Vintage Sheet Pillow and Cute Ozie

I decided to use up some of my Vintage Sheet scraps and make a cute 'garden' pillow from them!

I cut out various 'blooms' from the sheets, wonder-undered them onto some scrap backing from the quilt I made and then embroidered them with my sewing machine... (I also lined the backing with some medium weight Pellon for stability)

I made a cute scrappy back and ruffles out of some of the larger left over pieces...

As I sewed, I got a visit from Ozie. After a bit, I realized I hadn't seen come out from in between the two single pane windows where he'd been playing. Turns out he got tired and hunkered down for a nappie-poo. In between 2 windows. About 3 inches of space here folks...

Of course the picture taking woke him up...

He's not going to fit in there for long, so he might as well enjoy it while he can! Good place to hide from well-meaning, but annoying, 2 year olds!

(And yes.. my windows need some major cleaning.. it's on my list I swear! Just such a PAIN to clean in between the single panes.. really! Too bad I can't soak Ozie in Windex and have him clean the lower portion for me! Ha ha ha...)

Union Jack Pillow!

Remember this?

It’s now this:

I used fabric paint and freezer paper (of course!) to paint the flag on raw linen I got for $2/yd. at Joann’s awhile ago. I left the edges raw and just sewed around the flag. How’s that for easy?

I was inspired by these pillows:

From this Etsy shop, From this Amazon shop.

And this awesome ragged edge version!

Kinda cute eh?

New Projects!

Over the weekend I managed to grab a few minutes here and there to start a log cabin quilt... I found a picture of this quilt online, and thought that would be a great pattern for my 3 Arcadia honeybuns!

So here is what I've managed to piece so far:


And then my neighbor came around with 3 beige couch pillows she was trying to find a home for… I told her I’d take ‘em! I’m planning to recover them in oh so cute fabric and give them away as gifts! My other neighbor calls me the ‘neighborhood horder’… I try to get her to understand I’m the ‘neighborhood recycler’… I’ll show her, she may be getting a recovered pillow soon!

Happy Monday all!