My new ORANGE pillows.

Totally digging orange lately. What's not to love? It's bright and happy. This was that fabric from Ikea - I surprised myself by starting and finishing these in a day...less than a day actually. Maybe an hour. I was going to put a zipper in them, so they could be easily removed for cleaning, but I bought the wrong size zippers - so I sewed them shut. No matter - my family will use and abuse them until they rip off and then I can just hoof it back to Ikea for more fabric in another fabulous and colorful pattern.

It was SUCH a beautiful weekend (over 80 degrees people!) and I got so much done! None of it outdoors, which is a crying shame, but I had so much creative energy I couldn't let it go to waste. And if I had gone outside, Scott would have forced me to help him rebuild the back fence that is falling down.

I played around with some patterns and made two bags - neither of which are the shoulder bag that is giving me grief. Speaking of which: I had been using it for about a week and decided there are many things about it I don't like - so it's really back to the drawing board on that one. The other two bags were simple: one of them was inspired by a cross between a bag my friend Kelley has, and another I saw at J. Crew. Both still need some tweaking, but I'm pretty happy with the direction they are headed (and glad I don't have to start from square one again, like some other bags). There was also another apron-type prototype that I worked on, which still needs some tweaking, but not much.

Those are my happy weekend thoughts and accomplishments. I'm also trying to plan a little getaway for Spring Break, which is next week. We must be the only school district that hasn't had our break yet - on the one hand, it's great and hopefully wherever we go will be empty and quiet; on the other hand...

...there really is no other hand.

Comments

[Rosie's Whimsy]

They look great! I can't wait until I can say we reached 60 let alone 80!! Enjoy your California sunshine :-)

Rosie

[Denise]

Ooh those pillows would be great in our new game room, our walls turned out a little more 'orange' than we thought, but we still like it! I might have to look in Ikea for that fabric ;)

[Sarah]

Love the pillows and any bag that is inspired by a j. crew bag... must see. No. I want.

[Nicole T.]

I love these pillows...and I love your mentality of changing up the fabric once it's too old to look pretty anymore. By that time, you'll be ready for a change anyways.

[happy zombie]

I love that fabric Carrie! Since I have the same sofa as you, I get to just sit back and watch what you make and then I get to see how great it would look on my sofa.

I love that Ikea fabric and I've used it for sofa pillow covers too. It repels dog hair like no other fabric (when they sneak onto the sofa when we're not looking). Hmmm... I should just cover my entire house with the Ikea fabric!

[Jona]

I love the way those turned out! And I love the "disposable cover" idea which you can do since IKEA has such great prices. Super spunky!