A Few More Home Details

Hello, friends.  Last week, I sewed up the dinette curtains (on the left), using a drop cloth.  It seemed years ago, it was popular to cover couches, and make other home furnishings from them, but I haven't noticed that lately.  It did have a few flaws in it, and I just used the best parts for the curtains.  It was pretty inexpensive ($9) for the amount of fabric, and there's quite a bit left for another project. 

We'd been pondering a way to affix the stair treads, which would allow easy removal for cleaning.  Joseph didn't want to glue anything onto the wood, and damage it.  So, he came up with an idea to hold them in place with rods.  He initially was going to fabricate something, then realized tension rods should work as well, and would be even easier than unscrewing the rods each time we wanted to remove the treads.  I sewed up four pieces of cotton webbing per tread, then hot glued them to the back.  Knowing the cut webbing is prone to unraveling at the edges, I decided to glue those up well, after I took this pic.  The webbing was some I had in my stash, from when I was sewing tote bags for my shop.  We're waiting for the rods to arrive.

I had my first experience blocking needlepoint, thanks to YouTube tutorials.  This is a piece I thrifted, which was extremely out of shape, more of a trapezoid than a square.  This was after the first round of blocking.  I steamed it first, then decided to wet it, then dry with a towel, before attempting it.  It came out better than I expected.  I steamed it one more time, and reblocked it, and am calling it good enough. I'll be turning it into a pillow for our couch.  Joseph purchased a water filter, similar to a Berkey, and is figuring out how he'll secure it in the skoolie.  As our build is almost complete, with only a few things remaining to do, I'll likely take some time off from skoolie posting, and be back to share our first adventure.  Be well, friends.