Outside Living

Every year I'm on a little HUNT.

Looking here and there for fabric

(preferably free)

to cover the patio furniture.

We do a lot of living out here...

and the fabric just DOESN'T survive the summer.

:/

This year.....my waiting was NOT in VAIN!

This flowery fabric used to be a bedspread!

It was given to me

and

I love IT!!!

I also had acquired some heavy TAN upholstery fabric

 for the back of the cushions.

Yeah!!!  ;)

I love sitting out here with a cup of coffee in the morning...

OR

 talking with family in the evening.....

Hey!

Living outside is great!

You even get to DRAW on the floor!!!

patio redo

This is an ANNUAL project.

My poor old furniture needs some covering!

I NEVER spend much on this operation...

in fact...

this year it was FREE!!!

My cushion covers NEVER last more than one year...

so I really don't like to spend much on the fabric.

This year the heavy duty fabric was given away a few months ago

and I GLADLY took it!

Both the rust and wheat colors only had enough to do

HALF the job....so I put them together.

THEN....

I added some leftovers from my last quilt.

After piecing a panel for the fronts of the cushions...

I pressed the edges in....

Centered it....and pinned.....

Zigzagged....;)

TaDah!!!

My cushions are READY for the season!

Then...

I had some leftover fabric.

and couldn't let it go to WASTE!

Kind of cute, huh?

I drew some circles with a chalk pencil....

and "stitch doodled" them in.

Hmmm...

I think I like it.