A Pillow Makeover...

....or another case of crafting ADD! Last Thursday I had the brilliant idea that we should have a surprise 75th birthday dinner for my FIL on Saturday. No sweat - 48 hours to clean & cook a dinner for 17!

While cleaning up the house I decided that the cranberry pillows on our couch were too christmasy/wintry and that I needed to bring a bit of spring into the house...so I snuck down to my sewing room to see what I could whip up!


Before:


I have long admired the log cabin squares that Jona of Stop Staring & Start Sewing fame has been working on so I decided to give it a try myself!


attempt #1 - shades of aqua and celedon. Some Amy Butler, Erin McMorris and a touch of the new Oh Cherry Oh! It was so much fun I started in on another...


some green & yellow this time - Heather Bailey, Amy Butler, Oh Cherry Oh!...I was really getting the hang of this & could see how Jona was addicted. So back to the basement I went...


pinks & oranges this time....just needed one more to balance the couch!

I think I saved the best for last! I went through the pile of strips I had cut for the other 3 pillows & started with Heather Ross's matryoshka's in lavender and ended up with my favorite pillow of the day!

I may attack the living room pillows next with Patty Young's Andalucia! Let me know what you think about the great pillow makeover!

Extreme Makeover.........

Dog Edition...or "how to lose 10 lbs in 2 hours!"

We have a big fluffy labradoodle - and when I say big...I mean 96lbs big! I love him long and shaggy but his coat becomes unmanageable, so yesterday he had his date with the groomer.

Let's start with a few BEFORE pictures...





isn't he so soft & cuddly looking! Like a little polar bear. So...I dropped him at 9am and picked him up at 1pm....where did my little bear go????





he looks so girly!!! but he is SO soft! I couldn't resist a couple of dress up photos!