Creative concealment project complete!

My little drapery concealment turned out to be a bit more complicated than it needed to be. I temporarily misplaced a little wooden thread holder that holds my big spool of thread on the Featherweight. Not good...it took a little while to find, and then with the pinning of the pleats...well--I wanted to do a 'mistreatment' ala The Nester, but instead ended up pleating, sewing, and hemming my project. So tempting to get out the glue gun, but I would have probably burned myself with it. I still need to load the bookcase, but it really doesn't look too bad...I love the fabric, the price was right, and I finished it in under 24 hours of starting it--pretty impressive for me. All in all, I only spent about 45 minutes actually working on it. The rest was hunting & gathering.

Another project got in the way...

While out and about on my errands this afternoon, I spotted this fabric at JoAnn. It was on the clearance rack...home dec fabric on sale at $9.00/yd. and further discounted by 50%. I love the muted neutral colors in the design, and purchased 2 tiebacks to match the ones in my livingroom holding back the painter's dropcloth draperies I made last winter. I'm going to use this fabric to make a drapery for a bookcase; I won't be assembling the Martha Stewart-style craft cases anytime soon, so this will have to do. Since I've moved craft 'heaven' from the guest room, I have a need to do a 'creative concealment' ala Melissa at The Inspired Room.


I'll post a picture (maybe later this evening--or early tomorrow morning) to show you the results.