Ok, so the other day Sandy and I went and got a bunch of fun fabric at Ikea of all places. I didn’t even know they sold fabric, but they do and it is real cute shhtuff. Anyway, we also a bought a duvet in the “as is” section for $5 and made the green and white pillow seen below.  Sheets, duvets, curtains make for great fabric whenever you can re-purpose them. We got home and realized we needed some kind of orange to add a little punch to the color scheme.  I rummaged through my pre-purged closet and found this orange/red knit sweater that I hardly ever wore.  So we cut it up and made a couple pillows out of it.  I was not too sure about the sleeve/tube pillow but i stuffed it as much as possible and think it works on this chair.  Not only is it the perfect color but it also adds a different texture and I love that! 

As most of you know I recently posed a closet challenge for myself. I was trying to wear every single piece of clothing in my closet and decide if it was a “keep” or “toss”. Your comments were all helpful and much appreciated.  Thankfully this part of closet challenge is done!  I went back and looked at some of the horrendous stuff I put up. Yikes!!!  Everyone needs to do this at least once a year. I think seeing a picture of it helps too. But alas, have to end this because my dear, dear friend Sandy came and helped me “purge” my closet. Let me just say SHE ROCKS!!!

So now that my closet is seriously down sized,  I had 10 bags (no joke) for goodwill.  I decided to go through the bags and see if there was any good pieces that I could re-purpose as fabric.  I am trying my hand at sewing. Yes, I am actually using the sewing machine that I got for my birthday 2 years ago and I am loving it! I am realizing that sewing is actually really fun when you start to get the basics down (i am still learning a lot) and that the frustration with your machine is totally worth because of all the fun fabric you get to buy.  Anyways, I took a few pieces (yes a whole bag) and have plans to make some very fun sewing projects out of “toss” bag.  Sew, I mean so… my new closet challenge is to be creative with things you don’t use and re-purpose them some how.  Looking forward to this new challenge. Enjoy!