Thank you, MLK Jr for all the sacrificing you did to deserve a National Holiday. And thank you work, for paying me for said holiday. I needed it. Mostly because I knew I needed an entire day to tackle this project. And I'm still not done. This is why I shouldn't do big projects.
Once again, the perfectionist side of me has taken over.
We bought a glider on Craigslist a few months ago for only $20! The padding is gross and smelled slightly of smoke so it couldn't be just recovered, it needed completely new cushions. I've never done anything like this and it is very intimidating to do completely from scratch! I perused Pinterest for tutorials, but they don't do very much good when they just instruct you to retrace the old pattern. Needless to say, it's a good thing I'm starting this project early and when I'm not too pregnant. My back hurt enough after 10 hours at the sewing machine and crawling on the floor tracing and cutting patterns.
So yes, 10 hours later I have accomplished:
- Cutting new cushions
- 10 yards piping (made by me) with an additional 15+ yards of bias tape (This is where I got in over my head! Just cutting the bias tape and making piping took 2+ hours and of course I have waaaaay too much).
- And finally, one cushion covered. It even is removable so that it can be washed. I would have liked it a little more snug, but I'm trying to be okay with it mostly because there is no way I'm redoing it.
And finally things I did NOT accomplish after a whole day at home:
- Putting on a bra or putting in my contacts (which of course means no showering)
- Starting the dishwasher or cleaning up any of my dishes
- Making any sort of dinner for Ryan (thank you, D'Giorno's pizza)
- Taking Ryno on a walk (but hey, there were 40 mph winds)
