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Day 1: The Green Mile


The Green Mile1It’s not a Tom Hanks movie. It’s a mile of tie-dyed green denim.

Confession: I’m writing after-the-fact. I slept through most of the first day of our road trip to Florida. The evidence is in the photo above. The slip covers for the green bunks weren’t finished until five in the morning. The converted comforter sleeping bags–an hour later. I sewed all night.

I SEWED ALL NIGHT.

The statement requires shouting.

For the past two weeks, I’ve been obsessed with making this:

The Green Mile 21

And this.

The Green Mile 22Look like this

The Green Mile 31

And this.

The Green Mile 41Every vintage camping trailer needs a little pom-pom fringe. Walt Disney World, here we come.

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