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...)

Vintage Sheet Baby Quilt

Dude's friend at work wife is pregnant with their first child. They are even more "hippy" than I am...inasmuch as they are not finding out the sex of the baby, will be using cloth diapers, etc.


They've decided to throw a baby shower, but have told everyone not to bring presents (??).


I of course decided that a baby quilt was in order, and it needed to be as gender-neutral as possible.


What better fabric to make it out of than my vintage sheet scraps from this quilt? Recycled fabric! Totally Hippy!


The whole quilt is made from the sheet scraps and 2 pieces of vintage fabric from my mother and grandmother.


The backing came from a king size comforter given to me along with a king size headboard and mattress that my parents now use.


The comforter had a big rip from one side to the middle, but there was quite a bit of usable fabric left. Perfect for a recycled fabric quilt!


I had fun quilting a different design into each border square. The center squares are wonky 9-patches, so I used wonky stars to quilt each of them with.


The pattern itself is adapted from Vickie Eapen's Wonky Nine-Patch Quilt out of Moda's new Fresh Fabric Treats book.


The original design has solid color squares for the border. My scraps weren't big enough for solid squares, so I adapted them to the 2 rectangles. Also, the sizing was cut down to 6"
squares for my quilt.


And here she/he is, all wrapped up with left-over binding and ready to present to the new-to-be parents! I love baby quilts!