Pillowcases

These are some fun and easy (but very retro) pillowcases I made a dear friend for her birthday.  We are part of the world of RV's now and need some fun things for our home away from homes.  I picked up these kits at a great little quilt shop in St. George, Utah, the Lazy Daisy Cottage.  They have the directions tucked inside for making the "taco" or "hot dog" method of pillowcases.  It's pretty slick because you end up with all french seams!  Here's a close up of the retro fabric.

I just love it!

Pillowcases

I hosted a pillowcase making workshop at my home recently. We were making them for a local children's cancer foundation. Now, most of the ladies do not sew -- we had a lot of fun telling junior high home ec stories while having dessert! My good friend and I were the teachers/coordinators of the sewing activities. We had them using a ruler, rotary cutter, folding the layers like a taco, trimming, pressing and making french seams. It really was a blast. Unfortunately, there were technical difficulties with the camera settings so my husband did a makeover with me.

These are a couple of the cute pillowcases we made! And here's another picture of some in various phases of completion. We need to have another night of sewing to finish this round of them.