Pillowcases & Masks

 I sewed three more pillowcases today - these are a surprise for Julie, Kate, and Susie.

Susie gets flamingos, Kate has the bunnies, and Julie the wildlife musicians (a juxtaposition of two things she likes!)

And I made matching masks for Lisa and Tyler. I will be meeting him this weekend and wanted to have something to give him. Lisa chose the fabric.

Patriotic Pillowcases for Lukie & Susie

Aside from their birthday pillowcases, I finished Lukie and Susie's set of holiday pillowcases with the patriotic ones that they can use for Memorial Day, the 4th of July, and Labor Day.

 Lukie got the pinwheels...

... and Susie wanted the fireworks.

Susie & Lukie's Easter Pillowcases

What with working on Melissa's quiet book and pandemic mask sewing, I forgot to post about the Easter pillowcases! Luckily, I remembered to make them on time.

These were the fabric choices that I had. (Thank goodness I have a stash of fabric on hand since I can't go out and shop while we are sheltering in place.)

Emily asked that I use the green bunny fabric for Susie's pillowcase,

and Vanessa asked for the blue Easter egg print. I delivered it to them along with a care package for each grandchild.

Susie's Halloween, Thanksgiving, & Christmas Pillowcases

I am sending Susie's pillowcases in a box with the family's Halloween goodies.

 She is getting the black cat/owl/pumpkin fabric for her Halloween pillowcase.

 This turkey/pumpkin fabric for Thanksgiving. (Thanksgiving fabric for kids is tough to find!)

 And peppermint balls for Christmas.

Julie and Kate have candy themed Christmas pillowcases, so this will be a nice match.

Susan & Lukas' Halloween Pillowcases

I love making pillowcases for my grandchildren! I just started Susan's and Lukas' for Halloween.

 Susan's Halloween pillowcase.

Lukas' Halloween pillowcase.

I have to mail Susie's to her, but I can give Lukas his tonight at dinner.

Non-Holiday Pillowcases

When we were in Santaquin and visiting Jessica, they were still in the throes of unpacking from their move. One of the things I noticed in their basement family room was this:

A big stack of the pillowcases that I had made for Cambria - one for each holiday. It made me really good to see that Jessica and her family enjoyed them. And, if REALLY made me feel good when she asked me to make some "summer fun" ones.

So, Jessica and I picked out some fabric together.

 Mermaids for Cambria to match her bedroom.

and dinosaurs to match Titan's.

 Colorful ice cream cones to reflect that summer fun for Cambria

while Titan got a camping/outdoorsy theme.

Mila and Kate's Christmas Pillowcases

I just finished Mila and Kate's Christmas pillowcases.

Mila's is on the left and Kate's is on the right.

I love Michael Miller's fabrics!

Mila and Kate's Thanksgiving Pillowcases

Yeesh! I almost forgot to make these for the girls! And when I went fabric shopping, both at brick and mortar stores as well as online, there was NOTHING available. Luckily, their mamas liked what I had on hand.

Mila is getting the green on the left, and Kate the "Gobble Wobble" on the right.

I will mail Kate's today or tomorrow and hand deliver Mila's since she lives just across the river.

Thinking ahead, I asked the mamas about Christmas fabric choices, and have those cut out, matched to thread, and ready to sew.

Kate and Mila's Easter Pillowcases

Easter comes just two weeks after St. Patrick's Day and sort of snuck up on me. Today I quickly stitched up Mila and Kate's Easter pillowcases.

The yellow one with chicks is for Mila and the purple with bunnies is for Kate. The blue one is for Anna, my student teacher's daughter.

Mila and Kate's St. Patrick's Day Pillowcases

It's still February, but the St. Patrick's Day pillowcases are done!

The top one is for Kate, the middle one for Mila, and then the bottom is for Anna, my student teacher's daughter.

The Quads' Thanksgiving Pillowcases

Well, more than the quads - Jessica has asked that I make one for Titan, too, so his is included here, too.

 Titan's is on top, and Cambria's on the bottom.

 Julie's.

 Whitney's.

 Ian's. (His matches JC's.)

As a bonus, I made table runners for Sarah, Vanessa, Lisa, Ashley, and me from this beautiful fabric. And, I made pillowcases from the same fabric as Ian's and Whitney's for Drew and Annalee Thomas.

The Quads' 4th of July Pillowcases

Here are the 4th of July (and Memorial/Labor Day, too) pillowcases for Julie, Cambria, and Ian. (Whitney's was made when I did her siblings'.)

 Julie: chevron at bottom, Cambria: large stars at right, and Ian: popsicles in middle.

(For the Thomas kids, I gave Drew the small stars and Annalee the chevron.)

"Just Because" Pillowcases for Addie and Whitney

Addie and Whitney both decided they wanted their new pillowcases, with Addie wanting princesses with crowns and Whitney wanting monkeys and princesses.

Good thing I know how to do a two sided pillowcase!

The Quads' St. Patrick's Day Pillowcases

These are the pillowcases I made for Julie, Cambria, and Ian for St. Patrick's Day.

Cambria and Julie got the white ones and Ian the green on the left. The yellow one in the middle was made for Annalise Thomas and her brother, Drew, got a green one like Ian's.

Valentine Pillowcases for the Quads

I love to sew these - I'll forever be grateful to Lisa Connolly for giving me the idea and directions!

 Ian's.

 His made a nice hat/cape.

Since Whitney's birthday is also on Valentine's Day, I made her a halvesie one! Birthday on one side and Valentine's on the other! (I made her a Valentine one last year when I made them for her siblings, but at that time I was not planning on doing birthday pillowcases with the other holiday ones. I changed my mind later that year, and so I had to make her another!)

I gave Jessica a couple of choices on fabric for Cambria's, but guessed this would be her choice.

 I was right!

This happy pink fabric reminded me of Julie.

 Julie is quite creative and has another use for her pillow case.

Sleeping bag!

Then I decided to make some pillowcases for Drew and Annalise Thomas. Their family sits with us nearly every Sunday.

This one is for Analise. She really liked it and kept spreading it out on the floor to sit on.

It is hard to find manly Valentine fabric (I wish I had bought more of Ian's fabric!), so Drew got one covered in smallish hearts in a range of pink shades. I forgot to take its picture.

Next up? Trinity's birthday pillowcase and then the St. Patrick's Day ones for the quads!

Julie and Cambria's Birthday Pillowcases

Well, after a chat with Jessica, I discovered that Cambria is using a pillow now, so I have changed my mind and am going back to making the pillowcases for the two year old grandchildren.

So... here we go! It's going to be a busy year since the quads all turn two this year. Since I did some for Whitney earlier at her siblings' request, I only need to make her birthday and Thanksgiving ones to complete her set, which means I will just be making three per holiday.

I can't wait - I love this tradition!

Today I sewed Julie and Cambria's birthday pillowcases. I used fabric with cupcakes on it, and if you look closely, you can see the Very Hungry Caterpillar nibbling on a few!

And thus begins the "sewing year"!

Patriotic Pillowcases

This round of pillowcases covers Memorial Day, the 4th of July, and Labor Day.

 JC has been drawing army guys and military machines since he was tiny, so I got him US Army fabric. And Trinity gets the chevron patriotic print.

For Kyle's kids, Braden gets the Air Force fabric (since Grandpa Weaver is a pilot and they all love planes) and the girls can pick and choose among the rest.

St. Patrick's Day Pillowcases

Here are the pillowcases I made for the grandkids for St. Patrick's Day. Fabric choices were rather limited.

JC and Trinity are getting the clover ones, and then Braden, Addie, Corinne, and Whitney will get those plus the doggy one.

Valentine Pillowcases

I am so busy working on the second quiet book of the year (Cambria's) but I did squeeze in some time for the kids' Valentine pillowcases.

Left: JC's and Trinity's. Right: Braden's, Addie's, Corinne's, and Whitney's.

Braden wanted to match JC, and Addie asked to be the same as Trinity. Corinne asked who she could match, and her siblings suggested Cambria. I won't make that one until next year, but I'll try to get the same fabric again.

Christmas Pillowcases

I finished and mailed the grandkids' pillow cases this morning. Even though I am not sewing them for the quads yet, I did make one for Whitney as her siblings were wondering why she was not getting one when the box arrived in past holidays. Gotta love that they love their sister!

Left column is for Braden, Addie, Corinne, and Trinity. Right column is for JC and Trinity. I rolled them up and tied them with ribbon and then tucked a candy cane "from Abby" under the ribbon. I also sent the Florida kids their Christmas ornaments since they are not coming up for the holiday.