Interesting

I noticed today that these two seemingly very different photographs from recent posts are almost identical, especially after I rotated the one on the left 180 degrees.

Blue and brown is my favorite color combination, so it’s not surprising that it’s found everywhere in our home. But the similar layout and angles and flowers in both photos are an interesting coincidence.

My mom is driving down early for Thanksgiving, and we’re going shopping for wedding dresses tomorrow. Other than actually getting married, this is the part I’m most excited about.

Happy little accident

This is the apron that almost didn’t happen.

I had the front, liner and (handmade, incredibly time-consuming) binding all sewn together when I noticed a tiny hole near the bottom of the liner fabric. A perfect little triangle. That’s right, a snip mark. Which means I got careless with the scissors at some point and didn’t notice.

My gut reaction was to throw the thing away, because I would never sell something with a hole in it to some poor unsuspecting customer.

But I had spent enough time on it that I didn’t want to throw it away, and I certainly didn’t want to rip out the binding seams and start over. So — simple solution — I covered it with an applique.

And since I hadn’t sewn on the waist tie yet, I could still get in there to finish off the star with a simple outline stitch.

And it totally looks like I meant to put the star there all along. And if you try to say otherwise, I will deny that this conversation ever took place.

Aprons

I’ve been building up my stash of aprons to sell at Atomic Holiday Bazaar (21 days!).

Here’s that peach gingham fabric that I mentioned in a post a few days ago. The fabric that I, at first, had no clue how to use or what to match up with. The fabric that I now adore and wish I had more of. The fabric that apparently just made me end two sentences in prepositions. Don’t judge.

I lined this apron in pale green polka dots…

…and then turned right around and made another apron in the same colors.

I even lined it in the peach gingham.

I think I may have gone a little overboard with the ricrac on this one.

I also made this colorful little number:

That pink fabric is so rich and vibrant and cheerful.

I lined this one in my favorite Amy Butler.

Alex commented yesterday that it looks like a rainbow exploded in our apartment. He’s referring to the eight million colorful bags and aprons that fill our home. They’ll (hopefully!) be gone soon!

Rug

I wanted this rug so badly that I went to three Targets to get it.

And now that it’s in our living room, I love it even more.

Have a lovely weekend!

Familiar

This was a surprising color combination for me. 

I’ve had the peach gingham for a while, and I kept trying to work it into a project, but I could ever quite figure out how since peach is a rare color choice for me. I ended up trying it with the blue and green just to see if it would work, and I absolutely loved it. 

I made two aprons in these fabrics as well, but I haven’t shot them yet. 

I can’t quite place what this fabric combination reminds me of. Maybe a doll I had as a child. Something about it seems really comfortable and familiar.