Lukie's Birthday Pillowcase

 I totally spaced making Lukie his birthday pillowcase on his second birthday, so he got it for his third birthday.

Curt chose the fabric out of my stash. Happy Birthday, Lukie!

Melissa's Christmas Pillowcase

 I forgot to embroider Melissa's Thanksgiving pillowcase, so I made sure to embroider her Christmas one!

It was REALLY hard to choose a color for the embroidery thread. 

Still, she will be able to see it, so I won't worry too much about it.

Recent Projects

 Here are some recent sewing projects.

A tablecloth for Anne Field to take to live model horse shows.

Melissa's Thanksgiving pillowcase. (Thanksgiving fabric is so tough to find!)

An embroidered haversack for a blog reader.

Some embroidered blankets for the winners of a drawing on Horsemama.

I made a few practice ones for my own models.

 Which my Lady Phases are wearing!

Susie & Lukie's St. Patrick's Day Pillowcases

Fabric for St. Patrick's Day without drinking motifs is a little tough to find, so I used the same fabric for both Susan and Lukas when I made these pillowcases.

 A finished pillowcase.

A close up of the print.

Lukie's Valentine Pillowcase & Some for Siblings, Too

I made this Valentine pillowcase for Lukie,

and when Ian and Mila saw it, they asked me to make them some more pillowcases. I was happy to oblige - I love sewing for them!

Mila wanted Belle and Ian couldn't decide between Mario and Spiderman so he got both.

Lukie's Christmas Pillowcase

I finished Lukie's pillowcase this afternoon and will give it to him tomorrow when they come over for Sunday dinner.

Lukas' Thanksgiving Pillowcase

This is the fabric I used for Lukie's Thanksgiving pillowcase.

Mila's Birthday Pillowcase

Mila's birthday was sneaking up on me since it is so close to Christmas. Fortunately, I had made one ahead of time that was perfect for her.

 I will give it to her on New Year's Eve.

Kate's Birthday Pillowcase

I absolutely LOVE the fabric that I used for Kate's birthday pillowcase!

Bright, cheerful, gaily colored birthday balloons!

Kyle's Mario Pillowcase

When she was here for my retirement party, Addie asked me to make her dad a pillowcase for his birthday as a surprise. She wanted a Nintendo one for him.

She gave me instructions to mail it to her and then she will give it to him on his birthday.

I finished it today and will pop it into the mail next week. I hope Kyle enjoys this surprise from his daughter and his mother!

Mila and Kate's Patriotic Pillowcases

I sewed Memorial Day/4th of July/Labor Day pillowcases for Mila and Kate this afternoon.

Kate's is at the top and Mila's on the bottom.

I do love sewing pillowcase sets for each grandchild!

Titan's Birthday Pillowcase

Jessica selected this fabric for Titan's birthday pillowcase.

She said she wanted it because it was colorful. I think he will like it!

Titan's Patriotic Pillowcase

Jessica chose this fabric for Titan's Memorial Day/4th of July/Labor Day pillowcase.

It has small stars and will be a nice match to Cambria's which has large stars which are also in red, white, and blue.

Titan's Valentine Pillowcase

A snow day (or in today's case, an ice storm day) is a sew day for me! It's Saturday and we are having an ice storm. I don't want to go out on the ice, so I am using the time to sew.

Jessie picked this fabric for Titan's Valentine's Day pillowcase.

I am also working on Titan's quiet book. Usually I make one for each child's first birthday, but last summer was so unsettled what with my mom dying, Phyl dying, and my spinal fusion. His book is planned and the pages have been cut out, plus I've shopped for some appliqués and the cover fabric.

Some days I wish EVERY day were a sew day!

Corinne's "Just Because" Pillowcase

A few weeks ago while chatting on Google Chat, Corinne asked me to make her another pillowcase with either "owls, cows, horses, or buttons" on it. With help from her mom, we narrowed it down to cows or horses.

I looked, but I could not find anything with cows that didn't also have pigs, chickens, sheep, and other farm animals on it. But when it came to horses...

Pink, purple, some glitter... perfect for a horsey little girl! (Her Grammy may get some of this fabric for herself.)

JC's Birthday Pillowcase

JC turns fifteen this month. I wasn't sure if he wanted a birthday pillowcase, but I offered it to him, telling him that it would not hurt my feelings if he didn't want one.

He did! He chose the black fabric (the same I used for Braden.)

Whitney's Halloween Pillowcase

I am going to begin sewing pillowcases for the grandkids when they are three instead of two, but since Whitney has older siblings who noticed she did not get one when theirs arrived (when I began this tradition), I started making her one along with theirs last Christmas. Here's her Halloween one.

After this, she just needs her Thanksgiving and birthday pillowcases, and she has a complete set!

Braden's Birthday Pillowcase

I am wrapping up the first round of grandchild holiday pillowcases with Braden's Birthday pillowcase.

Whitney has most of the other pillowcases, but I still need to do Halloween, Birthday, and maybe Thanksgiving (have to double check that) for her.

 I will begin the quads' pillowcases either this Christmas or Valentine's Day.

Addie's Birthday Pillowcase

Addie asked that her birthday pillowcase be made out of The Very Hungry Caterpillar fabric.

If you look closely, you can see the caterpillar nibbling a cupcake or two!

Corinne's Birthday Pillowcase

I forgot to take a picture of Corinne's birthday pillowcase! Luckily, I still have another yard of the fabric.

Corinne's birthday pillowcase, April, 2015.