Supersize Me

Me: “I’m huge. Nothing fits.”
Hubby: “Honey, it’s only been four weeks since you had the baby. Don’t be so hard on yourself.”

*** fast forward a week ***

Me: “I’m huge. Nothing fits.”

Hubby: “Honey, it’s only been five weeks since you had the baby. Don’t be so hard on yourself.”

*** fast forward two weeks ***

Me: “I’m huge. Nothing fits.”

Hubby: “Honey, it’s only been seven weeks since you had the baby. Don’t be so hard on yourself.”

Enough is enough. I’m got so tired of wearing my maternity clothes after I had my baby that I packed them into boxes and sent them to two pregnant friends to refresh their trimester three maternity wardrobes.

As I ranted in a previous post, I’m on a weight loss journey. I have twenty pounds of baby weight to lose and despite all efforts it is not coming off at all. I decided that instead of resisting it, I had to finally go out and get some clothes that fit.

With that in mind I set out on a very depressing trip to T.J. Maxx and Marshalls. Which isn’t to say I wasn’t successful. They had very cute clothes, and great prices. The problem came when I browsed the rack of pants a size above what I normally wear.

I skipped into the dressing room to try them on… and only one pair fit.

Which meant I had to visit another rack of clothes. THAT rack. The rack in a size I’d never thought I’d ever wear. And those fit. Drat.

Needless to say, I found a lot of trendy and passable clothes to get me through this period. For under $150, here’s what I ended up with:

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… with this trellis pattern. I fell in love with it but couldn’t find it anywhere– until I found tons of it when I visited the Morgantown Fabric Outlet. So help me, I couldn’t help but scoop up two yards in a creamy buttery color:

which quickly became this:

But I wasn’t done there. I also bought 2 yards in mossy green to make pillows for my deck chairs. Pillows that would pop against the tan cushions, to be exact. Until a brash squirrel did this to my cushion:

fleeing the scene of the crime

Great. Now we have holes in our cushions. I decided to plan a trip out to Morgantown this summer to get more, and sew cushion covers over the winter. But THEN I found a sale on outdoor fabric at Joann Fabrics, and combined with a coupon I got this $20/yard fabric for only $8/yard! I won’t have time to sew them until winter arrives, but next year I hope to have new and colorful cushions on my old deck chairs for a fraction of what new cushions would cost.

You’d think I’d be done with this pattern. However, I keep finding it in various iterations. It popped up on my luggage rack makeover:

I should stop there, right? Three things in my house with a trellis/fretwork pattern are enough. That’s what I thought, until I caught up on my blog reading today. Oh, Centsational Girl, WHY did you do this to me?

photo courtesy of Centsational Girl

I NEED THAT RUG. And mirror, while you are at it.

Someone help me.

I’m simply obsessed!

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Rhiannon says

July 10 at 4:26 am

I love that patter also! check out this painting patter i found i think it will go perfect with the fabric you got

http://thecsiproject.com/2010/05/18/jens-quatrefoil-paint-projects-free-printable-stencil/

Lizzie says

July 10 at 11:47 am

At least it is a beautiful obsession. 🙂 Stopped by from SITS to say Happy Saturday!

Sorta Southern Single Mom says

July 10 at 11:50 am

Stopping by from SITS!

We’ve got a discount fabric store here…$7.99 a yard…it’s LETHAL! Recently I’ve made stationary drapes and accent pillows. Eventually, (READ: When I get the drapes hung with something other than push pins :)) I’ll post pictures!

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Angie - The Work at Home Wife says

July 10 at 11:58 am

beautiful, I’m jealous of your creative streak!

Thanks for stopping by my blog this morning. Nice to meet ya!

Ann On and On... says

July 10 at 3:49 pm

It’s a good obsession…so go with it. 😀

Funky Mama Bird says

July 10 at 9:13 pm

Love that pattern and what you’ve done with it!

Hi from SITS!

Chris says

July 11 at 5:22 pm

I gave your blog an award! Come by and check it out! http://usandthem1971.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-first-award.html

Heather - Chickabug says

July 13 at 6:38 pm

I LOVE the trellis pattern so much – these are killin’ me! I want to go shopping! ; )

Ebony of Sparkling Events & Designs, LLC. says

July 19 at 2:11 pm

That’s lovely fabric!!!!! What you did with it is so pretty!!!!

Ebony
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pk @ Room Remix says

October 17 at 1:44 pm

I really like this pattern too! How lucky that you found it at the fabric outlet – makes you love it even more, doesn’t it? 🙂 Happy Sunday.