Quiet Book

I came across this blog

http://quietbook.blogspot.com/

and now I totally want to make a quiet book for church. I almost hate church right now because Jackson is very much a toddler. Stickers, snacks and crayons keep him busy for a little while, but we have to take him out to the foyer every Sunday and it causes me severe stress and anxiety.

Luckily he is old enough for nursery this coming Sunday! I am stoked, and hope he LOVES it, and doesn't cry when we leave him there.

Anyway, I want to make a quiet book, and this blog looks AWESOME. It gives all the instructions and ideas.

However - I'm having doubts. Mainly because:

• I have no working sewing machine (its on my list of things to fix that cost money).
• I am not crafty
• I am not patient and have been known to throw things across the room that don't work.
• This weekend I hemmed my IKEA curtains - using NO SEW hem, and am so good at crafty stuff that I cut off 18 inches too much! Yeah, I was pretty angry after that.
• I am already looking on ETSY for one that I can just buy, but none of them look as good as this one I could make and I am also too cheap.

Hmm.

I'll keep you posted.

Upholstery Class - part 2

I finished my chair!

Old original D.I. find:

New and improved platform rocker:

And a sneak peek at the fabric I am using for my next prjoject:

Upholstery Class!

I've been wanting to take an upholstery class for a while now, and when I received our school district's Continuing Education course catalog I found what I was looking for.  A 10 week class every Wednesday for $75. I called my sisters and we're now done with our second class.

My first project is this sad rocking chair with tons of potential that I got at the D.I. when I was still pregnant with Jackson.

Here it is pictured above in Jackson's "bedroom". Jackson has been living in our back room/dining room/baby room for a while now. The good news is the basement is thisclose to being finished (this close means we just went to Home Depot and bought all the doors. DOORS!) and then we'll have enough bedrooms for him to have an actual bedroom. Also, being in an open area like this has made him a great sleeper.

Here is the chair, which I will from now on refer to as Gertie, in our classroom/dungeon.

 

And here is Gertie dismantled.

 

Staci and Heather are in the class too!

 

Can't wait to show you the finished product!