It was a busy weekend on the Rolfs farm. Last night we had 12 of my coworkers out to the house for a party. Four of my wonderful coworkers are leaving after this school year (insert crying emoji here), and we wanted to get everybody together one last time before they launch out into the world to do amazing things.
Because I knew they were coming on Monday, I had several little projects I wanted to get done over the weekend to spruce up the house before they all came to see it for the first time. One project was pretty easy; a couple of weeks ago The Farmer asked me to help him by guiding him as he backed a large piece of machinery into one of the sheds. Not sure how much help I was, but we did get the machinery backed in without hitting anything so I'm calling it a victory. Anyways, I hadn't been in that particular shed until that day, and over in the corner I noticed these two old metal patio chairs covered in a thick layer of dust. This weekend I decided to get them out and clean them up. After learning how to use the power washer (I may now be slightly obsessed with power washing things), I think they are amazing! I love how vintage-y they are.
These beauties are sitting by the shed until I decide where to put them. The porch? The back door? Who knows!
Another project I wanted to finish was some fabric bunting I had started a couple of weeks ago. I had sewed all the fabric triangles and pinned them to the double fold bias tape, but then I got distracted and the whole thing had been laying in my sewing room just waiting for me to finish it. It only took me a few minutes to sew all the triangles to the bias tape and hang the whole thing up. I think it looks alright, considering my serious lack of sewing skills! I had thought about making paper bunting instead of fabric, because it wouldn't involve any sewing, but I'm glad I went with the fabric because I'm sure it will get dusty (we have fields of dirt on all 4 sides of our house + Melissa is not the most dedicated duster...sorry Mom you tried to teach me) and this way I can throw the whole thing in the wash to freshen it up once in a while.
Now that I know how easy it is to make these babies, I just might whip up a hundred of them. This particular one has fabrics that look very spring-like, but I'm envisioning a red, white & blue one for July, maybe an orange, yellow, & red one for autumn, and of course a Christmas themed one!
And of course, my trusty sidekick Harlee was close by to help me all weekend. I tried to take a picture of her the other day and all she wanted to do was sniff my phone. So I got a pic of one eye. I like to think it's artsy, haha!
We did a couple of other projects too, but I'll have to save those for tomorrow!
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