I promised 40th birthday pictures, but yesterday was a crazy busy day with meetings, homeschool, orders and two football games (both boys’ teams won, by the way!). I had such a nice birthday which included wonderful family and friends, all of whom made me feel so loved and appreciated. The flowers on the left above…
Category: Miles of Pillowcase Smiles Project
Happy 40th Birthday to Me . . . to Me . . .
40 pillowcases, sewn up over 40 days, are all finished in time to celebrate my 40th birthday! Thanks so much for cheering me on and joining in to sew with me! (In case you missed my 40 Day Challenge, you can read about it here.) I have a wonderful day planned today spent with friends…
Pillowcases 36, 37, 38, 39 & 40!
With no time to spare, here are pillowcases #36 and #37: Pirate Bears & Sea Turtles . . . . . . #38 and #39: Buggies & Froggies . . . . . . and last, but certainly not least, #40: Apples & Pears! This project was such a blessing to me, and I honestly…
Pillowcases 34 & 35 Are On Safari
The last five pillowcases are coming later today because my birthday (and my deadline) is tomorrow!
Pillowcases 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 & 33: More for the Boys
I did say that I was trying to do plenty of pillowcases that little boys would love, didn’t I? I think all seven of these fall well into that category! #27 & #28 Riding the Range #29 Sailing Away & #30 Dinosaurs! #31 Wee-Oh Wee-Oh Trucks, #32 Footballs & #33 Dirt Bikes Only two days…
A Quick Sewing Lesson Produces A Stack of Pillowcases
Friday afternoon, we had a group of friends from our local homeschool group over to sew pillowcases with us! I think everyone had a great time, and we turned out a slew of pillowcases. The kids each made two pillowcases, one to keep and one to give. My hope is that the pillowcase that they…
Monkeying Around with Cupcakes: Pillowcases 25 & 26
Pillowcases 25 & 26 are ready to go: I used the Hot Dog Pillowcase tutorial from the Conkerr Cancer website to sew these two, finishing them up with a french seam. The group of beginning sewists who are coming over to sew pillowcases this afternoon will be using sewing machines rather than sergers, so I…
A Little Local Quilting Store Love
We headed out after our book-work was done this morning to do some shopping and a little on-the-road learning. This Friday afternoon, we have a group of moms and children from our local homeschool group dropping in to sew pillowcases with us for the Crafthope pillowcase project. I thought my kids and I would enjoy…
Moving Right Along: Pillowcases 21, 22, 23 & 24
Four more pillowcases on my way to 40 for Craft Hope’s latest project . . . Kitties in the Garden Pink Elephants Monkey Business Just Fluttering By
Halfway! Pillowcases 17, 18, 19 & 20
Hoot! Bearfootin’ Under the Big Top! Ladybugs & Friends For more information about my personal challenge and to find my 9 1/2 Minute Pillowcase Tutorial, check out this post: Pillowcase Challenge. To see all the pillowcases I’ve done so far, click here!