So I got all my chairs covered and our 25 people Christmas dinner went off with only one hitch. My kids decided our dog should become quick friends with our dear guests dog and one bloody ear later (guest dog) the dogs decided that maybe they didn't want to be close friends. I love having guests but it's a little tricky with that many folks when my kids decide they want to try dippy things. It was easier 2 days later when my mom took all 5 kids (bless her!) over night so we could have a smaller dinner with 4 other couples. We try to get together a couple times a year with our "northwest friends" (we're all from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho) and eat good food, drink good wine and talk about things like trees, rain, and hippies while saying "Warshington" (the proper pronounciation).
Anyway, my chairs looked great but I'm three chairs short since I only have 7 chairs (I inherited the set from my aunt and my cousin took off with chair number 8, hence the odd number). So I was left having to fill in the gap with padded folding chairs which are brown and boring and blah. So began my obsession.
Tada! Slipcovers for folding chairs. Cute ones!
I've made a 4th cover since this picture was taking (trying to break the curse of the odd numbered chairs here). But I'm slightly addicted to making these since it only requires 2 yards of fabric and about 1 hour.
So I've been working on a pdf pattern. I'm ready to have it tested and then it will be available. Here's one of the pictures. Does this make sense?
Here's our party table. We normally have a big red sectional in here but we moved it out over Christmas to make room for everyone. We actually had 2 long tables for Christmas dinner.
A few weeks ago I ran up to the Goodwill store and saw this love seat. Look! It's the match to our couch! When we bought the couch (over 10 years ago) I was just happy to be able to get a new couch but I always regretted not having enough money to get the matching loveseat. And as an added bonus it's in better shape than our couch (the previous owner obviously did not have cats).
Here's another view.
Okay, time to put the decorations away and get on with our new year here. I try not to make resolutions but I did get a Wii Fit for myself and I'm determined to stay off computer games. And I want to finish all my window covers, paint my bedset (and finally get matching bed tables), make a quilt and just add more color around here. That's enough for now.
