couch recovery...

 ...so we're in that shabby-chic stage of home decor around this nest.

You know, when you can only afford shabby (second-hand, or *free*) furniture... and you attempt to make it look chic.  Yah, that.

We've been given a few different couches during our marriage.

Most were passed down from grandparents/parents...  so they are abundantly 'floral' in nature, and rather saggy centred.  You can guess how delighted I was to find two couch covers at a yard sale for $5!

At the time it was even a lucky strike that they matched our current wall colour - khaki olive taupe tone.

But then, recently this hit me:

 Every.thing.is.the.same.colour.here!!!

I bet you can't even see me, it's like couch camouflage.

To say I started hyperventilating may be a stretch... but I was totally weirded out that our living room seemed so monotonous.

Now, maybe I'm just craving the palette of Spring flowers, or something... but either way, I was instantly consumed with quilting a punch of colour into this space.

 I quickly set to work.

Chopping through various upholstery/vintage fabrics from that freshly organised sewing nook.

I made 4 rows of 6 squares if you're curious.

The fabric was cut to 8'x10' size roughly.

And, as with any sewing project - the cats were all over it.. geeeez.

 Along the way, daughter Azriel showed her delight saying:

"this is sooo beautiful mama, I need to do somersaults on it"!

Of course, the cats love it too.

As do I.  So I sewed up two!  Now both couches can feel bright and cheery.

(Especially since our ol' couch covers were starting to show every *stain* of child-rearing...ugh).

I still need to do some final stitching/embroidery to finish these off, but wanted to show you the funky project.  I've only ever made a tiny baby quilt before, so I never realised how fast it is to zip off rows of squares like this... fun, fun!

Have you made a quilt before?

Now to recover those throw pillows, hehe.

In colourful stitches,

Mel ;o)