I haven't been sewing since a big project finished about a month ago - I'm just burned out (will post photos at some point).

After a couple exhausting weekends of installing a new dishwasher because my 29 year-old mechanical stopped rinsing properly 😥, I was motivated enough to start reorganizating the rest of the kitchen. It's always a domino effect, and I'm still not finished, but I washed the curtain I made a million years ago and properly dusted/washed all the pitchers and decorations on the window shelves. (I even polished the formica tabletop!) So the window area was photo-worthy.

Back when made the curtain, I was smart and used velcro instead of a curtain rod. I put a male sticky-back strip on the top of the mini-blind housing and sewed a soft female strip of regular velcro onto the curtain. The curtain itself is all one piece gathered to that strip of velcro - easy to pull off and throw in the laundry (not that i overcome laziness and actually wash it regularly but whatever).

I got myself a couple houseplants to hopefully prevent us from junking out the useless window ledge that would make a nice seat if it were just 5 inches lower. The plant idea all started when I realized I had some ginger root on the counter that was trying to sprout, looked it up to see if I could grow it inside, and learned it likes bright indirect light - perfect for my east facing window. I made sure to research other plants that I could grow in an east facing window. The ginger has sprouted in its pot as of yesterday, so we'll see if I can keep things happy and alive for once.

Now that I've moved my instant pot to the shallow counter to the left of the table, I need to sew a cover for it because it's just too black and draws too much focus, which bugs me. I got a retro looking plastic table cloth I plan to use, which I temporarily folded and wrapped around to see if I liked it (I do!).

Anyway, that's what I've been up to. Anyone want a copy of an instant pot dust cover once I drape it and make it properly?