I had some "Mummy" time yesterday and popped out to the local Spotlight for a bit of shopping therapy. For anyone who doesn't know, Spotlight is a large furnishing, art, craft and fabric shop, and is probably the best place to purchase every day crafty things in Australia. I went to purchase something to start my Mum's birthday present, was just about to leave the shop and this fabric literally jumped out at me and said "buy me". OK, well not literally, but it did catch my eye, and was even more attractive sitting on the clearance rack for only $2 a metre! I bought what was left on the roll (3 metres), thinking that it would make a nice picnic blanket, and bought it home. I showed John, and he said "I bet that will be like all of your other projects, and I think that in a week it will still be sitting around collecting dust!". Well, humph to him - I'm going to prove him wrong, and just to sweeten the deal, he has to do the dishes all next weekend if I have used it before then! That will get him (and it will be so lovely to have a break from the dishes!).
I have since had second thoughts about the picnic blanket idea, and decided to make some new covers for some chair cushions that are looking a bit dated for our outdoor setting. That should use about half of the fabric, and I'm thinking maybe a table runner and possibly some grocery shopping bags. Oh, the possibilities.....watch this space!
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