Pojagi style windows and other list finishes!!!!
Back when I was doing the remodel on my dining and kitchen areas, I ordered new windows. The east wall has these 4 short windows. They had custom metal blinds there before and because I sew in there sometimes they were covered with fuzz ALL the time.
We replaced the windows and I had some simple ideas to cover them with but the one window was made slightly different than the other 3 and so nothing and I mean nothing can be installed there. So I either had to choose outside mount which would be huge because the 4 together are over 120" or come up with something simple.
One day I decided. Since I sew why not make simple a simple shade-type style curtain that lets the light through in a quilty way.
I came up with these pojagi style panels. They are a gray weave look cotton with white, gray and grunge in the lighter areas. They slide on simple cafe rods and can be taken down in seconds or put at different levels to let the light in.
My sample turned out pretty cool.
So yesterday I made 3 more.
I think they look pretty cool in the morning when the sun is coming up. As the day goes on they look more like the one on the far left. That is the neighbors house blocking the sun there already.
These sort of flow with the breeze and it gives me a sort of calm feeling. I love that I can pop one or more or all out and let the light stream in when I want to sew or just relax and enjoy how the light plays off the neutral shapes and seams. I want to try more pojagi in the future for a quilt.
Another item off my list. What list you say? I made a list before my husband left for 3 days to go to his hs reunion. Every year he goes and I think I am going to get so much done. I never do. I usually putter around and when he is due to get back I clean up the house and he walks in.
This year I made a list. Finish the pojagi windows...check!
dye something....check
pillow cases I made and
I already posted about the dishtowels I made but thought I would show them in my kitchen with my new wall art!
Make Bee blocks (prompt: scrappy goose)......check
Make Journal covers for donation to ART market this fall...check
paint and hang metal art I bought on clearance....check and check
beige before...now gray and metallic
finished an old UFO....check
Wonky house block from guild sew day demo.
I also took down a quilt that I made several years ago and never blocked and did that. Whew it was a great weekend for me.
Plus it motivated me to think more kindly on list makers as maybe this is how they really should work....write it down and get'r done! I don't know as it has never really worked this well before. Anyway, jury is still out but while I am motivated........I dug out another old UFO and am practicing freemotion quilting on it. Stay tuned...I expect to finish that soon too!
Oh my parting treat ....I also tried a new recipe for a Paleo Banana upside down cake and it turned out picture perfect and scrumptious.
Linking up with Let's Bee social with Lorna HERE
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