The End

This past Friday was my last official day as an intern at Home Remedies.  I worked a total of 137 hours this past semester, and learned more than I could ever measure. This internship helped me to establish new skills, contacts and a basic knowledge on upholstering and sewing.  I am so thankful this all worked out, it was such a pleasant experience.  Here is what I did on my last day.

Made a lovely pillow with self welt. One of my favorite projects thus far.

Altered some cushion covers.  Removed their ties and added velcro.

A large order of cushions was placed to be finished this weekend, so my job was to measure and cut all the foam, cushion wrap it, which is an added layer of batting, and then stuff the seats.

Lots of foam to be measured and cut.

In the works.

So it's been a while since my last post, but that doesn't mean I haven't been working.  The past few weeks I've been doing odd projects such as shortening pillow cases, hemming curtains, and prepping projects.  It's been great to become familiar with little tasks like these and be able to whip them out fairly quickly.

Hemming rod pocket drapes.

Prepping for cushions, and later assembled them.

Seats and Signs

Today I made cushions for a set of chairs, and a welcome banner for President Barack Obama!  He was campaigning in Portland today and drove by Home Remedies upon entering the city.

Uncovered the originals, and laid out the new fabric.

Then stapled it all together, and added the back.

Here they are.

Tah-dah

And this is the banner I made to welcome the President!

Lined Curtains

This past weekend I made a few pairs of rod pocket panel curtains.  With a simple design and straight forward measurements, these curtains were a great place to start using the hemmer sewing machine.  This monster of a machine has a curved needle that moves from side to side. It's a whole different experience than a normal machine.

Pressing the hem to secure the lining.

The hemming machine.

The finished product.

Today was exhausting!  The shipment of new fabric finally arrived and our mission was to rearrange all the fabrics to show off the new ones, and make the old ones pop.  After lifting, moving, shifting, and changing the placement of over 150 different bolts of fabric your arms begin to ache!  We had to make sure colors coordinated and that we had enough room, which made it a bit of a challenge.  This process was exciting, from the unwrapping of all the fabrics, to seeing where they fit best.

Just a few!

Spring Settings

As simple as these spring themed table settings may seem, I had quite a tough time getting the thread tension and stitching to come out just right on the industrial machines.  Since they are straight stitches on a flat surface flaws are very visible.  They came out quite nice once they were all pressed.

Reversible Placemats.

ooo-lala

And napkins to boot!