New Swing Cushions

I am so excited. I finally recovered my ratty old cushions on this swing. I got this swing from my friend Stephanie, probably 8 years ago. It didn't have any cushions so I made some with really cute fabric that had monkeys on it. After a few years sitting outside in the hot sun those old cushions had faded very badly and actually started to disintegrate and was all torn up. I bought this new fabric months ago with the intention of recovering the pads, but for some reason I didn't have the confidence in myself to do it alone (my mom helped the first time). I don't know why I always seem to think that I can't do something when it comes to sewing, because I always end up being able to do it in the end. I just decided to tackle this project once and for all today and I am so happy that I did. They turned out so awesome and this time the fabric is made for the outdoors, so hopefully it will last a little longer or at least wear better. I'm sure it will help that the swing won't be in the sun at the new house since we will have a covered patio. Yippee!!!!

After making the new covers I had enough fabric left over to make a cover for an old pillow I had lying around. I decided that this would be the perfect time to try and "teach" Thomas how to sew. I put teach in quotations because I am a horrible teacher. I have no patience and that's something that you need when teaching children how to do things. I ended up yelling at him and he got sad and said, "I did it wrong, you yelled at me." I told him I was sorry, that he didn't do it wrong. It wasn't his fault. He did a great job for the first time and I am a bad teacher. "I'm sorry I yelled at you." Anyway, Thomas sewed all the straight lines around the pillow cover. After we tried it on the pillow we realized that it needed a button to keep it together, so I showed Thomas how to sew a button on and let him push the pedal on the machine to attach it to the fabric. He was surprised at how easy it is to sew on a button and he was also so proud to know how to do that. I think the pillow looks pretty cool. Thomas picked out the button too. I think it's perfect. You did a great job buddy, sorry I yelled at you. :(