Blank Canvas

The past few months all of our pillows were either lying on the ground or missing/lying somewhere else in the house. Not on the couch where they should be.

We were out of love. Very much out of love.

So I decided it was time to revamp our pillows and do a bit of nice sewing. As in: sewing as it should be done. The project itself did not went as smoothly as I wanted it to be.

It took me 3 days.
I could not get the "automatic button thingy" on the sewing machine to work properly (lots of bunched up thread!).
My serger decided to simply not cooperate.

So the pillowcase is very basic and I see them as blank canvases. They are not done yet. They are in need a bit of a "Zomaar Een Dag" touch. Something Crocheted!

I have some ideas and I just need a bit of thinking time to let the ideas cook through.

The pillowcases were made with the awesome tutorial of ByMiekK, a recylcling sewing/quilting madam with a wonderful blog!

One Happy Doll Mommy

Do you remember this doll bassinet? I bought this for 5 euros on the flea market in April. It was so humongously girly that I stripped off the canopy and the fabric from the sides. It was ugly. And unfortunatly very botchy stitched and hammered together.

It stayed stripped for about 10 months. And right now, it really needed to be redecorated with Little Lady's birthday coming up (last Monday). So Sunday evening I was sewing away for a new canopy with the fabric I already had in my stash for months! On Monday I installed the canopy itself (screwing the canopy holder onto it nice and tight)

And here it is!

 

Isn't it cute? I thought it was a little blah, so I designed the Little Stuffed Crocheted Heart to hang underneath the canopy. The amazing Daisy Doll blanket and this heart absolutely are a great match. I am very pleased!

I think Little Lady is also pleased since she parked her Duplo cars in the bassinet...