mashupmama.com

This really is my true passion. If you haven’t read my bio, please do, it really explains what makes me tick. When I was pregnant with my first I was so lucky to land the best job possible. My dad told me about an ad in the newspaper looking for a seamstress for a high end interior design workroom. Long description I know, but I thought I should go check it out. I did at that point just get my degree in Apparel Design and Merchandising with my concentration in Production so I happened to know my way around the sewing machine pretty damn good if I do say so myself. Plus I’m really good at doing things with my hands, I pick things up really easily. I can see something done once or twice and pretty much wing it from there. It’s actually how I learned to cut my husbands hair but that’s a whole another story. Turns out this job ended up being an amazing blessing. This was by far the ideal job for any pregnant girl, I got to sit all day and do the one thing I loved, which was sew. This environment was so calming for me. My boss was an amazing lady, stubborn, (she’d probably say the same for me), but amazing. This is probably why I worked for her for so long. She was much like a mother hen that took me under her wing and taught me everything she knew. I will forever be grateful for such an inspiring boss. I want to add,  this was by no means a sweatshop, in fact it was cutest most comfortable place for me to be. I was one among only a few employees that she had. I think at the time she had a total of four industrial sewing machines. We worked with many high profile interior designers in Denver on a daily basis. We did pillows, shams and dust skirts for some really high profile homes, I think we even did some stuff for a few of the colorado Avalanche players homes. The best part about this job, aside from the fact that I learned so much working there was the perks. By perks I mean fabric. We dealt with very expensive fabric, so expensive in fact, we’d get bolts of fabric in the shop worth more than my car. But every Friday was like Christmas because we got to go through all the scraps and take what we wanted, which is how this little $20 coffee table I found in a beat up antique shop acquired a quilted top and matching pillows. This has been one of the first furniture rehabs I have done in three years since I left Colorado. But as you can see, it’s just like riding a bike. I think it turned out rather beautifully I might add. Total cost of materials were as follows:

table $20

fabric- free

materials (paint, staples, foam, scotch guard, trim, buttons) $35

down pillow inserts, 2@ $9

TOTAL COST: $73

end result: my cat “pepper” is extremely happy to have a permanent bed fit for a queen at the foot of my bed……..priceless!