Years ago, back when I had a grandchild, I came across this
pillowcase in a magazine. I needed to
make it for him… and my sons. At least
one was still at home, and maybe one in college… who knows? Now every grandkid has one—I just finished
Makinley’s – she’s getting ready to turn 2.
But babies can’t have real pillows before then, right? I don’t even have the pattern any more, so I had to
get Addie’s to go from. First you trace
the gingerbread people and the candy canes on Wonder Under or something like
that. Wonder Under has a paper backing
and iron on glue on the other side.
After tracing the figures on the paper side, iron it on the fabric, let
it cool and cut everything out. Place it
on the red pillowcase. I cut the red
flannel 1 inch wider than a regular pillowcase—that gives you ½ inch seams. Iron on the people and candy canes, then sew
down.
I sew the gingerbread people on before I sew
the side seams. The gingerbread people
would look better if I had sewn on the bits of ric rac before sewing them on
the pillowcase. Now I have an embroidery
machine, I sew their names on instead of using the puff paint.
Then sew on the white edge with the striped
bias edge between. Now Addie wants hers
to be satin. It makes her hair less
frazzy.
As I unloaded these pics, I came across a few bonus pics. Does this count as a photo bomb?
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