My in-laws are in town, my partner has to go run a three hour errand that genuinely could not be avoided, and the newborn is screaming every time I sit down to rest. You have no idea how nice it was to hear "Hello, friends". I'm just gonna let your voice soothe my nerves while I walk in circles around my living room.
I have a leather pouf shell from my half sister and I use old tattered clothes and scraps from my sewing to stuff it And we regularly add to it when my boyfriend wears out his socks from work.
I'm using solarfix dye to dye quotations from my favourite novel and mini pressed flowers and leaves arrangements on fabric to make into a blouse. The weather isnt exactly cooperating but I've discovered a sunny windowsill indoors is almost as good as outside.
Love the pouf! I need to make one of those, I think my doggo would love it! :D I just got back from the Rainbow Readers Cruise, where forty or so authors and narrators got to pal around with a bunch of our readers. We did panels and a signing at sea which was terrific! We even had a drag show, which was hysterically funny - let me tell you, audiobook narrators are fun people. :D They also did readings of some super sketchy fanfic (Bert and Ernie, I kid you not) and we are all traumatized now.
Cute Poof! Being a floor person I made a simple poof last year that gets tons of use. And yes it holds so much cabbage. Today I cut into hand woven material I picked up at an SCA event. 😬so scary cutting into precious fabric.
I've got a foot stool, a friend was throwing it out because it was ugly fabric, another friend was replacing her sofa that was broken, so I had the fabric from the back, so I have a nicely upholstered foot stool and they both want the stool 😂, not happening. Your poof is very cute, but I don't have space for one, and that's before we move to a smaller house. ❤
From here in New Zealand, it's still very much winter. Today is our third day solid of grey skies and drizzle... but the spring flowers are blooming, daffodils are out, early blossom trees are blossoming... the sun is on the way!! Xoxoxo
I live in Canberra, Australia and its known as a cold place in Winter by most people here. Personally i am a cold weather person so i love it. It hasnt been as cod this year but in the last couple of weeks its been very cold. Spring is just around the corner though and it will be wonderful to see all the flowers of Floriade.
I impulse purchased a vintage silk kimono on ebay, with the excuse I wanted it for the fabric. It's musty af, and currently living in the freezer for a few days.
I love the idea of making shells to use for storage!! I've got blankets and other off season bedding that I never quite know what to do with. I"m thinking I will make a few zippered pouches (if not actual poufs) for seasonal linen closet storage. Another thing I struggle with is keeping the sheet sets I use bundled together so I have a fitted sheet, top sheet and pillowcases that coordinate. Something like this would make a great storage pouch. The best bit to me, though, is that the pattern pieces are straightforward enough that you could easily make patchwork yardage from scrap fabric, cut out the pattern pieces and then assemble the pouf.
To the end. I’ve made a puff, with wooden feet. This one seems much easier than an engineering project!! What I did like is, I made my own fabric by sewing together scraps. So each of the pieces is like a small crazy quilt.
Awesome poof! Top tip, if you sew the piping to the side edges instead of the circle, and do a long stitch twice around the circle, you can easily ease the circle in to match the side sections and it will work better.
We are watching Lucifer,am enjoying. Also Orphan Black, which is a little intense. I’ve just bought a new bigger sewing machine, and a new table arrives today, so more quilts are in my future
I really enjoyed this video. I think my granddaughter would love one of these poofs. I’m glad that you’re feeling better. Keep taking care of yourself.
These used to be hugely popular and then disappeared and I don't know why - they're fab and, like you said, a great way to store things. 300 throws for the sofa, chuck em in a pouffe! That said, I probably wont be making one. As much as they look brilliant, I'm actively in minimising mode (reducing 300 throws to 1 negates the need for the pouffe). Decided to be brave and heading to university soon as a mature student at the grand young age of 49 - going to get the degree I was going to get when I left school many MANY years ago before deciding i liked earning money more than studying.
I'm on the struggle bus this summer. My mom is an 81 year old T1D with plural effusions and CHF. She had a medical crisis in June. It was pretty shocking and I'm not getting to spend as much time in my garden and I'd hoped, but what survived my neglect is doing great! 😅 I have a bunch of baby cucumbers! (Have you seen baby cucumbers? THEY'RE SO CUTE!) I'm trying to get my feet under me but caregiving is brutally hard, even when I've chosen it. Which I have. I have chosen it. But it's also really hard work. And both can be true at the same time. Thank you for such a lovely calm project and I'm SO glad you're showing signs of recovery.
I used the same pattern and I used denim from old jeans and one panel is Zelda (the game) for my cat Zelda. It was meant to be her pouf. I didn’t have enough cabbage so it has t-shirts, a pair of curtains, and some pool noodles 😂😅. As I gain space more cabbage will go in and the silly stuff will come out. I love that you call yours “ the cabbage patch”❤
I thought you seemed more like your old self! Of course, one never knows what is going on off camera, so I'm glad to hear you are feeling better! I might try that pouf. I also have a giant bag of scraps that could use a good home 😊❤
What a fun project! I can really use one of these! Down here in San Diego my summer was fairly craptacular, had to go out on disability from work, A drunk driver totalled my parked car on 4th of July, and I have had not one ounce of creativity. But things are looking up! I feel much better, my car got totally covered and I have a new one! And my creative mojo seems to be peeking out from under my rock now and then! I just need a vacation from this summer! 😂😂 Glad you are feeling better, exciting TV coming this fall!!
Relearning to walk in physical therapy. It's exhausting. I can, at least, sew and drive again. I like the poof. I've been trying to catalog all of my patterns on my computer so that I have one place to easily reference, instead of digging through the drawers (and wherever else the patterns may be hiding.) I'm also trying to put away the last of the mess that got made over the last year in my sewing room. I'm almost done.
These would be great for storing yarn too! I have tons of leftovers from projects and some from projects that got scrapped. I’ll have to add a poof to my ever growing future project list, lol. I just started hand pt so I’m really hoping I’ll be able to craft again soon. whether it’s cross-stitch, crochet, or generic sewing, I just want to be able to create again😊 So glad to hear you’re improving too!!🎉
Our summer vacation is nearly over as the kids go back to highschool next week. My entertainment has been playing video games and d&d -- Wytchwood, then Warcraft's next expansion The War Within, and then the new d&d books come out in September. My most anticipated game is Civilization 7, coming out early next year, woohoo!
oooh, I think this would make a good quasi-patchwork project. lord knows I have enough stashed fabric bits to make & fill several! and it'd be nice to have some more footrests around.
Oooo just what I needed to see. After make a few travel sewing kits for work to sell this is my next want to do to sell at work. Well not completly a work it's day activity for people with disability. But we sell the stuff we make in a small store and our markets we have a few times a year.
I love the poof! For the center you could add a button and that way the not perfect part is covered. That’s what I did with mine since my kiddo has OCD and it was bothering her.
@@Costuming_Drama I use mine as a foot stool exclusively. I also need to wear an ankle brace most of the time. Ironically the button is a help to pull it off in the evenings when I’m really exhausted. Everyone has their thing.
Very glad to hear you're feeling better! I just finished my husband's costume for Dragon*Con. He and a bunch of his friends do a themed group costume every year, and this year it was DC Comics villains. Fate smiled upon me and all I had to make is a "smoking jacket" (the top part of a robe) from black poly-suede and give it lime green satin facings and banding. I kid you not; the character's name is Chameleon, look it up. He's taking care of the mask. I am happy happy happy, because I retired last Friday! Looking forward to lots of sewing, knitting, baking, and all the other things I haven't had time for. And living in Alabama. I completely get "It may be fall but it's still 90 degrees." 95 tomorrow, in fact.
Packing to see my family for 2 days, working on knitting a new sweater, finishing a prior knitting project that just needs straps and edging with a rib stitch. Hope you are well ❤
I made one a few months ago but didn't make a drawstring bag and totally need to as I added excess cotton filler to mine and still have room for fabric scraps.
I am processing herbs and beans from the garden. I am knitting more comfort chickens because the lace projects i was working on are in time out. I turned a couple of sarongs into skirts. The shape of my current old lady body is not conducive to holding up a sarongs with any sense of security so now i can wear the bright things again with confidence.
I made a similar one out of an old trashed footstool, but I will made one of these too. Book to read-Frozen River. It is about a mid wife in the late 1700s in Maine. Nit is her interesting story of a murder mystery and her life. Read the author’s notes as they are really interesting. Glad to hear you are feeling better and thanks for this fun video.
I made one of these years ago when Costuming Drama made one and I love mine. Though I don’t have a lining bag and maybe I should do that so it’s less of an explosion every time I dig around in there looking for scraps.
Good to hear you're getting better. I know how much you love Disneyland. Me too. I've been watching The Serpent Queen and (oddly enough) Bar Rescue. It's really not for everyone. Here's to a late Cali summer!!
I saw that your thread box is still on your cutting table. I would suggest getting/making a small table to put over your cabbage patch box and then putting the thread box over that. Then thread is off table without taking up any more floor space. Luv the channel. I found all my costume channels from your interviews at costume college before the zomvid outbreak. Glad you are feeling better. (hearts, hugs and zombie bites)
Hi Noel, lovely to hear and see you looking well. I hope you are feeling well too. My eldest son who lives in Germany and his family have been visiting his youngest brother who lives in Japan. Loved it of course, but I hadn't realised just how tense I was while he was not in his usual place! So after a lovely long chat with him and the rest of the family, yesterday am feeling much more relaxed. I have lots of projects on the go, and now I have a new one to add to the mix. Thank you. :) Having problems with both shoulders at the present is hampering progress however,. left one is improving, just hope the right one improves soon.
I am currently watching a Chinese Drama called Back from the Brink. I discovered a liking for Chines Dramas and Kpop when my husband had two strokes last year and I needed something fun, light and mindless to help keep my balance and mind while he was in hospital and care for 10 months. Now he's home and we are navigating a new normal. I may make one of those pouffs - they look really useful and the idea of using them for storing sheets and clothing as well as stuffing them full of your scraps is fabulous.
I really love the pouf. It looks really cute and comfy. I'm dealing with some back problems and have been stuck in bed so I finally got around to watching the Lord of the Rings movies 😊 better late than never right Today has been a special treat though. Both you and Abby put out new videos so I'm feeling spoiled 😉 Hopefully you keep feeling better. ❤
July did a doozy on me, mental health wise, so August has been very much about taking it easy. Sewing is part of that! Got sucked into hexagons (thanks, Shannon) and was really enjoying the handsewing for that, so decided to pick up the unfinished linen shift that has been laying about guilt-tripping me everytime I looked at it, and finished that in one evening of sewing along to Star Wars VI (it works, don't ask why, but it does). Yesterday cut out the bits to start a new petticoat. Got half the placket sewed yesterday and the seam up the back to the point where the placket goes in all done! Feeling a bit more accomplished and better, headspacewise. Our summer (UK) has been hmmm. apart from a few days here and there, relatively cool compared to recent years. I like it that way (I'm like you, dislike heat/heavy sun) but people around me haven't been too happy. A month or so and it'll all be over - proper autumn begins around the end of September here, if not before (we're already seeing blackberries). Glad you're on the mend, even if that mend is slow, some progress is better than none! x
@@Costuming_Drama thank you! :) bit further on now: top half of it is done, now it's a case of trying to figure out where to cut the flipping thing so that I can attach a gathered flounce thing (which comes off a pretty bedspread so a) already a bit gathered and b) already hemmed - win). It's currently about 14cm too long, but... don't wanna cut into it! Currently having a lot of fights with myself... :D hope all is well with you and that slow progress is continuing. :)
I have been talking about making a poof for over a year now, and this may be the motivation I needed to get started. I have also been wanting to make piping but was emotionally stuck on what to use for the cording. Now, I am just going to use the stuff I have on hand. I am happy you are doing better!
Perfect! Thank you so much, I’ve been wanting to make this for YEARS, but without a pattern (and a gentle kick in the butt) I never got started. Now I even know what this is called.
I’m so glad that you’re feeling better! I’ve not been watching anything lately, but I’ve been reading the Cassie Black novels on my Kindle. They’re an amusing, lightweight read. Let me know if you’re ever in the state of Georgia!
When you were explaining the necessity of making an internal drawstring bag to hold the cabbage inside the pouf I could hear the unsaid “ASK ME HOW I KNOW!” 😂 I’m still getting over my second Covid infection back in July. It’s kind of set me back in terms of long Covid and fatigue and symptoms I thought were gone… Still apparently being a bit of a long Covid advocate bad*$$ and was interviewed on national radio in Scotland this afternoon. But I have managed to finish knitting a slipover vest, finish my macgyvered knickerbockers and also sew up a chambray shorter leg jumpsuit - and although I still have to tweak and finesse the pattern, I’m pretty pleased with it AND it can be made with most kinds of fabric and has a ZIP closure, which is epic for the disabled me. Planning on locating an old circle skirt and recutting the fabric into a different style, plus making a working mock-up to my size of that Butterick costume waistcoat, but with a few changes. I might even get around to finishing the fan lacing on my regency midi stays I made a few years back. Kind of trying to look into planning a history bounding kind of wardrobe, with pieces from across history that I can wear now, so I’m also keen to make up my 18th century/regency man’s shirt in the most awesome patterned polycotton and my new PJ pants in marvel fabric. Will see how I go lol. Ask me where I’m at in a couple of years
@@Costuming_Drama TOO MANY lol! Some of them are just small fixes, but others are slightly bigger. I’ve deffo got a couple of patterns to get cut out to mess with and the two garments waiting to be cut out are still two lengths of fabric within eyesight 😂
I have a bundle of old, holed T-shirts that are going to have the fronts cut off to make a camping blanket. The flat backs can be sent to the local Community Bike shed for working rags. but the sleeves and seams and such? IN THE STUFFING BAG!
I made this pouf a few years ago. Love it. I wish I had made it a bit taller though. I've stuffed it with old clothes, a couple childhood stuffed animals, fabric scraps.
So when i made my quilt and some of ths blocks didn’t line up perfectly, i asked myself- does it still function as a quilt? The answer was a resounding yes! And I moved on. The quilt police still haven’t come for me and i bet the pouf police aren't ever going to come for you! My summer kind of sucked b/c I've been battling gut issues and well, it sucks. Been listening to the Blood and Ash series and it is exactly what i want it to be. The go to 8n our housecright now for "lots of episodes" has been Criminal Minds. It also is exactly what we expect it tobe 😂 glad you are feeling better-ish and your pouf looks amazing (ive heard people comment that they are SUPER heavy when fully stuffed)
Busy busy over here with the Maryland RennFest! Not reading much nor watching new shows (starting a re-watch of The Bad Batch just for company while I sew Dragons), but there’s lots of RUclips going on. Love the puff! I have a few that I purchased at Pennsic and filled with my polar fleece cabbage over the last few years. You’ve inspired me to have a go at making one (or several) for myself. Another project added to my “do after RennFest” list, lol. Thanks for the video!
I'm working on a cat bed that is also a stash buster. It was basically a big rectangle with a draw string around the outside. I am working on stuffing the middle. There is no zipper in this, so what goes in, will not come out again until they tear it up. :)
I need to do ALL the ironing... before I start on my next set of sewing projects. Have just got some autumnal fabric in (corduroy, wool mix etc.). Mainly the ironing of cotton/linen/rayon summery stuff before it gets put away.
Thank you for poof! So glad you were able to get out. You are awesome. :) Reading book 5 of Expeditionary Force hoping to finish before book 17 next month. I know, crazy but it is such a fun read! Once I finish rebuilding my sewing room I will make a poof and send you a picture. Thanks again! Ciao!
such a fun project. definitely bookmarking to make eventually because i think these would be super cute to make for a kids room or playroom. been learning to knit and currently making a baby blanket for my toddler. glad you're feeling better!
I was late watching this, but I love the pouf, may need to make one! I haven't really done any sewing since my retreat at the end of June, but it's starting to get cooler now, so I'm hoping it'll be okay to be in my sewing room. Currently listening to "The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic" and watching lots of old and old-ish TV with the husband.
It's been Fallish here for a few weeks already. which is super pleasing to me. I'm tempted to make a pouf, I do have an impulsively bought set of fat quarters that would probably work well for it.
I’m glad to hear you’re getting stronger and can go do things you enjoy! I love the pouf idea, I’ve been thinking of something like that for a while. Just a warning, I bought poufs years ago and the strain on the seams is A LOT. Mine tore along the seams. Maybe they were just cheaply made.
I have a friend who had a leather one and used to store his winter/summer clothes in it, and I've been tempted to make a few smaller ones for storing cabbage by fibre content... but that'll wait till I finish the last 5x5' floor section in my craft room and start actually organizing stuff in there. I've got two full trunks and half a dozen totes to sort by fibre content and wash and restash or donate.... Glad you're feeling better, I hope that keeps improving and your recovery time starts decreasing!
Enjoying this and will look for the pattern to try mysdlf. Great to see you looking so much better. Continue your journey to the healthy Noelle we know and love!! 🤗
Very glad you're doing better. That's wonderful. The poof is also really neat. I might make one eventually. My cabbage patch kinda had to be gotten rid of due to things and the difficulty in going through it to clean it. I would probably use it to store my winter comforter (I'm a thin-blodded Arizonan, so I get cold easily) during the 9 months it's too warm for it. I should be able to start crafting soon. I want to wait until the end of the month, at least, before I even try to give my wrists the time they need to recover (full healing takes about 6 months). I'm going to start with knitting then move onto crochet. Sewing will have to wait a bit as my machine needs servicing. I read Witch of Wild Things. It was a sweet romantic and family second chance at love story, but I'm glad I got Vera Wong for the summer reading book as I don't see myself going back to it often, if at all. I'm glad to have read it and if it sounds like your thing, go for it. It just doesn't quite hit in the sweet spot for me. I picked up Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen from the library. It's about Johannes Kepler's mother, who was charged with witchcraft (true story), so historical fiction, which is sometimes my jam, especially the more factually based fictions, so I'm hopeful. For shows that have a million episodes: M*A*S*H, Star Trek (all of them), Doctor Who....Psych....most soap operas ^^ Buggs Bunny, The Simpsons, This Old House....MST3K, Columbo, Power Rangers....Futurama....Law & Order (dun dun)....pick your flavor ^^
This is a nice project! I like the useful pouf of the use of scraps. :) I am surviving the summer with relative peace. (Texas). It is very good to hear that your health is improving. (I have found projects that seem to be full of scraps make an excellent place to stash things that I would prefer to have overlooked.)
To the end! With all those seams, it makes me think of my mom's old industrial REX sewing machine; she had an upholstery shop when I was little. I've been working on some cross stitch as well as Scroop's newest dress pattern. I had to order another yard of fabric because I forgot about the bias binding. 🤣 But otherwise it's been working out well. I've been trying to pick up more books to own as my book stash is really lacking (and to replace the ones that drowned when my window AC unit turned into a waterfall one day). I have to pace myself though because books are expensive, especially ones that are out of print. 😅
I really enjoyed the video, love that you can use up your scraps this way, and that you have access to the scraps in case there was some little piece that you realize you could’ve used for something else. Great way to get rid of old socks. I have a hard time throwing away old towels that could be used for rags, so again this could be a way to use them and still have access if I decide I need one. Cool! Sorry to hear you’ve been sick; this is the first time I’ve seen one of your videos, so I don’t know how serious it was, but hopefully you are on the mend. I presume you live in Southern California if you’ve gone to Disneyland. You are very brave to do this in a Southern California summer. I won’t go near the place until we get some cool weather!
I have been wanting to make one of these ever since I saw Maria do one. I have several dogs and cats and I was concerned about everything in it getting dirty so the “plan” is to use a heavy duty yard garbage bag for the lining bag. Now I need to just get to making a decision about what fabric to use for the main poof 😂
Speaking of holiday gifts, when do you think someone might do another holiday swap, similar to the one you participated in in 2021-ish.💚💚💚 The ideas were phenomenal.
@Costuming_Drama I am sorry to hear that. I did not know there was behind the scenes drama. Probably because I do not get involved in drama. Unless it is your video drama, then I am all in.💚💚💚 I really enjoyed all the creative ideas. Thank you for answering me. I really appreciate you.
The TV weather guy said today that terrible heat is behind us. Uh, yeah. 90's vs 100's in Texas is not that much different. Started Wheel of time again. I had finished 9 books and then took a lengthy break. On book 11 now. Not watching anything in particular but am trying to finish a project to fix cat damage to the couch. Basically it's an upholstery patch. The couch is too big for a full re-upholster job for my skill level. It's been fun figuring out the shape and how it will attach. I really do enjoy your channel. It's very calming to me.
I just finished Ripley, which took me a long time even though it's only 8 episodes, because it's moody and I'm not always in the mood for moody. Also I found that I had to really actually pay attention most of the time, and tv tends to be craft time for me. But still I recommend it! It was very good!
I just finished watching Person of Interest and now I'm binge watching Continuum. It's trippy rewatching shows that put truth into what they call fiction. 🤨🧐🥴 For real . Makes me wonder about other sci fi's overindulged in . I will probably be rewatching Game of Thrones soon .
What's going on? My re-enactment season has now finished, and as usual I have a small list of projects already for next season: a livery coat, a cassock, two shirts and a large extension to the fire awning. I am reading the Realm series of books by J.Risk, listening to The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery and not watching much, just Repair Shop on the BBC. Very glad to hear you're doing better. 😊
@@Costuming_Drama one is red and the other is orange. I used a Moroccan table that I found at a consignment shop to create my living room. I was loading the legs of the brass table and saw that it was painted wood. After scraping a bit off, I found that it had mother-of-pearl flowers glued into the wood!!! I can't find anyone who is willing to refinish the legs to get the paint off as they are frightened that they will damage the mother of pearl. We think that the wood may have also been brightly painted and whomever owned it before probably thought it was too garish and painted the legs black.
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My in-laws are in town, my partner has to go run a three hour errand that genuinely could not be avoided, and the newborn is screaming every time I sit down to rest.
You have no idea how nice it was to hear "Hello, friends". I'm just gonna let your voice soothe my nerves while I walk in circles around my living room.
This too shall pass. Sending loves ❤
My youngest (of two) refused to let me sit down as well when he was tiny, so I feel your exhaustion
Oh hugs!! I feel your exhaustion from here!
I have a leather pouf shell from my half sister and I use old tattered clothes and scraps from my sewing to stuff it And we regularly add to it when my boyfriend wears out his socks from work.
Oh that’s a great thing to stuff with!
twice a month is better then never again i love your slightly chatty sewing
true fact! And yay! Thank you!
Hear hear!
I'm using solarfix dye to dye quotations from my favourite novel and mini pressed flowers and leaves arrangements on fabric to make into a blouse. The weather isnt exactly cooperating but I've discovered a sunny windowsill indoors is almost as good as outside.
Oh that’s good to know!!
Love the pouf! I need to make one of those, I think my doggo would love it! :D I just got back from the Rainbow Readers Cruise, where forty or so authors and narrators got to pal around with a bunch of our readers. We did panels and a signing at sea which was terrific! We even had a drag show, which was hysterically funny - let me tell you, audiobook narrators are fun people. :D They also did readings of some super sketchy fanfic (Bert and Ernie, I kid you not) and we are all traumatized now.
Omg that sounds amazing! Audio book readers are awesome!!!
Cute Poof! Being a floor person I made a simple poof last year that gets tons of use. And yes it holds so much cabbage. Today I cut into hand woven material I picked up at an SCA event. 😬so scary cutting into precious fabric.
OMG good for you for doing that! I would have been so stressed!
I've got a foot stool, a friend was throwing it out because it was ugly fabric, another friend was replacing her sofa that was broken, so I had the fabric from the back, so I have a nicely upholstered foot stool and they both want the stool 😂, not happening. Your poof is very cute, but I don't have space for one, and that's before we move to a smaller house. ❤
From here in New Zealand, it's still very much winter. Today is our third day solid of grey skies and drizzle... but the spring flowers are blooming, daffodils are out, early blossom trees are blossoming... the sun is on the way!! Xoxoxo
YAY spring for you guys!! If i could give you like 20% of our heat for 20% of your coolness, I would make two perfect places!
I live in Canberra, Australia and its known as a cold place in Winter by most people here. Personally i am a cold weather person so i love it. It hasnt been as cod this year but in the last couple of weeks its been very cold. Spring is just around the corner though and it will be wonderful to see all the flowers of Floriade.
I impulse purchased a vintage silk kimono on ebay, with the excuse I wanted it for the fabric. It's musty af, and currently living in the freezer for a few days.
I love the idea of making shells to use for storage!! I've got blankets and other off season bedding that I never quite know what to do with. I"m thinking I will make a few zippered pouches (if not actual poufs) for seasonal linen closet storage. Another thing I struggle with is keeping the sheet sets I use bundled together so I have a fitted sheet, top sheet and pillowcases that coordinate. Something like this would make a great storage pouch.
The best bit to me, though, is that the pattern pieces are straightforward enough that you could easily make patchwork yardage from scrap fabric, cut out the pattern pieces and then assemble the pouf.
I stuff my folded linen into the pillowcases, so the pillowcases become the "bag"
Genius!
This would be a great use for these!
To the end. I’ve made a puff, with wooden feet. This one seems much easier than an engineering project!! What I did like is, I made my own fabric by sewing together scraps. So each of the pieces is like a small crazy quilt.
Oh that's super fun!
Awesome poof! Top tip, if you sew the piping to the side edges instead of the circle, and do a long stitch twice around the circle, you can easily ease the circle in to match the side sections and it will work better.
Thanks!
I've just got to hem my hand sewn petticoat, then it's rain cloak time
I am so jealous of your potential for rain!
@@Costuming_Drama I live in the UK, there is always potential rain
I made one years ago after watching Marika make one. It holds sooo much!! I love it! I hope you get many years of use from it.
Thank you!
Glad to know you are feeling better.
We are watching Lucifer,am enjoying. Also Orphan Black, which is a little intense. I’ve just bought a new bigger sewing machine, and a new table arrives today, so more quilts are in my future
Yay more quilts!
I made a slipcover for an ottoman once, so I think I can do this! 😊. Thanks for the pointer to a free pattern.
Wonderful!
I really enjoyed this video. I think my granddaughter would love one of these poofs. I’m glad that you’re feeling better. Keep taking care of yourself.
Thank you so much!
These used to be hugely popular and then disappeared and I don't know why - they're fab and, like you said, a great way to store things. 300 throws for the sofa, chuck em in a pouffe! That said, I probably wont be making one. As much as they look brilliant, I'm actively in minimising mode (reducing 300 throws to 1 negates the need for the pouffe). Decided to be brave and heading to university soon as a mature student at the grand young age of 49 - going to get the degree I was going to get when I left school many MANY years ago before deciding i liked earning money more than studying.
Yaaaay! I’m so proud of you!!!
I'm on the struggle bus this summer. My mom is an 81 year old T1D with plural effusions and CHF.
She had a medical crisis in June. It was pretty shocking and I'm not getting to spend as much time in my garden and I'd hoped, but what survived my neglect is doing great! 😅
I have a bunch of baby cucumbers! (Have you seen baby cucumbers? THEY'RE SO CUTE!)
I'm trying to get my feet under me but caregiving is brutally hard, even when I've chosen it.
Which I have. I have chosen it. But it's also really hard work. And both can be true at the same time.
Thank you for such a lovely calm project and I'm SO glad you're showing signs of recovery.
Oy! Yes, caregiver work is brutal and it can be both at the same time for sure. Hugs!
I used the same pattern and I used denim from old jeans and one panel is Zelda (the game) for my cat Zelda. It was meant to be her pouf. I didn’t have enough cabbage so it has t-shirts, a pair of curtains, and some pool noodles 😂😅. As I gain space more cabbage will go in and the silly stuff will come out. I love that you call yours “ the cabbage patch”❤
Oh cool!jeans is such a good idea!!
I thought you seemed more like your old self! Of course, one never knows what is going on off camera, so I'm glad to hear you are feeling better! I might try that pouf. I also have a giant bag of scraps that could use a good home 😊❤
It’s a great project for sure!
I never watched Stargate, so I watched every episode, I binged it, it was great. So if you haven't watched Stargate, I recommend.
Same!
OMG I LOVE STARGATE. I have seen all of every season, but maybe a re-watch is in order. If you have not seen farscape, that may be for you too!
What a fun project! I can really use one of these! Down here in San Diego my summer was fairly craptacular, had to go out on disability from work, A drunk driver totalled my parked car on 4th of July, and I have had not one ounce of creativity. But things are looking up! I feel much better, my car got totally covered and I have a new one! And my creative mojo seems to be peeking out from under my rock now and then! I just need a vacation from this summer! 😂😂 Glad you are feeling better, exciting TV coming this fall!!
The way I ghasped when I read this! I’m
So glad you are feeling better and stuff is ok now!
Relearning to walk in physical therapy. It's exhausting. I can, at least, sew and drive again. I like the poof. I've been trying to catalog all of my patterns on my computer so that I have one place to easily reference, instead of digging through the drawers (and wherever else the patterns may be hiding.) I'm also trying to put away the last of the mess that got made over the last year in my sewing room. I'm almost done.
Yay sewing and driving again! I love that you come give me updates on what things you can do now. This has been a journey!
These would be great for storing yarn too! I have tons of leftovers from projects and some from projects that got scrapped. I’ll have to add a poof to my ever growing future project list, lol.
I just started hand pt so I’m really hoping I’ll be able to craft again soon. whether it’s cross-stitch, crochet, or generic sewing, I just want to be able to create again😊 So glad to hear you’re improving too!!🎉
YES to storing yarn!!!
Our summer vacation is nearly over as the kids go back to highschool next week. My entertainment has been playing video games and d&d -- Wytchwood, then Warcraft's next expansion The War Within, and then the new d&d books come out in September. My most anticipated game is Civilization 7, coming out early next year, woohoo!
Wooooo!
oooh, I think this would make a good quasi-patchwork project. lord knows I have enough stashed fabric bits to make & fill several! and it'd be nice to have some more footrests around.
That's a great idea!
Oooo just what I needed to see. After make a few travel sewing kits for work to sell this is my next want to do to sell at work. Well not completly a work it's day activity for people with disability. But we sell the stuff we make in a small store and our markets we have a few times a year.
Oh that’s super cool!
I love the poof! For the center you could add a button and that way the not perfect part is covered. That’s what I did with mine since my kiddo has OCD and it was bothering her.
Yes, but also that sounds uncomfortable to sit on! I think it's fine for now!
@@Costuming_Drama I use mine as a foot stool exclusively. I also need to wear an ankle brace most of the time. Ironically the button is a help to pull it off in the evenings when I’m really exhausted. Everyone has their thing.
Very glad to hear you're feeling better! I just finished my husband's costume for Dragon*Con. He and a bunch of his friends do a themed group costume every year, and this year it was DC Comics villains. Fate smiled upon me and all I had to make is a "smoking jacket" (the top part of a robe) from black poly-suede and give it lime green satin facings and banding. I kid you not; the character's name is Chameleon, look it up. He's taking care of the mask. I am happy happy happy, because I retired last Friday! Looking forward to lots of sewing, knitting, baking, and all the other things I haven't had time for. And living in Alabama. I completely get "It may be fall but it's still 90 degrees." 95 tomorrow, in fact.
Congrats on your retirement and I hope you had an amazing time at dragon Con!
Love this project! Repurpose all my little pieces I couldn’t bring myself to throw away.
Packing to see my family for 2 days, working on knitting a new sweater, finishing a prior knitting project that just needs straps and edging with a rib stitch. Hope you are well ❤
YAY Finishing projects and starting new ones!
I am so excited to hear that you are getting better!! This is so exciting! Small steps matter. Truly happy for you.
Thank you so much!!
That poof is so dang cute. Just finished the ribbing on the hem of a sweater and drumming up the motivation to do an Italian bind off!
You've got this!
I made one a few months ago but didn't make a drawstring bag and totally need to as I added excess cotton filler to mine and still have room for fabric scraps.
It really helps!
I am processing herbs and beans from the garden. I am knitting more comfort chickens because the lace projects i was working on are in time out. I turned a couple of sarongs into skirts. The shape of my current old lady body is not conducive to holding up a sarongs with any sense of security so now i can wear the bright things again with confidence.
Yay comfort chickens!
Love Ryanhood. What a great singing duo. Discovered them at a folk festival in New York.
Your tee made me smile
They are so great! I have a bunch of shirts from them! They play house concerts in my area pretty often so I have seen them a bunch!
I made a similar one out of an old trashed footstool, but I will made one of these too. Book to read-Frozen River. It is about a mid wife in the late 1700s in Maine. Nit is her interesting story of a murder mystery and her life. Read the author’s notes as they are really interesting. Glad to hear you are feeling better and thanks for this fun video.
Ooo that book sounds interesting!!
Come on with the BEATS 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽 it's à BOP 😘🍄
Hahahaha so glad that you enjoyed!
I made one of these years ago when Costuming Drama made one and I love mine. Though I don’t have a lining bag and maybe I should do that so it’s less of an explosion every time I dig around in there looking for scraps.
Good to hear you're getting better. I know how much you love Disneyland. Me too. I've been watching The Serpent Queen and (oddly enough) Bar Rescue. It's really not for everyone. Here's to a late Cali summer!!
I saw that your thread box is still on your cutting table. I would suggest getting/making a small table to put over your cabbage patch box and then putting the thread box over that. Then thread is off table without taking up any more floor space. Luv the channel. I found all my costume channels from your interviews at costume college before the zomvid outbreak. Glad you are feeling better. (hearts, hugs and zombie bites)
Hi Noel, lovely to hear and see you looking well. I hope you are feeling well too. My eldest son who lives in Germany and his family have been visiting his youngest brother who lives in Japan. Loved it of course, but I hadn't realised just how tense I was while he was not in his usual place! So after a lovely long chat with him and the rest of the family, yesterday am feeling much more relaxed. I have lots of projects on the go, and now I have a new one to add to the mix. Thank you. :) Having problems with both shoulders at the present is hampering progress however,. left one is improving, just hope the right one improves soon.
I hope your shoulders are feeling better!!
@@Costuming_Drama Thank you Noel shoulders are improving slowly.
Great to see another video.
Congratulations on your new poof!
I have neither been watching nor reading anything new.
Best wishes on staying healthy 🤞
Thank you!
I am currently watching a Chinese Drama called Back from the Brink. I discovered a liking for Chines Dramas and Kpop when my husband had two strokes last year and I needed something fun, light and mindless to help keep my balance and mind while he was in hospital and care for 10 months. Now he's home and we are navigating a new normal.
I may make one of those pouffs - they look really useful and the idea of using them for storing sheets and clothing as well as stuffing them full of your scraps is fabulous.
Yay! I hope you make one! I hope new normal is ok and I’m so sorry about his strokes! 💖
I really love the pouf. It looks really cute and comfy.
I'm dealing with some back problems and have been stuck in bed so I finally got around to watching the Lord of the Rings movies 😊 better late than never right
Today has been a special treat though. Both you and Abby put out new videos so I'm feeling spoiled 😉
Hopefully you keep feeling better. ❤
Oh no! I’m so sorry! I have a herniated disc, so I feel your pain! I hope you are improved!!
July did a doozy on me, mental health wise, so August has been very much about taking it easy. Sewing is part of that! Got sucked into hexagons (thanks, Shannon) and was really enjoying the handsewing for that, so decided to pick up the unfinished linen shift that has been laying about guilt-tripping me everytime I looked at it, and finished that in one evening of sewing along to Star Wars VI (it works, don't ask why, but it does). Yesterday cut out the bits to start a new petticoat. Got half the placket sewed yesterday and the seam up the back to the point where the placket goes in all done! Feeling a bit more accomplished and better, headspacewise. Our summer (UK) has been hmmm. apart from a few days here and there, relatively cool compared to recent years. I like it that way (I'm like you, dislike heat/heavy sun) but people around me haven't been too happy. A month or so and it'll all be over - proper autumn begins around the end of September here, if not before (we're already seeing blackberries). Glad you're on the mend, even if that mend is slow, some progress is better than none! x
Wow! You got so much accomplished!!
@@Costuming_Drama thank you! :) bit further on now: top half of it is done, now it's a case of trying to figure out where to cut the flipping thing so that I can attach a gathered flounce thing (which comes off a pretty bedspread so a) already a bit gathered and b) already hemmed - win). It's currently about 14cm too long, but... don't wanna cut into it! Currently having a lot of fights with myself... :D hope all is well with you and that slow progress is continuing. :)
I have been talking about making a poof for over a year now, and this may be the motivation I needed to get started. I have also been wanting to make piping but was emotionally stuck on what to use for the cording. Now, I am just going to use the stuff I have on hand.
I am happy you are doing better!
Yay use stuff you have on hand! I promise the piping police won’t come for you!!
@@Costuming_Drama oh thank goodness! No one wants a visit from the piping police!
Perfect! Thank you so much, I’ve been wanting to make this for YEARS, but without a pattern (and a gentle kick in the butt) I never got started. Now I even know what this is called.
Yay! I hope you make one!
I’m so glad that you’re feeling better! I’ve not been watching anything lately, but I’ve been reading the Cassie Black novels on my Kindle. They’re an amusing, lightweight read. Let me know if you’re ever in the state of Georgia!
I’ll be Atlanta next year for DragonCon!
Very nice pouf! My pets might like those, maybe I’d get to sit on my sofa if they got fancy poufs.
Hahahaha well they don’t take very long and they are great for hiding stuff!
Looking forward to all the shirtdress project from vintage/historic sewing creators . Happy the challenge has sparked within you.
Yay! Thank you!
Well, I'm feeling better! Could it be a new perspective? Could be, who knows? You look so good...much healthier to me. Thanks for this fun project.
YAY! Glad to hear it!
When you were explaining the necessity of making an internal drawstring bag to hold the cabbage inside the pouf I could hear the unsaid “ASK ME HOW I KNOW!” 😂
I’m still getting over my second Covid infection back in July. It’s kind of set me back in terms of long Covid and fatigue and symptoms I thought were gone… Still apparently being a bit of a long Covid advocate bad*$$ and was interviewed on national radio in Scotland this afternoon. But I have managed to finish knitting a slipover vest, finish my macgyvered knickerbockers and also sew up a chambray shorter leg jumpsuit - and although I still have to tweak and finesse the pattern, I’m pretty pleased with it AND it can be made with most kinds of fabric and has a ZIP closure, which is epic for the disabled me.
Planning on locating an old circle skirt and recutting the fabric into a different style, plus making a working mock-up to my size of that Butterick costume waistcoat, but with a few changes. I might even get around to finishing the fan lacing on my regency midi stays I made a few years back.
Kind of trying to look into planning a history bounding kind of wardrobe, with pieces from across history that I can wear now, so I’m also keen to make up my 18th century/regency man’s shirt in the most awesome patterned polycotton and my new PJ pants in marvel fabric.
Will see how I go lol. Ask me where I’m at in a couple of years
Oh my gosh you have a lot of projects on the brain! I hope they all turn out beautifully!!!
@@Costuming_Drama TOO MANY lol! Some of them are just small fixes, but others are slightly bigger. I’ve deffo got a couple of patterns to get cut out to mess with and the two garments waiting to be cut out are still two lengths of fabric within eyesight 😂
I have a bundle of old, holed T-shirts that are going to have the fronts cut off to make a camping blanket. The flat backs can be sent to the local Community Bike shed for working rags. but the sleeves and seams and such? IN THE STUFFING BAG!
Absolutely!
I made this pouf a few years ago. Love it. I wish I had made it a bit taller though. I've stuffed it with old clothes, a couple childhood stuffed animals, fabric scraps.
You can always make another!
So when i made my quilt and some of ths blocks didn’t line up perfectly, i asked myself- does it still function as a quilt? The answer was a resounding yes! And I moved on. The quilt police still haven’t come for me and i bet the pouf police aren't ever going to come for you! My summer kind of sucked b/c I've been battling gut issues and well, it sucks. Been listening to the Blood and Ash series and it is exactly what i want it to be. The go to 8n our housecright now for "lots of episodes" has been Criminal Minds. It also is exactly what we expect it tobe 😂 glad you are feeling better-ish and your pouf looks amazing (ive heard people comment that they are SUPER heavy when fully stuffed)
They ARE super heavy!!
Great timing. I got this pattern 2 months ago & am going to be making it this weekend on a quilting retreat.
I hope it turned out great!
Closet core are a solid company, lovely patterns
Busy busy over here with the Maryland RennFest! Not reading much nor watching new shows (starting a re-watch of The Bad Batch just for company while I sew Dragons), but there’s lots of RUclips going on.
Love the puff! I have a few that I purchased at Pennsic and filled with my polar fleece cabbage over the last few years. You’ve inspired me to have a go at making one (or several) for myself. Another project added to my “do after RennFest” list, lol. Thanks for the video!
I hope your ren fest is amazing!!
I'm working on a cat bed that is also a stash buster. It was basically a big rectangle with a draw string around the outside. I am working on stuffing the middle. There is no zipper in this, so what goes in, will not come out again until they tear it up. :)
That sounds like a great one!
I need to do ALL the ironing... before I start on my next set of sewing projects. Have just got some autumnal fabric in (corduroy, wool mix etc.).
Mainly the ironing of cotton/linen/rayon summery stuff before it gets put away.
I hope your ironing got done and is no longer vexing you!
Thank you for poof! So glad you were able to get out. You are awesome. :)
Reading book 5 of Expeditionary Force hoping to finish before book 17 next month. I know, crazy but it is such a fun read! Once I finish rebuilding my sewing room I will make a poof and send you a picture. Thanks again! Ciao!
Sounds great!
I’m recovering a comfy chair of ours, this might be a nice companion project
such a fun project. definitely bookmarking to make eventually because i think these would be super cute to make for a kids room or playroom.
been learning to knit and currently making a baby blanket for my toddler.
glad you're feeling better!
That's a great idea!
Those watermelon hair clips are great!
THANKS! 🍉 I got a whole box of fun hair clips and they are entertaining my child-brain so much!
I was late watching this, but I love the pouf, may need to make one! I haven't really done any sewing since my retreat at the end of June, but it's starting to get cooler now, so I'm hoping it'll be okay to be in my sewing room. Currently listening to "The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic" and watching lots of old and old-ish TV with the husband.
There’s no “late watching this” 💖💖 it’s here for you whenever you have time!
Fun way to store living room throws! Probably gonna make one!
Yay!
It's been Fallish here for a few weeks already. which is super pleasing to me. I'm tempted to make a pouf, I do have an impulsively bought set of fat quarters that would probably work well for it.
Ooo yessss
I’m glad to hear you’re getting stronger and can go do things you enjoy! I love the pouf idea, I’ve been thinking of something like that for a while. Just a warning, I bought poufs years ago and the strain on the seams is A LOT. Mine tore along the seams. Maybe they were just cheaply made.
Yeah that’s why I interfaced everything even though I didn’t really need to….
oh this is a great way to use the scraps! thanks for the idea!!!
Looks great - and like something cats will commandeer!
Absolutely!
I have a friend who had a leather one and used to store his winter/summer clothes in it, and I've been tempted to make a few smaller ones for storing cabbage by fibre content... but that'll wait till I finish the last 5x5' floor section in my craft room and start actually organizing stuff in there. I've got two full trunks and half a dozen totes to sort by fibre content and wash and restash or donate....
Glad you're feeling better, I hope that keeps improving and your recovery time starts decreasing!
Oh wow that’s a big job!!
@@Costuming_Drama Little pieces... got the flooring finished, bought the trim, just have to paint and install it THEN the fun begins
Enjoying this and will look for the pattern to try mysdlf. Great to see you looking so much better. Continue your journey to the healthy Noelle we know and love!! 🤗
Thank you!
Very glad you're doing better. That's wonderful. The poof is also really neat. I might make one eventually. My cabbage patch kinda had to be gotten rid of due to things and the difficulty in going through it to clean it. I would probably use it to store my winter comforter (I'm a thin-blodded Arizonan, so I get cold easily) during the 9 months it's too warm for it.
I should be able to start crafting soon. I want to wait until the end of the month, at least, before I even try to give my wrists the time they need to recover (full healing takes about 6 months). I'm going to start with knitting then move onto crochet. Sewing will have to wait a bit as my machine needs servicing.
I read Witch of Wild Things. It was a sweet romantic and family second chance at love story, but I'm glad I got Vera Wong for the summer reading book as I don't see myself going back to it often, if at all. I'm glad to have read it and if it sounds like your thing, go for it. It just doesn't quite hit in the sweet spot for me. I picked up Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen from the library. It's about Johannes Kepler's mother, who was charged with witchcraft (true story), so historical fiction, which is sometimes my jam, especially the more factually based fictions, so I'm hopeful.
For shows that have a million episodes: M*A*S*H, Star Trek (all of them), Doctor Who....Psych....most soap operas ^^ Buggs Bunny, The Simpsons, This Old House....MST3K, Columbo, Power Rangers....Futurama....Law & Order (dun dun)....pick your flavor ^^
Thank you for all the lovely recommendations and I hope your wrists feel better soon!!
I now need to make one of these to store my "need to fix" clothes and my excess to current need yarn...
That is a great use for one of these!!
This is a nice project! I like the useful pouf of the use of scraps. :) I am surviving the summer with relative peace. (Texas). It is very good to hear that your health is improving. (I have found projects that seem to be full of scraps make an excellent place to stash things that I would prefer to have overlooked.)
YES! Hide all of it! :-) And yay peaceful summer!
I had been thinking of making another one of these after September. Good reminder! Yours turned out so cute and I like the idea of making it taller
Thank you! This is such a fun project!
Love your videos. Working on a Regency long stay and round gown. Great to hear you're feeling better.
oooo that sounds pretty! And thank you!
Now, you can do patchwork next!😂
I’ve made two of these. They makes great cat beds.
I bet!!
I’m so glad to hear you are feeling better! And the poof seems like a super-fun and relatively easy project that I may just need to try!
It's super easy!
To the end! With all those seams, it makes me think of my mom's old industrial REX sewing machine; she had an upholstery shop when I was little.
I've been working on some cross stitch as well as Scroop's newest dress pattern. I had to order another yard of fabric because I forgot about the bias binding. 🤣 But otherwise it's been working out well.
I've been trying to pick up more books to own as my book stash is really lacking (and to replace the ones that drowned when my window AC unit turned into a waterfall one day). I have to pace myself though because books are expensive, especially ones that are out of print. 😅
Boooo to book destruction but yay to new dress!
cool project, bet cats love it lol
They sure do!
I really enjoyed the video, love that you can use up your scraps this way, and that you have access to the scraps in case there was some little piece that you realize you could’ve used for something else. Great way to get rid of old socks. I have a hard time throwing away old towels that could be used for rags, so again this could be a way to use them and still have access if I decide I need one. Cool! Sorry to hear you’ve been sick; this is the first time I’ve seen one of your videos, so I don’t know how serious it was, but hopefully you are on the mend. I presume you live in Southern California if you’ve gone to Disneyland. You are very brave to do this in a Southern California summer. I won’t go near the place until we get some cool weather!
I actually live near San Francisco, but I grew up near Disney so I am kind of used to it! And welcome to the channel! It’s lovely to have you here!
I have been wanting to make one of these ever since I saw Maria do one. I have several dogs and cats and I was concerned about everything in it getting dirty so the “plan” is to use a heavy duty yard garbage bag for the lining bag. Now I need to just get to making a decision about what fabric to use for the main poof 😂
Solid plan!
Speaking of holiday gifts, when do you think someone might do another holiday swap, similar to the one you participated in in 2021-ish.💚💚💚 The ideas were phenomenal.
Based on the behind the scenes drama that absolutely tore the community apart over this one? I think that ship has sailed…
@Costuming_Drama I am sorry to hear that. I did not know there was behind the scenes drama. Probably because I do not get involved in drama. Unless it is your video drama, then I am all in.💚💚💚 I really enjoyed all the creative ideas. Thank you for answering me. I really appreciate you.
Working on my 18th century dress for the Chevalier ball
Ooooo please come say hi to me!!
The TV weather guy said today that terrible heat is behind us. Uh, yeah. 90's vs 100's in Texas is not that much different. Started Wheel of time again. I had finished 9 books and then took a lengthy break. On book 11 now. Not watching anything in particular but am trying to finish a project to fix cat damage to the couch. Basically it's an upholstery patch. The couch is too big for a full re-upholster job for my skill level. It's been fun figuring out the shape and how it will attach. I really do enjoy your channel. It's very calming to me.
Oh yay! I am so glad! Also I really need to read wheel of time! I am enjoying the show!
I just finished Ripley, which took me a long time even though it's only 8 episodes, because it's moody and I'm not always in the mood for moody. Also I found that I had to really actually pay attention most of the time, and tv tends to be craft time for me. But still I recommend it! It was very good!
Thanks for the recommendation!
I just finished watching Person of Interest and now I'm binge watching Continuum. It's trippy rewatching shows that put truth into what they call fiction. 🤨🧐🥴 For real . Makes me wonder about other sci fi's overindulged in . I will probably be rewatching Game of Thrones soon .
Oh! I have been wondering about continuum!
I definitely want to make one..thanks.
What's going on? My re-enactment season has now finished, and as usual I have a small list of projects already for next season: a livery coat, a cassock, two shirts and a large extension to the fire awning.
I am reading the Realm series of books by J.Risk, listening to The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery and not watching much, just Repair Shop on the BBC.
Very glad to hear you're doing better. 😊
That sounds like a great list of projects to work on!
I've got a really old one of these. From the 70s I think.
It's fully broken in and lovely, I bet!
@@Costuming_Drama I think grandma made it. So comfy still.
I have a couple of leather ones from my Lebanese family. They are stuffed with some strange straw stuff.
Ooooo I bet they are super cool!
@@Costuming_Drama one is red and the other is orange. I used a Moroccan table that I found at a consignment shop to create my living room. I was loading the legs of the brass table and saw that it was painted wood. After scraping a bit off, I found that it had mother-of-pearl flowers glued into the wood!!! I can't find anyone who is willing to refinish the legs to get the paint off as they are frightened that they will damage the mother of pearl. We think that the wood may have also been brightly painted and whomever owned it before probably thought it was too garish and painted the legs black.
Summer is still in Florida as well.
We live where summer lives… boo
Ooooh! Signed up! This looks like so much fun!
Yay!!