Tie One On, Tear One Down...

Here is my submission for september's Tie One On challenge--the dishtowel apron.

I kept putting it off because I knew this was a pretty easy sewing project. So here I am on the last day, finally getting mine finished. I used some martha stewart towels that I found on sale at KMart. I also added this wide sash to get some extra length otherwise it would have been a mini-skirt apron. The sash is folded down in half, and I realized when I put it on, that it will make a great maternity apron, too. (whenever that joyous time comes around again in my life--by the way, i'm not pregnant). So, I love it, and it may possibly have moved into the position of my favorite apron.  Handmade things always have more meaning.

Other than tie one on projects I have been up to my elbows in wallpaper.

Several months ago Dan and I ripped the glittery butterfly wallpaper down from our bedroom walls. It was the kind of wallpaper that if you caught it in the right light, you could pick up a whole new silver,  hollographic pattern hidden in the background of the paper.
In the meantime, we've been living in what we affectionately refer to as our cardboard box bedroom, since the walls are still covered in the manilla-colored wall paper backing. So, now that we're finally getting some visitors to our house... who will actually spend the night... which means someone will actually be coming upstairs...we are doing a mad dash to get the wall paper down and the walls primed and painted. It is a sticky, wet, messy job. My shoulders, wrists and arms are sore from scraping--even a little spot on my thumb. (what a wimp!)
But I have to admit, that peeling the wallpaper off is somewhat therapeutic. Like peeling sunburn or pulling back overgrown grass to reveal a whole new section of sidewalk you never knew was there....
So now we are down to the "brown board", which is apparently the old-fashioned version of drywall.  Our visitors come sunday. I'll keep you updated on the progress.