Belle's Curtains and Cushions

Whatever will we make next?!  Perhaps 'His and Her' camper outfits from the left over curtain fabric :-)

I think I might have withdrawal symptoms now that the curtains and cushions are finished for Belle.  Today has certainly been the most challenging of the project so far, despite feeling more confident with what I am doing in terms of sewing skills.  It was the complex shape of the final pair of curtains that took the time and considerable brain strain.

Yesterday we sewed all the magnets into their felt pockets.  They look like little flowers or sweeties, and have a really nostalgic child-like feel to them.  We also made the tie-backs.

This morning the final fat cushions took shape. 

And this afternoon we contemplated this tricky space behind the driver and passenger seats.  Several cardboard templates and pages of calculations helped us to arrive at the finished result, a mere 9 hours later!

The sense of achievement is palpable and Belle looks lovely.  I also look up at seamstresses with renewed admiration.  The processes involved are all so intricately interwoven, and you can rarely do one thing without considerations for a whole catalogue of other parameters.  It really was a new way of having to train my brain to work.  I would hazard a guess that the connection pathways in seamstresses' brains have unusual speed and high capacity!

Time to slip the sewing machine back into its bag and into the cupboard for now.