking about buying a hide-a-bed, but wanted to hold off and see what other moving expenses were going to pop up first. No wonder this little love seat was so "sturdy"! It is now covered with ...... a very washable practical chocolate-covered fake-suede cover. (That white box is a new end table waiting to be assembled.) For $75 plus a new cover, I think I got myself a pretty good deal. I also treated myself to this ...
... a hand-carved pine rocking chair. I love it, but it's a little hard on my tush without a cushion. I'll have to do something about that ... as soon as I finished unpacking. And I'll get busy with the unpacking as soon as I stop admiring the view from my east-facing third floor balcony ...
What a treat after living in a basement suite for the past two years!
... going in various directions, like so. And I used up a whole bunch of little bits of different colours of thread (the practical part of the project). I even experimented with widening and narrowing stitch length ...
... and created this pretty heart with a tail that tapers off to nothing. Never thought of trying that before. Finally, I added some yellow bias binding left over from another project, and some lace just because I never have anything lacy around, and voila ...
... little Brother sewing machine sports a new dust jacket. It addresses his feminine side. I think Stanley the Button Jar is a bit jealous:
Perhaps I'll make him a lacy little dust cap. His name is Stanley because he is some kind of wild critter holding a miniature Stanley Cup ... the peanut butter company must have been big on promoting hockey one year. In addition to the dust jacket, I have nearly finished the centre part of my latest cross stitch project ...
... fell out of a book ("The Book of Canadian Verse") as I moved it from bookcase to box. Any guesses? This is my Dad, myself, and my butterball baby daughter Necy at about age 6 weeks. The year was 1972 and I was the ripe old age of 16 and very thin. Necy is all growed up now, and the mum of a teenager. My goodness how time flies!
There are many more plants than that one, believe me! I'm currently sitting in an empty room, except for one chair and my computer desk, which I am going to take apart as soon as I post this. It's "echoe-ey" in here. I don't like it! Tomorrow is cleaning day, and the Big Move takes place Monday morning. However, I will be without Internet for a few days after that due to July 1 being a holiday (us Canucks celebrate Canada Day on July 1).