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I have a lot of tees. Between shirts that I've actually designed and other shirts that I've seen along the way and had to have, the pile has gotten pretty huge. A lot of these shirts are designs that I love to look at, but don't necessarily love to wear. I mean, I there are other kinds of clothes out there too, I can't wear a t-shirt everyday! So recently I came up with a new use for one of my favorite woot tees - it turned into a pillow!  This was one of those shirts that I just didn't wear, maybe because it's brown, I don't know. So it was in great shape and with a little sewing, can sit happily on the sofa instead of being tucked away in the closet.
I'm not going to go into a whole list of instructions on how to make your own shirt pillow because that's probably already been done. Google it if you need to. I do have one bit of advice that should be helpful tho... Since tees are made from a knit fabric, they're really stretchy. Great for wearing, not so great when you want it to hold it's shape like in the case of a pillow. So my #1 tip before you sew it all up is this: Get something to reinforce the fabric. I like to use a fuseable interfacing. It bonds to the tee and won't let it grow any bigger. You could also just stitch it to another piece of non-stretchy fabric, like a linen or cotton, but make sure you do something to keep the knit from stretching out. And that's it, sew it up and enjoy! Or if you prefer not to sew, let me do the work for you. The tea pillow is available for purchase in my Etsy shop. Even easier.
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 I used to live in an airstream. It was a 1973 Sovereign, mostly original and I got into it completely by accident. My husband and I were living near Asheville, NC and he had a job to do in South Florida. Months in a hotel sounded like not the most fun ever, so we got the Airstream and, having never camped before, decided it was going to be home. And it turned out that for about a year it was the coziest, most fun home we'd ever had. It's been about 10 months since we came off the road and I was just sitting here remembering the good times. Yes, it's small. Sure, there are a few inconveniences. But assuming you're with someone who's company you enjoy it's actually really, really wonderful. The feeling of freedom is something you can't get any other way, you're in places you couldn't be otherwise, and you spend so much more time outside in the fresh air. It feels really great. And, since you're not actually in a tent you can have your vintage dishes and such, which make all those picnics a little extra special.
Another benefit to airstream travel, easy pet transport. We lived with our cat Reef and dog Silas. They adapted just fine, as you can see, and snugged right in.  One summer we took our vacation in Melbourne Beach. It was nice because the water was fairly close. A good hotel is always nice, but it doesn't come close to the relaxed & casual feeling of this kind of living.
Cooking tikka masala over the coals outside. Some interior shots.  Trailer Trash. Stopped by the side of the road, somewhere in the middle of nowhere Florida, waiting for some friends.
So that's enough reminiscing for one day. It was a good time tho, an adventure, and I like to think I keep the same spirit with me even now that I have some roots down.  Wednesday is craft day and I'm really looking forward to it. It's nice to have a time set up to get away from the usual and try something new. I have a friend who's an amazing craftsman/artist and she lets me hang out with her from time to time. I love seeing how other people work on things.
Last week I started sketching on vintage tee fabric and came up with some cute little animals pillows. I was pretty much delighted by them. Yep, that's the word: delighted. So this week I'm expecting to do some more fabric sketching. Found a skirt made out of beautiful linen that would look quite nice on the couch. The fabric that is, I don't decorate with skirts. So that's what the next pillow will be out of. I'm thinking of drawing rabbits today. Little snuggly bunnies. And some owls in a row would make a good pillow as well. Trying new things. Always more exciting that doing the same old all the time. And btw, all these things I'm making will be in the etsy shop.  Always wanting to do better. It gets old, but it never goes away. So I've redesigned my website with the goal of making it more functional, more all encompassing of what I'm up to, and basically, more fun. So anyone who wants to know what I'm working on should be able to stop by jewelwing.com and quickly see what's new, or find out what my tumblr link is, or anything like that. BTW, I think tumblr is by far one of the most interesting this I put out there, so definitely worth checking out, but maybe that's just because I like pictures. Anyways, hope you enjoy browsing my new online home.
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