Wedding Pillowcases

 I have made about 5 sets of Wedding Pillowcases for friends. Usually with favorite animals or something.  I made some for my cousin and her husband the last month or so. I have a set of vintage embroidery patterns of State Birds. I purchased some vintage pillowcases from Etsy (I normally just thrift for them, but I was running out of time). I then chose their birth-states (hopefully that works for them! haha, I know they have moved around some) and started sewing. I do love embroidery and how creative and colorful it can be. I also like it because it can have sort of a paint-by-number aspect

 Illinois for Joseph. (Northern Cardinal)

North Dakota for Karen. (Western Meadowlark - same as Oregon's!)

Ta-Da! I think they are fun, and I hope they like them. Happy wedding! 

Springtime

One more glimpse of spring. I bought some flowers and planted them in a hanging basket. I also washed our windows and did a little spring cleaning. Yay!

Crafting dreams: I bought digital versions of Colette Pattern's Sencha and violet?? They are both Beginner patterns, which hopefully will help. I then spent a while trying to get them to print the right size and print all the pages of the versions I wanted. It is very true I have too many projects going on. But slowly some of them get finished. I just really hope some day to sew at least 1/3 - 1/2 of my wardrobe. I don't really have a desire to sew jeans but dresses and skirts and blouses sound good. I think it's hard because if you sew it yourself and then grow out of it (size-wise or style-wise) it seems hard to pass it on. 

Currently working on: I sewed one side of the denim quilt border and then cut more squares for the baby quilt.

PS: trying out a  blogger ap from my phone so I can post more often. Not quite sure yet how it all works. 

Spring?

We were on vacation for a few days. Flew to Indiana for a wedding. Now back home hoping to get some crafting done! Lately I'm so tired from work I can't work on anything in the evening.  Here is a glimpse of spring! Time to get started on dinner and clean up a little.

Squares!!

4x4 squares for a baby quilt! I have more to cut and then I will figure out the layout.