At Five Corners, we're always on the lookout for weird (and cheap!) crafty books. We have amassed a huge stack of books -- but our very favourites are the funny and ridiculous publications from the seventies and eighties.
The hardest part can be just choosing from all the great, weird projects. So this time, we're letting you decide! Majority rules!
First up, a 'Wall Tidy'... of course. Circa 1982, this beauty stores your items. Tidily. On a wall.
And as the copy reads, it is "well received at any fund raising event". Huh?
Your second choice, also circa 1982, is an 'Embroidered Notebook Cover'. As you can see, it looks quite stunning beside your rotary phone. So there's that.
And your final choice -- a 'Simple Seating System'. As they always say, you're not fully grown up until you've sewn your own uncomfortable couch. (That's totally a saying, right?).
Okay, you have until Saturday night to vote... and then we'll get to the task of making a modern version of your assignment!
The Wall Tidy!!!! So much to be done with color and design. The Simple Seating System doesn't look like enough of a challenge.
ReplyDeleteI picked the notebook cover cuz I'm such a stationary hoarder. I want one but with a different pattern.....
ReplyDeleteHello, making your own COUCH??? What is it stuffed with?
ReplyDeleteHee Hee, you'll have to wait and see (if that ones wins)!
ReplyDeleteUh oh - I voted for the seating system [not sure in what way it's a "system"] because it's by far the most bizarre project. But I see it's in the lead and it's by far the most trouble to make and the most difficult to put anywhere once it's done. I think you should totally renege on that "majority rules" promise.
ReplyDeleteNo way - a promise is a promise!
ReplyDeleteAnd I have no idea what makes it a 'system' either, but I suspect that "hideous homemade couch" was vetoed as the original title :)
I don't know of any other way to say this about the seating system- but it looks like all you would do is hot glue fabric to a cushion. In other words, not much of a challenge. Five Corners Crafts produces excellent work and are capable of more than what appears to be an elementary craft. Perhaps there is more involved in its creation, I freely admit that my craft expertise extends to appreciation only.
ReplyDeleteSince the couch won, perhaps Five Corners would do a blog post on how it's made. I would really like to see how it's done.