Fake Upholstery is SO Five Minutes Ago (Literally)

I finished up today with the fanciest set piece for a two-minute scene EVER. (It's a carriage interior.) The tech guys agree that it looks much better than it did the last time they did the show, and the designer is all giddy because techs will be standing behind the piece shaking it while it's on stage, and the curtains and the fringe and the tassels will be bouncing which will make the whole thing look like it's REALLY MOVING. It's the theater equivalent of playing a moving video behind a stationary object - only, you know, the opposite.

Behold:

The staple gun and I: re-covered the cushions and bench, "wallpapered" with fabric, attached the corner trim, and hung all the curtains after sewing a couple of layers of fringe. The designer says that he likes having me work on things like this, because I really "get" fringe. (Apparently, some people don't. Can I list an understanding of fringe as a marketable job skill?)

Nice, huh? The whole thing is kind of like a portable bordello. If, you know, I were to ever imagine what that sort of thing might look like, which I wouldn't. At all.

Ahem.

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My sister has started her own "30 Days of Posts" - go follow along! So far it's fun, patriotic, and has a picture of a skinny-dipping-slip-'n-slider! (And that's just the first day!)

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Stay tuned - tomorrow I take exception to my mother's advice. There will probably be ranting involved.