Gussied Up...Screaming Meme Style

I made some pillows for my new sectional sofa...What do you think?
I plan on making a few more when I find the right fabric...
The sectional was a sofa that I literally drooled over for a year...
Yes, a whole year!...lol I am quite sure there are a few drool stains and
claw marks from me having to be drug off of her...

The know I was the talk around the water cooler at that furniture store...
A girl knows when she has found her soul sofa...Am I right, girls?
It was originally a little too expensive (okay A LOT)!...A little too steep for the
Ole' Screaming Memers budget...So I would visit her, when I
was in the neighborhood...I would plop down on her and take my sweaty
shoes off and wallow my feet all in her cushions...

(The small lamps I stole from my son's room...I have been out lamp shopping for weeks...I sure hope I find 2 matching lamps soon...Or Gussy Girl will be in the dark...lol My son has asked for them back ever so nicely...I don't think I can hold them for ransom much longer...lol )

I know it may sound weird....But I even think she may of lit up, when I walked through the doors...Uh huh! Lit up like a Christmas tree, she did...:) She had me at hello... I even named her Gussy! Gussy is a cowgirl's name...perfect for this sofa all decked out in nail heads and a warm, rustic velvety microfiber and I could see her all "Gussied Up" with a white slip cover...Every pretty girl needs a party dress, right? ;) Anyone who reads this blog knows I name my most treasured pieces... and rename people I love... (I have even renamed a few of my blog friends along the way... You know you are special to me, when I give you a name...right, Lou Lou?) Even though she was not really mine...I still named her...Because she belonged to me in my heart...I didn't even need to purchase her to feel that way... So, one fateful day, I giddied up on in to see Gussy Girl...Only to find she was GONE! Oh, my heart sank and I thought to myself...I should of saved up and bought her... But I was too cheap to even do that...lol I just touched her and walked away... No wonder she lit up...she probably thought to herself, "She will buy me this time... She has had her sweaty feet in my cushions and even french kissed (drooled) me a few times...She is here to take me home!"Only to be used and abused again... I guess I am a player, huh? lol So I turned the corner only to see her in the clearance section...What? She is marked down? Gussy? No body puts Baby, I mean Gussy Girl, in the corner! (a quote from one of my favorite movies of all times, Dirty Dancing...lol) I quickly went over to see her worth...She was half off... Though I didn't really have the money...I purchased her that fateful day... So now she sits in my living room...She is wallowed in and loved on everyday by all of the Screaming Memes in the house...and a few Screaming doggies, as well... I have plans to slip cover Gussy in a white duck fabric and piping....I finally got around to making some pillows for her...I thought the black and cream trellis pattern would look great on her...:)... And I even made her 2 robin's egg blue chenille pillows...She is sooo full of herself lately...lol She now is wanting a creamy fur pillow...What is next? Tattoos and ear gages? They grow up so fast...lol The trellis pattern reminded me of the curvature on the top of the Alamo...I loved the modern take on that...Because Gussy Girl's arms have a modern feel...I wanted to do something that would tie the rustic and modern together...So it was a perfect choice, don't you think? The robin's egg blue was a new color brought into the room...I have a lot of warm colors...I wanted to add something unexpected and new...I have a few more tricks put my sleeve in this room...I hope you stop in from time to time to see my progress...:) Are you doing anything fun this weekend to your home? Let me know? I love to get inspired by all of your projects! XoXo, Screaming Meme

Meet Poor Pitiful Pearl....My New Slipcover

I am so proud of myself...I feel as if I landed on the moon or found some ancient secret of youth...Okay, I guess that is a bit dramatic...But, I do feel VERY proud of myself...I have taken risks and accomplished one of the things that were on my list of things to learn before I kick the ole' bucket...You know...My "Bucket List"...lol ;)

My Bucket List...is quite long, I have to say...There are so many things that I want to experience before I kick the ole'...you know... bucket...Don't you? So many of them are scary to me...Would you believe me if I told you I was afraid to sew on a zipper...lol..I know...A silly little zipper...I tried to get around it...BUT, now I am glad I bit the bullet and did it...I'm a Zipper Making Mama, now...Yes, Sir~Re~Bob! I plan on remaking the cushion with a new foam, so that it is more square {Boxy} like...But I had to get it done...because I had promised you I would...Don't you hate when a blogger or a real person for that matter tells you they are going to do something and they don't? I hate that...So, I was up until early morning hours completing it just for little ole' you...



Here she is...I love her sooo much!!! I had to name her... You know I name everything and rename people ;)...Her name is "Poor Pitiful Pearl"...I think she is beautiful...I felt as though I was an old~fashioned dressmaker, back in the day...I roll play a lot! I don't really know why...I suppose that it is the actress in me...;) You should of been a fly on my wall...I had pins in my mouth and I had the measuring tape wrapped around every inch of Pearl...Like I really knew what I was doing...I really didn't...I am surprised she looks as good as she does...That Poor Pitiful Pearl ;)



She is made from a painters' drop cloth...I washed the material before I started the project...So that it would shrink up a bit...She doesn't look like a drop cloth, does she?

I did the old mock box trick on the cushion cover...It is actually one continually piece...Very easy to do...And it looks more professional, too...




Do you see Poor Pitiful Pearl's little boo~boo? I pinched her a bit...Ouch!!!...Oh well, as least I will be able to tell her apart from her soon to be twin, Olive Oyl...lol... Yes, Olive and Pearl will be twins in the Old Saloon Gameroom...I am off to sew her up and put her on that ole', ugly, FREE chair that I drug home...I can't wait to see the pair together...


Emmers is getting pretty comfy in Ole' Pearl, isn't she? Awww...so sweet!!!...I love that slip covers can be enjoyed and not worried about...All I have to do is wash her up and put her back on...Easy Smeasy...Don't you think? ;)







XoXo, Screaming Meme {Zipper Making Mama}