Monday, December 11, 2017

Crafternoon: cushions and considerations

I have a standing arrangement to meet a friend for coffee (or something similar) late on a Sunday afternoon. It's a lovely end to the weekend, and supports our (newish) local café to boot.

We've gotten into the habit of bringing along a simple project to work on while we chat. And so it became very important that I finally dig out the missing cushions before I headed off to see her yesterday.

Which I did: they were hiding underneath a vintage wooden inbox I'd plonked down on my desk while looking for something else. (Summer break and clean-up mode can't come soon enough...)

So all was good,
Cafe table with a glass of iced coffee on it. Next to the glass is a cat-shaped pencil case containing miniature cushions, thread and scissors and behind it is a woman working on an appliqué piece.
 and I now have a pile of cushions crying out for a scene (and/or a new home).
Pile of modern miniature cushions in bright retro colours and designs, next to a spool of thread and needle, and a pair of scissors.
On the bus to work this morning I started pondering the idea of using them in a combination of the original bits from this scene here with the concept of creating an Airbnb place I trialled last December. Perhaps an Airbnb place that's catering to the boom in weddings (and therefore honeymoons) resulting from last week's legalisation of same-sex marriage in Australia?

(Should I call it 'Rainbow Connection'?)

But before I get to that idea, I need to finish the Seaside Shack lounge. My 3-am thought was decisive: since the lounge was part of the same house as the dining room/ kitchen area, then it had to be twelve inches across as that was the width of the dining area before it stepped down into the lean-to (duh!). So small and pokey it is. (Or will be, once I finish it...)

3 comments:


  1. Good Grief, The pressure and how to decide what to do first! I bet your fellow coffee drinkers are curious about what you are doing while you chat.
    Warm I imagine in your neck of the woods!
    Regards Janine

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  2. Glad you found your cushions!

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  3. minwks, this is 2602 so no one (well, that I've noticed) bats an eyelid when you pull out a project as a cafe. And Gang Gang has previously been host to this, so a little sewing is nothing in comparison: https://www.facebook.com/www.Ganggangcafe.com.au/photos/a.1537953679610174.1073741829.1382179121854298/1739198512819022/?type=3&theater

    Norma: So am I, although with the annual big Summer clean starting on Friday they would have turned up soon enough.

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