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I love the weekend!

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I finished the last of three pillows I have been thinking of making. I am very excited to see the 3 of them together

This one is such a charmer because the fabric is so interesting

We have some new cookware at our house. My husband brought home the green Copco paella and huge, huge Dru Holland casserole from estate sales yesterday, and I decided to keep them. They make such a lovely group in color and design details. I will have to sell off some Le Creuset or Scandi enamelware to make room, but I am really interested to cook with these.

I want a dog but my husband doesn’t, so sometimes he gives me gifts like these.

More pillows

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I am very happy. My goal this last weekend was to make 3 pillows and I happily only made 2. But this is 2 more than I’ve been able to make in the last 4 months. This is the 2nd.

Now I have 2 of the 3 fabrics that represent my current obsessions. Farms and folk style and native american motifs. I find these really inspiring. And I have heaps of vintage fabric to work with.

Alessi. This tea kettle has a cloud influenced handle and its whistle sounds like a train. It’s rather delightful. Designed by Richard Sapper.

This handbag is one of my favorite things. It’s from the 1970s, I’m quite sure.

More books that kids no longer get but I totally get

Sewing and Selling and Thrifting

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I did make one of the 3 pillows I wanted to make this weekend. Hand sewn in the middle of the night listening to Leadbelly (“John Harding was a desperate little man..”) this is my 1970s native american fabric pillow

This pillow – beautiful crewel on old black velvet, thrifted in Saturday’s beautiful sunlight. (We have had an amazing amount of sunlight this February here in Michigan)

And a new Cathrineholm plate from the Sunday flea market.

I started collecting vintage cookware because I like having beautiful useful things. This enamelware is a little fussy though and you want to treat it kindly, because it has lived already a long time and given good service.

I am not sure which picture I like better

I wanted to put our new sputnick lamp here, but it would bump our heads going down the stairs, sadly, sadly (though I love the blue).

I love this fabric. I just found it again at the bottom of a heaped up shelf unit. I will try to make a pillow with this soon.

Now I am going for a quick walk while we still have sunlight.Tomorrow is Pączki day.