As I’m sure some others can relate, I never accomplish all of the handmade gifts that I plan for the holidays. Last year, one of the places where I ran out of time was for my twin nephews, who turned 18 months old on Christmas Day. (Very cool half-birthday!) I’m playing catch-up now. My sister requested some embroidered pillowcases for them since they are about to start using little pillows for the first time. I made the pillowcases using the “burrito” method to enclose the raw edges of the body/cuff/trim seam — there are numerous tutorials for this construction out there on the interwebs. I just adapted the normal sizing to fit the 14″x20″ pillows that they’ll use.
For the embroidery, I backstitched with DMC glow-in-the-dark floss, then wrapped it with 1 strand of a coordinating color for a little more pop, which is hard to see in the photo.
For the second pair, I used one of my current favorite fabrics, Washi Tape by Rashida Coleman-Hale. My sister is a longtime lover of happy tape so I knew this would be perfect…
Maybe after I finally get them in the mail and they receive them, I can get a *real* picture — of the boys laying on them!
So… when are you doing that last part, again??? ;)
Now that I have the pics taken for this entry, I just finished taping and addressing the box! :) ~Susan
Love the colors and style. Bet the boys will love them!
Nice start, Susan! Unfortunately, the model who can demonstrate your latest creation is not available….:)
Susan, I am impressed. I knew you were talented but you are more than that – you are multi-talented!! Keep up the unique ideas and we will all be ordering when you start that new business.