For the Marrieds

Daughter Elaine and her husband Chris are new homeowners and are ready to move into their place this weekend.  They have been renting a small one bedroom in a 1920's Spanish style bungalow duplex with no yard or garage, and are moving into a late 1970's era, 1700 square foot, 3 bedroom plus den, 2 bath unit with a two car garage, and a nice sized yard with pool and jacuzzi, in a complex not too far away from us.  They have been working so hard--especially Chris--to get it all beautifully fixed up and we are so excited for them! 

In anticipation of their move, they made a Craigslist score of a patio table and four chairs for $50. The woven fabric of the chairs was stained, so they asked me to make some thin cushions to cover them up--I showed cutting the foam for those earlier in the week.

 

I love the fabric they picked out.  The background is really a bright citron/chartreuse and the birds and flowers so pretty, but very modern looking in their neutral tones.

If you can believe it, making eight straps to hold the cushions onto the seats took three hours!  Well, nearly 2.5 hours were spent on the first set, trying to get the measurements right, fiddling, cutting, folding, pinning, ripping and resewing.  The rest of these were easy after the prototype trials.  These will be completed today and ready to set out on their patio and enjoy tomorrow--after all the furniture and boxes are moved in :).  We know where our weekend is going to be spent!