in lieu of a white couch...

I have this fantasy...

of owning a white couch...

you see, i love white...

something about it...

makes me happy....

i often see pictures of homes with white couches...

but then i walk into my living room...

and occasionally see this....

and sometimes this....

(look closely at the pen written all over her right leg)

and i know that I was smart to buy my dark, dark brown couch...

so for now...

in lieu of a white couch...

i'll improvise...

some of you may remember hearing about the sewing session of 2009...

it's called that because i thought i was having a big foray into sewing...

the way i do everything, 

i dove in with 2 feet....

bought the sewing machine...

the whole 9 yards...

and sewed for 3 days straight...

about 6-8 hours a day...

my gracious mother-in-law gave me guidance, instruction...

and most of all encouragement...

i drew some crazy sketches and began to sew...

the result was a set of the most complicated pillows ever...

(at least for a beginner seamstress :)

and the result was not particularly what i had envisioned...

not terrible, just not what i really wanted...

but, i was over sewing after 3 straight days...

so they were going to have to work for awhile...

and i packed up my sewing machine...

and there it sat...

Laughlin has mentioned a few times...

how much he loves his $300 pillows...

(the price including the new sewing machine i had to have)

fast forward... 

it's been a year...

and I have a new craft room..

plenty of space...

to sew :)

plus...

the pillows...

they didn't hold up so well...

so i went looking for new fabric....

and i kept thinking about my white couch...

so i got the fabric...

and got busy...

unfortunately (for me) i got really excited about the project...

and did it all again in two days...

about 3 hours were spent just trying to remember how to work the machine...

and unravel a thread jam...

but i really do love the result...

(cute and ruffel-ey)

(an embroidered W)

now Laughlin can't believe that I sewed two huge WHITE pillows...

so i cut him some slack and sewed the little ones green...

(with white pleats..)

(at the time of this pic, the other pillows had been 

hijacked by 2 rug-rats for fort building purposes... 

in the interest of taking a picture without being disturbed... 

they got to keep them.:)

it's been 4 days...

and they are still white...

and i still love them :)