I Plead The Crafter's 5th

Have you ever wanted to just plead the fifth on your crafting abilities?

The first time I desperately wanted to plead the crafter's fifth, when my husband looked at me and said, if you can make a pillow, you can make a fitted domed circus tent.

Or was the case when my husband asked me to make custom sails for not 1 but 2 of his English pond boats.

Those points at the very top are tough.

Then, there was the chair I dragged home from Goodwill.  The chair that cost me only $3.99.  The chair I fell immediately in love with.

The chair that my husband snubbed.  Oh, I should have pleaded the crafter's fifth on that one as well.

When my husband saw how I transformed that beautiful chair, a few weeks later, he proudly showed off his latest treasures picked from the streets...for free!

To be fair, I saw the potential those chairs had.

What I didn't see coming, though looking back probably should have, was the request for me to make custom cushions for these chairs.

Sigh. 

2 cushions down, 2 more to go.

I think from now on, I'll have to remember my right to plead the crafter's fifth.