Look what I made.

About a year ago, I decided that the perfect thing to hang right over my bed was a tapestry of a Japanese cherry tree, much like this one only with burgundy flowers instead of pink flowers (because I have a burgundy Asian theme going on in that room).

About nine months ago, I went to Chinatown and Japantown to look for such a tapestry, but the only one I found cost a lot of money, and I didn't particularly love it, and I realized that I could just make a tapestry myself for about $10.

About six months ago, I went to Michael's and bought some muslin and burgundy paint (being a crafty person, I already had the black paint). The Michael's bag sat on my dining room table for five months.

About a month ago my friend came over for craft night and while she worked on a crafty picture frame for her dad for Father's Day, I started my tree. I got about halfway done, and hung it over my bedroom door to dry until I could finish it.

It hung there for four weeks.

About ten minutes ago, I finally finished the tree:



I'm not thrilled with the leaves but overall I'm quite proud of this little project (though far less proud that it really took me a year, when in total the project itself took about an hour and a half).

I'm guessing it will continue to hang over my bedroom door "drying" until I get to Home Depot to buy a couple wooden rods to hang it with. And then maybe in about two months, I'll drag out the sewing machine and sew hems in the muslin for the wooden rods. And then in about three months I will hang it over my bed and not worry about it falling on my head and knocking me unconscious during the next earthquake (which is kinda how this whole idea came about in the first place).

Good thing my friend and I are starting on Christmas presents this week. Clearly it will take me that long to finish them...