Just Like Martha..Stewart that is..

Now that we are in a bigger house, among other things being domestic has come naturally. I have always been somewhat domestic but it came in waves. We love having a bigger house; however this does come with a downside, now I feel like I can’t relax. I feel like there is always something to be cleaned, a chair that doesn’t look just right where it is, a weed to be pulled, dog hair to be vacuumed, a pool to be skimmed; well you get the point.

Since we’ve moved in, I’ve had many projects on my sewing to-do list and now that I actually have an entire room dedicated just to sewing has made working on those projects that much more enticing.

I had been promising Jack (and Groomzilla since he wouldn’t let me forget my promise) that I would make him a doggie bed with some left over fabric that I had bought many years ago to make pajama pants, so today once all the household chores were complete, I got down to business.

I began first by making the inner pillow, I figured then I could take the bed out and then wash the cover. I used a sheet that I had purchased a bit ago for a linen mock up as the inner bed. Sewed around and left a hole open for stuffing purposes.

Stuffing complete and remaining hole sewn up.

Left over pajama pant material.

Created basically a pillow case with the blue cloud fabric and the idea was to act sort of like a duvet cover which ended up working well.

My button holes need a little bit of work but they serve the purpose well.

I hand sewed five buttons on.

And Jack was enjoying his bed and fast asleep within five minutes of completion.


I can’t tell you how nice it was to be able to spread out my project and have room to work. I am going to be crafting many more projects to come so stay tuned!!

Did you ever suddenly become more domestic? What craft projects are on your horizon?

Hope you all enjoy your long weekend..I know we are!!!

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