This Week at Sedbi Design Studio: Sew and Tell

Tucson Tea Towel
photo by Nita Lou Bryant

Whew!


I finally finished making those birthday gifts for my BFFJHD (Best Friend From Junior High Days), wrapped them, shipped them, and heard that she had received them so now I can sew and tell by sharing with you what I made for her. (Note: I also have a BFFHSD--Best Friend From High School Days--whose birthday was last month. But you've already seen her present, the plain embellished camisole. Which may sound like a contradiction in terms but it wasn't, given the context...it was plain compared to the fancy embellished cami I made for yet another friend whose birthday was in June.)


O-kaaaaaaaay. I'm glad we got that settled.


Have I mentioned that I am writing this in a jet lag-induced fog occasioned by taking an overnight flight to Scotland? I'm trying to stay up long enough to go to bed at something resembling a normal bedtime, otherwise my sleep schedule will be off for the entire week that I'm here. Or so I've been told.


Anyway,  before I show you photos of the gifts for my BFFJHD who lives in St. Augustine, FL, I want to explain the theme I used, which was:  Tucson.


Tucson? Yes. Because when we first met in Mr. Spearman's 7th grade math class in Manhattan, Kansas (don't even ask...) we discovered that we had both lived in Tucson at the same time and didn't even know each other!


This fact somehow had a lot more impact at age 13.


But:  if we hadn't discovered that we had Tucson in common we might not have started passing notes back and forth in Mr. Spearman's class in an attempt to establish a specific date, time, and place when we could have crossed paths. Even though our grades in math took a hit due to the volume of note-passing, we never did manage to figure it out--but that ended up not really mattering. Because we had become friends and we've stayed friends all these years.


So what I made for my BFFJHD was a collection of Tucson-themed housewares. Specifically, two small pillows and some linen tea towels or napkins or what have you.  I enclosed laundering instructions along with these items, but I also included a note cautioning her that these are soft goods, and therefore not meant to last forever.


Unlike our friendship, which is durable.


Below are a bunch of photos of the Tucson small pillows and (let's just call them) tea towels. May I please be excused now to go to bed  so I can rest up for exploring more of Edinburgh tomorrow?


Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

photos 1-8 above Tucson Small Pillow series
photos by Nita Lou Bryant

photos 1-5, above Tucson Tea Towel series
photos by Nita Lou Bryant