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brooklynpotter · May 2007

and one of you sews slipcovers? and one of you will like to barter for lovely ceramics, no?

sweet tea · May 2007

heh, well, let's see how this one turns out first.... i'll keep you posted.

brooklynpotter · May 2007

k. (i have one in my livingroom, on a chair, that's still pinned and basted. for 2 years)

sweet tea · May 2007

so it's done!

here's the "before", with the cat who had already begun to scratch, but here seems to claim that there's no need to ruin HER sofa:

and here it is half-dressed:

almost done:

perfect!

thanks to everyone for all the advice!

laura · May 2007

Beautiful! And goes very well with the cat.

=D>

MOD · May 2007

Sweet Tea! Your place is soo cute!! I'm eyeing up that wood sculpture thing and your cat.

Good job on the sofa!

brooklynpotter · May 2007

sweet tea, it's drop dead gorgeous... now, who wants to help me with my slipcovers for some lovely porcelain vases???

apollonia666 · May 2007

Gorge! And the furry chicken poking her head up in the first photo cracks me up.

Too late for this project, but if any of you are still interested in groovy fabrics you might want to request the catalogs from this place:
http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/

A coworker who does a lot of sewing told me about it. It's a fabric store in the town where the National Quilt Museum is located. They have one catalog for home upholstery fabrics and another for quilting fabrics. Said coworker is making me a bag from this fabric:

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