we had to wear dresses (she insisted) to "fancy breakfast" at a friend's house - beautiful beautiful Arizona weather! |
Anyway ... as a part of Scrapbuster Month, I knew I wanted to make a pillow, I just didn't know how exactly. Also, my children have a teensy bit of a hoarding tendency (and have recently been caught "hiding" (other people's) things in small places to avoid detection ...yeah no bueno).
SO ... when I saw this Sleepover Pillowcase Tutorial over at A Lemon squeezy Home, I felt I found the perfect project to suit both needs (scrapbuster & pillow & hoarding).
scraps pieced together to make a band |
I have 2 daughters, so I have to make 2 of everything. I decided to make Izzie's first because we spent the weekend together. She helped tremendously by wearing the measuring tape and slinging scraps here and there.
Obviously, I need to make another one. Fast.
Why is this a scrapbuster? Check this picture ...
Do you see it?
This pillow is made from the leftovers from making her padded paper mache letters for her name (this was my submission to our first Challenge here on the blog; and there is a detailed tutorial on how to do this). I bought a 1/4 yard of each fabric to make her name and was able to piece the leftover fabric together to make this Sleepover Pillowcase. I have been saving these scraps just waiting for something "special" to make.
After I made her name, I found the pink / green / yellow / white one on the 50% off table (so I bought some of that way back when); and that's how I had enough to make the pillowcase.
that's a zipper on the front there ... perfect for hiding all the special things that must go on a sleepver! |
the direction of the main fabric (pink / white / green /yellow) is not consistent - not intentional, but like that it turned out that way |
these three vertical stripes were the biggest scrap pieces I had; this is the "back" |
Next sleepover? Coming up soon because Sarah and I are headed to Creative Estates and I'm pretty sure the girlies are staying at a friends! I cannot wait to meet other local crafters; the whole weekend sounds like it'll be great! ;-)
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7 comments:
Sara, this turned out super cute. You are getting really good at sewing.
the ultimate compliment-thanks sarah!
LOVE this pillowcase! You are stinkin' creative! Awesome fabrics- my stepsons and my little guys would really enjoy these! Thanks for sharing, as always :)
Hey, that turned out great! thanks so much for sharing with me!
what a fun and inspiring blog!
xx
Sara what a great idea for the scraps and the zipper pocket! Yea for something new!
thanks everyone! This was a fun project ... and it seems I need to get cracking on sleepover pillow #2! (some little person is demanding it)
Sara
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