Comments on a little sewing on the side .....: Home Decorating Energy is Running High!!

Your story about the designer plaid made me laugh....

2008-06-02T17:29:00.000-04:00

Your story about the designer plaid made me laugh. In my girls bedroom, there are beautiful curtains(if I do say so myself)made of $50 per metre fabric.This is the most ridiculous price for home dec fabric, and it is not even silk, but it was the only one I liked, and because I loathe home dec sewing, I was not going to sew fabric I wasn't in love with! It was still much less expensive than having them made. It is good to be able to sew. Your living room is looking very inviting.

That's a really cool idea to do curtains all the w...

2008-06-02T10:47:00.000-04:00

That's a really cool idea to do curtains all the way across the space like that. My first thought would have been to mount a rod just over the doors, but I like the idea of running them all the way across better.

do you really want that plaid? I know where there ...

2008-06-01T12:13:00.000-04:00

do you really want that plaid? I know where there are bolts of it and very similar plaids - in fact, have you seen a pic of my living room (I'll email you) my LR swags are of a silk taffeta very similar.
Your space looks so inviting and cozy.

Just visiting from across the pond . . .All your e...

2008-06-01T09:55:00.000-04:00

Just visiting from across the pond . . .

All your efforts make me want to reconnect with my inner seamstress (I come from a long line of them). I still have my late grandma's sewing machine (and it still works) and granny was born in 1879!

Interestingly, the rapidly rising cost of everything in recent months here in the UK - just like the US - has boosted sales of sewing machines by 500 per cent, as people discover not just the joy but the necessity of making and repairing things themselves. Anyway, just off to dust down the Singer.

Nancy, I have the dark cozy cave in Rockville and ...

2008-05-31T21:17:00.000-04:00

Nancy, I have the dark cozy cave in Rockville and the tiny bright condo in Baltimore. And nekked windows at both places!

Claudine, you poor dear! G Street is the BEST.

Vicki, thank you! I need a rug in there, too.

Your living room is very inviting - love the colou...

2008-05-31T19:52:00.000-04:00

Your living room is very inviting - love the colours and the drapes will be perfect.

THe G Street Memorial Day sale!! You just made me...

2008-05-31T15:26:00.000-04:00

THe G Street Memorial Day sale!! You just made me so homesick for the US. I used to go to visit my sister every year on Memorial Day just to go to G Street.

I admire your determination to make draperies. I can't ever motivate myself to do any home dec sewing.

I was a little confused at first, thinking that yo...

2008-05-31T14:18:00.000-04:00

I was a little confused at first, thinking that you'd already painted your condo! I love the taupe walls in the living room--my bedroom walls are a similar shade.

Is the couch chintz? I discovered that cats don't have to do much to destroy it. So although I like the way it looks, I have to have couches with heavier fabrics.