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I used reverse crochet to make an edging for the afghan after adding two more rows.  It now measures 42" x 48" of scrap yarn.  

And we even sorted through 4 large totes of yarn to keep only the truly useful skeins and have the new closet shelves organized!  

I'm glad I used quite a bit of yarn, too!

Recently CityMouseQuilter posted her lemon shortbread cookies 

and she was kind enough to share her recipe with me. 

 I didn't roll out my cookie dough but rather made small balls of dough to bake them. Let me tell you that of the 20 cookies that were made, only one is left!  They were that good!!!  

Thank you for sharing the recipe and sharing the lemony goodness!

 

AN IDEA IS BORN

This is my niece;  she is a diy-er like me!  We overhauled a closet upstairs to make it a more usable space! 

First, we removed the steel clothes rod.

Then we installed the cut lumber for the shelves, painted them 

and attached the brackets for holding them in place.  

After a bit of paint for touching up installation scuffs, we had a space that needs to be filled with yarn!

I am very close to the last rows but I think it needs a few more. 

Then I will work around the edge in half double crochet stitches 

and it is done!

Guess what we will be doing today!

 

Face Lift

 I did a spontaneous double-take on this fabric and instantly saw it on my dining room chairs.

This set is old;  inherited from Bill's parents.

 I had a rough idea of the fabric needs and thought I had the foam measured out right.  

(I didn't but that comes later!)

 When I pulled the seat off the chair and pulled the staples from the cover, 

I was quite surprised to see another layer underneath!  

The velvet was disintegrating and the padding was so discolored and musty!

  You've served your time;  goodbye!

This fabric is typical of the 1940's and I have even seen another chair at a friend's and she concurred the time frame.   

Since that was when his parents married, 

we assumed the set was from then.  

 I am thinking much earlier now!  

  

 The chair seats are of solid mahogany-no pressed plywood these!  

The wood is still in great shape and no splits or warping.  

 (I wish I had treated it with wood oil before I covered them again!)

 I traced a pattern......cut out my fabric,

 cut out the batting to cover the foam and then cut out the foam.  

Covering chairs is easy in this case;  no sewing but there is a lot of muscle-

in both pulling staples and real tacks 

(the small black kind most of you will remember if you are over 50! lol) . 

 Also a lot of picking up and turning over to unscrew the seats with the drill 

and then reverse the order to put it all back together again! 

 It is so worth it to have the dining room get a face lift! 

 I will show you the whole room when I finish the other two chairs! 

Remember, I said more on that-yeah, I ran out of the foam

 but we will stop and pick some more up today so I can finish them!)

  (I'm pretty sure there is enough to do a table runner, too!  Yippee!)