We now have a well-upholstered dorm room!

Joey and I live in a 1948 house that the upstairs is a converted attic.  So the shape of the room is NOT a rectangular prism and it's a little difficult to furnish....and it's the room that our guests see the least of, so we haven't been too worried about it!

Mom and I went shopping for curtain and euro sham fabric at CHRISTMAStime in order to dress our room a little bit (which I lovingly refer to as a dorm room since our bed is on a metal frame and we have mismatch furniture...extremely mismatched).  But, when Mom and I are together, we have much more fun things on our minds that sitting down for 10 hours to sew pillows and curtains.  So this week, I got a craving to complete these projects (is it considered "nesting"?) and have spent about 10-12 hours on sewing.  It has been so much fun!  And so rewarding to be able to see what I have created (I liken it to Dr. Jekyl bringing his creations to life...[insert evil laugh here])!

Here's how things turned out:

 Two things to comment on about this next picture: 1) I made this from a scrap of fabric from the curtains [insert evil laugh here] AND embroidered it myself! 2) This was taken with my new camera and I was standing at the bottom of the bed.  With the full size file, I can zoom in to the pillow so much that I can see the individual stitches!!!

 Yes, those are FULLY LINED curtains :)  Trying to create a cave-like atmosphere for my night-call husband.

 The completed euro shams with flanges...

And for those of you that say, "Audra, you picked projects that only required straight stitching.  That should be easy right?"  I say, "I'm sorry, we can no longer be friends" :P

I really had a lot of fun doing these projects.  I learned a lot about sewing and the fact that I use my middle finger to guide things (which is why this finger was stuck with pins the most!).  I know I am still light-years behind my mother, grandmother, and my friends who magic perfectly tailored outfits for their adorable kids out of thin air!