Mother's Day was great and not only did I get a chance to paint my toes (more about this exciting fact in another post) I was able to start and finish some sewing projects. Here we have the switch to a summer palette for the girls' table in the kitchen. The little kitten creamer is a favorite of mine, I got it in college and it has chipped an ear in its many travels.
Here you can see the new setup, the cafe curtain matches the napkins. There is both a valance and a cafe curtain back there, behind the sink, if you can see beyond the glare. The curtains used to be just white, which was refreshing, but very boring. The girls love this new setup a whole lot. And how I love my serger more than words. That's the rolled hem there on the napkins and after all the little hems on the curtains and the tablecloth, I was ready to take a break from that. I got a babylock serger 2 years ago (this was serger #2) and this is the one for me. I don't think I will ever need another. Da bomb, as they say. (But I think I am the only one who still says this? I am officially an un-hip parent)
I did not vinylize this fabric as I did here. Eventually the iron-on vinyl did lift from the fabric and it just never seemed right, but it works in a pinch. I think just rotating 3 cloths or so is the way to go, or maybe I will cut a piece of cool oilcloth about an 1" smaller than the tabletop, so I can wipe it off, but not have it drape over the edge, because it gets too pokey and won't lie flat. Actually, as I write this, I see that is the answer. Especially given the new cloth is simple and has no big pattern a cool oil cloth would compete with. Oh, so good to work out these little details.
