March 15, 2008 by debi.

 Yesterday, I wrote a little bit about my bedroom.  Today, I wanted to show you pictures.  I spend a lot of time in my bedroom, and it used to be done in burgandies, golds, and blacks.  I got really tired of the dark colors several years ago, but had a difficult time finding the colors that I wanted for my room.  I wanted aquas, but there were not any in the stores yet.  I had to wait until last summer to find and aqua coverlet.  My duvet is white, but I have so many animals and they shed, that to keep just white on my bed would be impossible to keep clean.  My bed is a rice bed, and so it is very high, and we have the bed on a wall that is narrow opposite the windows.  I did this because I live on a lake, and want to be able to see the lake from my bed.  I am from Los Angeles origonally and living in Colorado I sometimes feel landlocked.  Living on a lake really helps with the feeling of needing to move back to the coast.  Since my bed is high I needed something I and narrow for the nightstand on my side of the bed.  I found the bookcase at a garage sale a long time ago, and last spring, I decided to paint it a pale yellow.  I also did this with an old bookcase that I also found at a garage sale.  I wasn’t able to tie it all together until recently.  I finally found the 2 chairs for in front of the fireplace, and I love them.  I am actually sitting writing on my computer right now, with HGTV on the TV. ( I love those shows)  Then I found the little aqua table between the chairs at Pier 1.  I found some yellow shams for on my bed to tie things together and pillows with aqua and yellow at Pier 1. 

There is still a lot to do in my room.  I need to redo lamp shades, and I want a yellow throw for one of my chairs.  I have not found a yellow that I like yet, so that may be something that I have to make.  We also need to redo the fireplace.  I want to put drywall above it and build a mantle for it, but that will come with time. 

I really love the feel of my bedroom.  It is really peaceful and relaxing.  I love lighting the fireplace, and sitting in my chairs or bed and knitting or crocheting.  Right now I am working on a blanket for my daughters room.  It is red and black.  Her room was recently redone, and is very pretty without being frilly.  She is turning 18 in a week and needed a more grown up room instead of a young teenagers room.

 Anyway everything will get done in time.  It is just fun doing it. 

I’ll check back in sometime in the next couple of days.

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March 14, 2008 by debi.

I always know when spring is here.  As the weather gets warmer, the sky seems bluer.  Living is Colorado is such a pleasure in spring.  It starts getting warmer, the bulbs start to bloom, and the sky is the prettiest blue.  It makes me feel happy and creative.  It makes me feel inspired to work and make new things.

It has been almost a year since my father passed away, and I am finally starting to get back to normal.  It has been hard to be creative this past year, but in the last 2 weeks I have all kinds of new ideas for patterns and clothing.

I just did a pattern for a clutch bag for summer.  I graphed a copy of a vintage card pattern, and then decided on the stitches for the purse.  It is great colors and I think it will look really good when it is done.  I want to enter it in the Crochet Guild of America contest.  I am also working on a pattern for a lace camisole for summer.  I will start selling my original patterns on the website later this spring.

I have always embellished clothing, and I have my favorite jean which I have been patching for the last several years, because the fabric has gotten so thin, that they keep getting holes in them.  I need to add a few more patches because more holes have appeared in the last few weeks, and then I will take a picture and post it for all of you to see.  The new thing that I am really enjoying redoing sweaters.  I had sweaters in my closet that did not fit right so they needed to be redone, and just were not right, so I am reworking them. 

The first one is a pale pink vneck sweater that did not hand right in the front.  I love the sweater because of the ruffles on the sleeves and bottom.  I decided that I would cut it up the front and make it a cardigan.  I love cardigans.  Then I added lace to both sides and a button that the top.  I love the way it came out.  It is really feminine and pretty.

The next sweater that I am working on is a red cashmere pullover that my husband gave me 10 to 12 years ago.  I am turning this into a cardigan also.  I cut it up the front, but it was so big that I have added darts to the front and back to help take in some of the bulk, I have also taken in the sleeves.  I have cut off the bottom, it is still a little on the long side, so I will need to cut more off of the bottom and I am adding a floral fabric to the bottom that is gathered.  I am posting the picture for this also.  It is still a work in progress, and this is taking more time, because I love the feel of the cashmere, and I do not want to wreck the sweater.  I think I am also going to cut out a few of the flowers and put them on the sweater. Since the fabric is fairly thin I think I am going to have to attach it to some muslin to give it a little stability. 

I have also been busy redoing different areas of my house.  I was really tired of all of the  burgandies and golds that were in my house.  I finally have most of my bedroom redone. It is now done in aquas, whites, and yellows.  I love it.  I finally got 2 new chairs for in front of the fireplace.  They are off white chenille recliners.  I love them, and I love my room. 

I had to leave my couch burgandy, but I slip covered my chairs an off white and I have lots of aqua, white, and burgandy pillows and blankets around the room.  It is really cozy, light.  It looks updated.  I next need to do my dining room chairs, and I think I will do them in an aqua fabric. 

And by the way the fabric colors are finally catching up with what I have been looking for for 2 years.  It has taken so long for the furniture makers to start making some lighter colored furniture.

Well enough for today.  I will try to write everyday.  

Hope you have enjoyed what I have written.  I have really enjoyed it today.  Tomorrow I am going to write about cooking.  One of my other favorit subjects. 

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