Sew what?

I'm feeling pretty darn proud of myself this week. I managed to sew these pillows, with no pattern even! Okay, well, I suppose you don't really need a pattern to make a square. Fine. But if you understood that my sewing abilities rank in the Little to None range, you'd know that this is a big deal to me! The back sides are actually a little fancy as I made an envelope back, so they are like pillow shams. That took a little more thought and engineering than just a plain old square, I'll have you know.




I'm totally in love with the red fabric I found. I actually looked at this fabric way back when I recovered my kitchen chairs last year, but I didn't think the blue would look right in my kitchen. So I was thrilled when found it again at the fabric store and realize that it would look great in my living room! I like it so much I'm very seriously thinking about making curtains out of it to go on the window over my couch. Flush with my pillow success, I went to the library yesterday and checked out about 8 different books on making curtains, but nothing caught my eye. I think I'm better off hitting the pattern books at JoAnn's because although I may be competent enough to sew a square without a pattern, I think curtains may prove a trifle more difficult.