Faux Fox

I am officially crossing challenge no. 25 off the list, having now completed my 24x36 work of art.

A while back I wrote a bunch of hullaballoo about watercolor, about how I love the fickle nature of it and the flowing, colorful beauty of the medium. That is all still true, but I have found that my abilities are comical when it comes to working with it. My talents lie in geometric shapes and defined spaces and lines that I can measure. It's mathy art.

This was inspired by a fox wire sculpture I saw:

The Whole Nine Yards

As the first part of challenge no. 28 is learning to sew, my needle-and-thread escapades continue, this time with homemade floor-to-ceiling curtains for our new bedroom.

I ordered the fabric (nine yards of it) online for $11 a yard, which I got all giggly about because I saw the exact same fabric at Mood Fabrics in NYC for more than double that price.

Curtains are insanely simple to sew. The challenge with these was just keeping the hem consistent for fourteen feet. But I pulled it off with the help of some hem tape, an iron, and my trusty Brother sewing machine.

The pictures don't do them justice. They are dramatic and soften the room, giving it an elegant, hotel-like feel. I'm pretty much in love with them.

Thank you to Austin, who channeled his inner rock climbing handyman to install these 14-foot decorative beasts.