I decided to make a pillowcase with her name on it. Rummaged through my fabric remnants, and found these :
Leftover from making this and another dress for C2 some 3 years back...
Since I don't have a printer at home, I couldn't enlarge any fonts to get a template - and didn't want to waste time trying to draw it myself.... So I bought this sewing pattern so that I could use the letters as the template for this pillowcase. Traced them onto 'Wonder Under'.
Figured out where to position it on the fabric
And here's the finished case - took about 2 hours from finding the fabric to finishing it.
My applique skills really need to improve - doesn't help that I applique only about once a year :-)
My worst letter and the best letter - the fabric was puckering up (as you can see on the left one) when I was trying to applique and I figured out that I needed some stabilizer below it - didn't have any at home - so I used some printer paper underneath while sewing...
When C2 came home from school she saw this and asked if I could make her one too....
4 comments:
Moni, are you starting any sewing classes by any chance? I would love to enroll!
Yes - only for you - but for that - WE NEED TO MEET !! Once the hubbies agree on this "meeting" we can plan a few sewing days or sewing hours every day sans kids and hubbies. Or maybe the hubbies can video-record the sewing lessons so its easy to remember later... Sr Lucy would be so proud of us :-)
But what kind of name is Rackel?? I thought you'd forgotten how to spell Rachel. Motherhood has really sobered Geraldine - can't believe she wants to learn to SEW!!!!
In the US - they spell names (amongst other things) differently - so Raquel=Rackel
Zachary=Zackary
So if my name was spelt Monika - I would fit in perfectly here.... ;-)
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