Open House Success

Had an amazing time at the Open House Saturday. Sold lots of stuff. Ruby did well and sold lots of bottle cap magnets and necklaces. I plan on being there again on November 30th and December 7th. Hope to see my friends and family there.

Christmas Open House

These are a few of the things I've made to sell at an upcoming event this Saturday, November 16th.  I'm so excited about it and hope it goes well. The event is an Open House at Old Stone Rabbit in Spring Hill, TN. She has also consigned by bags.  She furnished the seed and flour bags and I made the bags.  If you are in the area please come by.

Something old made new again

My Mom gave me an old quilt that my Grandmother Marlin made for her many years ago. I remember this quilt being on our bed growing up.  The quilt had many holes and in very bad shape. (Don't you just love the quilting details.) She told my brother he could have it to cover up cabinets he was moving.  I just couldn't stand the thought of that. So, I told him I would make him a pillow out of the scraps. Hope he likes it. I made 6 pillows from it.

Ruby and Layla Pillows

 I had bought Simplicity pattern 1929 a few months ago. Mainly because it had Layla's name on a pillow with an owl. She loves owls  When she saw it she loved the idea of her name being on the pattern and wanted me to make one with a frog.

Ruby wanted the caterpillar on the pillow. I wasn't very happy when I opened the pattern and the alphabet wasn't in there. Oh well, I did my best and they loved them. They were surprised when they came back from vacation and saw them on their bed.

Embroidered Pillows in my Shop

I've been working on these pillows for a while and now it's time to start selling them.  You can see them in more detail in my shop. I'm selling them for $18 each. All are made from vintage hankerchiefs, doilies, pillowcases and dresser scarves. The backs are all from vintage sheets.  I really enjoy making them and hate to part with them, but you can have too many. If anyone wants a special pillow made from items you have just contact me.

Memory Pillows

When you loose someone so dear to you, sometimes it's nice to have a little special memory. My friend Angie lost her sister a few years ago. She had kept lots of clothes and wasn't sure what to do them them. Her first thought was to make purses. I tried that, some of the fabric was too stretchy and some was too thin. So we decided on pillows. I made six, 2 sets are identical.


On the backs I used plain silky fabrics and added her sister's name and name of the person it's going to. I used silky transfer fabric for the names and added lace to each. Hope everyone likes them.

Pillow Tutorial

It's a lot of fun trying to find the right pieces for these pillows. The lady I'm consigning with suggested custom made pillows. Maybe pieces you have from loved ones that have passed (I did this with my sister's pieces for my niece and nephew).

1. First I lay out the main piece in the middle on a white piece of fabric (I used 14 x 14 white sheet), then start building around it.

Auditioning pieces as you go.

2. Start adding other pieces to fit around the edges.

3. Zigzag around each piece, so they won't ravel.

4. Straight stitch pretty lace around the edges (some of the pieces already had lace.)

5. Sew around the outside edges of pillow

6. Then add lace of chose. This lace was new, but I love adding older laces, maybe from pillowcases.

7. Sew right sides together ( I used a pretty pillowcase for the back) and leave opening at bottom for stuffing. Stuff and hand sew the bottom.

Pillows and Purses to consign

I'm working on a tutorial for my pillows. Hopefully by Saturday.

I know it's been over a week since I've blogged. I've either been babysitting or sewing. I'm been working on purses, and pillows ready to consign.
The purses are lined with pretty sheets and vintage buttons. The pillows are backed with some beautiful pillowcases.

2 more pillows finished

I finished these 2 for the girls today and I have 2 more tops finished. I may put one in my shop to see how they sell and try to consign the other one. So far I've used thrifted dresser scarfs, handkerchiefs and pillowcases. The backs are thrifted sheets or pillowcases. I've been using whatever lace I already have. the yellow is thrifted and the other was bought new.

Daniel's Memory pillow

I hope this pillow isn't too feminine. The middle embroidery is from a pillowcase I had thrifted. The rest is from Vickie's things. I added some thrifted piping and brown fabric on the back. Used my sewing machine feather stitch to finish the edges. Hope he likes it.