Simple Things

The clean up continues . . . I managed to clear out another boxful of various papers yesterday morning. Then I turned my attention to comfort. This spot is for the dogs. It's an old blanket and a discarded jumper of mine, folded into a thick piece of cloth. I'm stitching up the sides to hold it all together.
I've also spent some time on what is to be a big bean bag--that one's for humans. Today I hope to finish the lining bag and fill it with those incredibly mobile foam pellets. I have fabric for the outer casing, but I'm not sure how far I'll get with that. Maybe it will have to wait until next week to be finished.

Keeping it Simple

I'm working on a large project today--king size to be exact. I'd bought material for it some time ago, but when I went to put it together earlier this week, I just couldn't settle with design I had mapped out for it. I took it back to the drawing board. Then of course I had to take myself back to the fabric store. For the design--take 2--I decided to keep it simple. I can't show the whole project, since it's going to be a gift, but here's a sample of fabric with some fun 3D stickers that I happened to pick up on the same shopping trip:
I might just have to put that up somewhere in my studio as a reminder. Keep it simple, sweetheart! Sometime less is more.

Simple Things

Sometimes it's good to enjoy the simple things. What could be better than a solid timber kitchen chair? A free solid timber kitchen chair? What about four free solid timber kitchen chairs, like this one: Now there's generally a catch, right? In this case the chairs are less than new. And though the timber pieces are each individually solid enough, the chairs as a whole are rather rickety. I picked them up from a fellow Freecycler a few days ago. I decided to tackle them one by one and see how far I get. So far I have achieved two functional chairs. I've managed to assemble the pieces for two more, but I don't know yet whether they will hold together enough to take a person's weight. I'll do some glueing, clamping, drilling and screwing before I come to a final conclusion.

The chairs are just the right height for spinning. And the straight back gives just a little support without getting in the way. The colour match is good too.

It's just as well some things in life are simple. This morning I've had to negotiate a court adjournment for a friend who is recovering from a recent admission to an acute mental health unit--somehow the staff thought it would be ok to send him to court alone in a taxi! And my email program is malfunctioning. So, it's good to focus on life's simple pleasures and on problems that can be solved with common sense and just a little application of force.