Laowai

When Brian and I went to New York I bought some pretty ribbon to make a skirt for Claire. Claire prefers wearing skirts and dresses right now. She’s been wearing a couple little skirts that I made for Bea a reallly long time ago and they are finally getting a little snug and too short for her. I used the Lazy Days Skirt pattern which is free on the Oliver and S. web site. The special thing about this simple skirt pattern is the ribbon hem – the raw edge gets cleverly encased in the ribbon. The fabric is the same as one of Claire’s favorite dresses so hopefully she will like and wear this skirt.

Also, I got my couch and chair back from the upholsterer. Yipee! Everytime I walk by them I’m a little surprised and very pleased. I was really happy with how my first upholstering projects turned out – thanks to the really talented and helpful people at Covers Unlimited! Sorry to sound like a comercial.

Both the chair and the couch were pieces that we inherited or were given. The chair came from one of Jennifer’s high school friends – somehow their family gave it to Jennifer and later I ended up taking it to college. I remember curling up and reading in that chair for hours – it was always so comfy for me. The couch came from the Dow Foundation building. It’s a very good quality couch. I think it had been sitting unused in the basement for a long time and Doug gave it to Brian when he bought our first house in Midland.

I don’t think I showed you our new basement couch that we got from IKEA, but we went from one couch to three in less than a year. We have lots of soft seating now. I think I had better be done buying furniture for a while!