That one time I reupholstered a couch

There's nothing like the satisfaction of a job well done. Especially when that job is really quite comfortable when it's finished.

This was garage couch. He wasn't very pretty...

So I stripped all of his clothes off to make him some new ones. 

I added a pillow backing made of batting and stuffing to make him more comfortable.

And then dressed him up in his fancy new clothes. 

For the upholstery scraps, I bought a giant bag from the Golden D'or for $10. I still have a ton left over. There are some things I'm not 100% pleased with but for my first attempt at patchwork reupholstery I'm satisfied. It only took me two days to get all the work done and I definitely thought it would take more. I'm quite happy with him and were even contemplating switching him with one of the inside couches haha.

Love love, blah blah blah,

-Elizabeth

Finished a cute fox print dress for myself!

Have I mentioned how much I love the Sisboom Angie dress pattern? The one I've finished tonight is the 4th that I've made for myself! This one is more modified than any I've made before, I drafted the sleeves and the collar myself. The collar is a bit more wide than I had imagined it in my head, but I like it anyway. For the sleeve pattern, I pleated it at the top and put elastic on the bottom.
This was a fun dress to make, and I'm happy it came out so well. Maybe for my next one I'll try and make it with a circle skirt on the bottom. We'll see, haha!

Love etc,
-Elizabeth

Streetlight Manifesto

Streetlight Manifesto just came through Dallas for what they claim will be their final tour together. I discovered streetlight during the dark days after the breakup with my high school sweetheart and ever since the band has held a special place of honor in my heart and I'm my cd collection. We've made it through a shit ton of good times, and of course many more breakups together;  (my  ex-bff even bro-dumped me at a streetlight concert because I wouldn't leave when she wanted me too, but that's a long and boring story you don't wanna hear.)
Point is, streetlight means a lot to me. And so I wanted to do something special for this farewell send off concert. What I finally came up with was this awesome dress. The pattern is the Sisboom Angie dress but I widened the sash to hold a secret pouch because I knew I wouldn't want to be carrying my purse to the pit. The sash is also stitched on in the middle to keep it from shifting. The Streetlight on the back was easy to make, I attached the pieces to heat n bond, ironed them on and then zig-zag stitched the edges.
And that was that! My brother was also wearing a Sisboom pattern  (the Marco) that I whipped up for him. The concert was amazing except it made me realize how completely out of shape I am. Where one this girl could spend an entire evening skanking in the pit, in my old age I lasted a whole three songs. Oh well! I'm gonna go do some cardio  now so I can get into shape before the reunion tour. :-P

I love all of you,
-Elizabeth

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