This year, I wanted to make sure they are tied down on four corners. I cut the cushion string off both and cut them each into four pieces. My sewing machine is on the fritz and I'm not that good at sewing anyway, so my dear husband made noises last weekend about hand-stitching them onto the four corners. That didn't last long and he realized how much work he'd gotten himself into.
My brilliant fix was eight safety pins. Searching the aisles at Target yielded no safety pins. No one who works at Target could help me find them either. So, a trip to Walmart led me to meet a young girl who waved her ink pen at me and said, "Safety pen? Like this pen?" How can someone NOT know what a safety pin is??? I wandered away, laughing that I must be really old, and maybe they don't make them anymore. The sewing section caught my eye, and I found a package of safety pins.....called Basting Pins???
So now, my chaise lounge cushions have been basted and tied for the summer.
