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Slipcover Progress with Eleanor

September 1, 2009 By Rhoda 56 Comments

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Grandma Eleanor loves growing flowers and she loves to share them.  So most of the time when I pick her up, she has some fresh picked flowers from her little garden.  Most of the time it’s roses.  This time it was zinnias.

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Aren’t they pretty?

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And check out Cowgirl Eleanor’s purse!  Isn’t she a hoot?  I’ve seen her carrying this a bunch of times, so it must be her favorite.

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Eleanor finished the ottoman last weekend while we were out of town. She did a great job on it.  I’m completely happy with it.  She put a pretty big hem in it, but I think I can live with that.

And for your enjoyment, another video of Eleanor while we were fitting the slipcover on the chair for adjustments.

Eleanor sometimes talks about sex, oh my goodness, is that ever funny (no, didn’t catch that on video). We all just look at each other with big eyes and pretend that she is not talking. about. that. subject.   Basically we just have to ignore her when she gets into that mode.  I won’t even tell you what all she says. 🙂 She will blurt out whatever’s on her mind at any moment.  She has a man friend right next door to her that she visits regularly and calls him Pop (or old fart, interchangeably) and he’s even older than she is. He lost his wife many years ago and they are friends.  She said to me on the last visit that Pop’s son had been over there with shorts and t-shirt on and sure was looking sexy. 🙂  See, she’s a total mess.

We are working on the chair one more day this week and then I think it will be finished.  Hallelujah!  I’ve got the houndstooth fabric cut out and I’m going to sew those myself.  With some braided trim. 😉

See! I’m getting brave.

If there is enough interest, I’m going to do a beadboard wallpaper party in a week or two.  If you used the beadboard wallpaper and want to join  the party, let me know by leaving a comment.  I’m just not sure how many will participate, but I think it would be fun to see all the different projects ya’ll are using it for.  I know I’ve seen at least 2 other blogs using it.

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  1. Patti says

    September 1, 2009 at 9:54 am

    Eleanor is precious! So funny…enjoy her while you have her…you will miss her sex talk one of these days! Your ottoman is gorgeous…she did a great job!~Patti

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  2. Karen says

    September 1, 2009 at 9:59 am

    OMG! How cute is that? My husband’s Grammie was 94 when she died, and she had “gentlemen Friends” as she called them. It was a hoot to watch them flirt. She remarried a wonderful man when she was 80. You know how you clink your fork on the water glasses and the happy couple has to kiss? Harry (the groom) just wouldn’t stop clinking his own glass! I remember my husband’s aunt, after a day of lingerie shopping for the wedding night, saying “I’d love to be a fly on that wall!” LOL
    Good girl with the sewing. I’m chicken too!
    I’m having a “Doors of Welcome” party! Come on over and see what it’s all about! I’d love to have you join in!
    Have a great day!

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  3. Mary says

    September 1, 2009 at 10:16 am

    This is one of the best posts I have EVEERRRRR seen! I love it! God bless that woman, sexy talk and all……love the ottoman cover, and picking zinnias…there’s a woman that loves life…she has purpose and she’s living it out. We all need to think about Eleanor every time we get discouraged or want to give up. Just love it!

    Mary

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  4. Missy Brackenbury says

    September 1, 2009 at 10:37 am

    I have used the beadboard wallpaper on some cabinets. I havent’ posted it yet on my blog because I wanted to give you due credit. I don’t know how to insert your name into my blog with the automatic link to yours.

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  5. Jenn@First Comes Love says

    September 1, 2009 at 10:52 am

    I’m so glad you’re going to do a beadboard party! I was just thinking this week that someone should have one!!

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  6. Jane says

    September 1, 2009 at 10:56 am

    LOL … Grandma Eleanor sounds like one funny lady. I wish you could have caught it on tape.

    The ottoman slipcover looks great, and the chair slipcover is coming out nice, too. I love that fabric. It looks like it has some sort of texture to it.

    I love the idea of the beadboard wallpaper party. I am hooked on the stuff, which I recently used on the front of our breakfast bar and the sides of the lower kitchen cabinets. I want to put some in the breakfast nook, too.

    Jane

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  7. tina says

    September 1, 2009 at 12:55 pm

    I think Grandma Eleanor is great! My pappaw was like that. He passed away about six years ago @ 86. He talked about sex and from the way he talked, enjoyed it for many, MANY years. LOL Eleanor probably misses her husband and who wouldn’t miss sex? It’s great she is so active and just keeps on going.

    I’ve seen several slipcovers with the deep hem. If that is linen fabric, it can shrink when you wash it, sometimes even if you’ve prewashed. If so, you’ll be able to adjust the hem. She does a wonderful job on the slipcovers.

    tina

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  8. Amanda @ Serenity Now says

    September 1, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    Oh, she is still the cutest thing. Your project is really coming along! I am jealous that you have such a great seamstress close by to help you. Maybe I’ll see if my Nannie can take a look at my stuff this weekend. She’ll be in town for my younger sister’s wedding. Love the cowgirl purse. 🙂

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  9. Shari @ My Cottage of Bliss says

    September 1, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    Grandma Eleanor is a hoot! Rhoda, don’t ya know a woman is NEVER too old to appreciate a sexy younger man?! LOL.

    Count me in for the bead board party but I guess I’d better hurry and finish up the rest of my projects with it! I heard my husband mumble the other day, “It’s a good thing I like bead board,” as I was applying it to yet another surface. 😀

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  10. Brenda says

    September 1, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    You are so lucky to have a grandmother – I am so jealous!! Never knew mine, they died before I was born but I like to think it would have been so much fun to be around them. So, I am trying to be the kind of grandmother my grandchildren will remember.

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  11. Lisa Kendrick says

    September 1, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    That is priceless!! My grandmother did a lot of sewing for our family and I think that’s why I took such an interest in it. She passed away before I was a teenager.

    I hope I can ‘grow up’ to be a ‘Grandma Eleanor’ to my family.

    BTW – She did a fantastic job on your slipcover!! Lucky you!

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  12. Pamela says

    September 1, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    Land sakes! She’s a HOOT 😀 ! This one was especially good in seeing her in the final stages of putting the slipcover together…I actually got more from it than some books.

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  13. Tammy518 says

    September 1, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    The ottoman turned out great! And Grandma Eleanor sounds like a gem. It’s so funny about the sexy talk! I love her cowgirl purse.

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  14. Kathy says

    September 1, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    Rhoda I just LOVE Gramdma……..and I love her even more now that I know she talks about S E X. She must have been something when she was younger. I love that she is so REAL !! She may have snow on the roof top but there is still some fire in her belly LOL

    A good friend’s Dad just passed at 94, he always had what he called a “lady friend” and they were always much younger !!!

    Thanks for this post it made me smile,
    Kathy 🙂

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  15. martina says

    September 1, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    Rhoda, I saw at Blind Pig and the Acorn that you won a prize-congratulations. Grandma Eleanor-what a pistol. I bet she says risque things just to see what your reaction would be.

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  16. SusieQ says

    September 1, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    The last time my grandmother was at my mom’s before she passed away, she was a riot. I missed so many conversations with her once I was grown and I will ALWAYS be sorry I missed the one where she turned to my older sister (who was sharing a house with my mother) and said, ‘You know, you should sleep with him before you get married so you know what you are getting.’ Our mother just about fell out of her chair…my sister just roared…we’ve ‘discovered’ a few things since she passed and apparently grandmother was rather bawdy in her day…doesn’t surprise me and makes me love her more.

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  17. ~Country Lady~ says

    September 1, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    Rhoda, I have been following your blog for sometime. I haven’t posted until recently. I decided to start my own blog to join in all the fun you gals have. I love reading about Eleanor. She is my kind of lady!

    I would love to share my few beadboard wallpaper projects if you decide to do this. I’m in and out of town alot with my laptop sometimes and sometimes without!! So if I’m around, I’d love to participate.

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  18. Jill says

    September 1, 2009 at 8:05 pm

    She doesn’t seem like a mess to me! She seems like a sexy woman who is embracing her age and lovin’ life. Good for her!!! LOL!!

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  19. Kat says

    September 1, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    I love how patient you are with her. She seems like a sweet person and I know she feels happy to spend time with you.

    Hugs!
    Kat

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  20. val says

    September 1, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    Rhoda, Have just recently found your blog and now one of my favorite times of the week is looking at it and all of the links! I would love for you to do a beadboard wall paper party. I have not done that yet, would love to though, so this would be right up my alley.

    Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing so much of what you do with all of us out in cyber space. PS, will be in Birimingham this weekend visiting my 2 daughters/families. Maybe I’ll run into you Sat. morning around town and the sales!! 🙂

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