Sewing Pillowcases

One of my many passions is sewing. My mom taught me how to sew when I was 6 (for my dolls) and I've been doing it ever since. When I was in high school, I sewed most of my own clothes. It was normal for me to start a skirt in the morning (say, Saturday) and wear it on a date that night. To give my mom credit, she was cool enough to hem the almost-finished skirt for me while I showered and got gorgeous before the Guy-of-the-Day arrived.

Now I sew curtains and table napkins and things like that. I'm getting back into tailoring clothes for myself...slowly, slowly. Here's a blog I love about sewing, incidentally. http://www.blogforbettersewing.com/

So last week I was visiting my son and his family in Portland OR, and my daughter-in-law The Wonderful Allie took me to a fabric shop called Cool Cottons. Obviously they carry only cottons, and tons of them. What a great shop! On the wall, among the hand-sewn skirts and jackets and baby sleepers and little-kid backpacks was a pillowcase, done up in spaceships or something.

All of a sudden I had a brainstorm...I could make pillowcases from any fabric I wanted! Why I hadn't known this before, I can't think. I must have been brain dead. I am always looking (in stores) for cute pillowcases and never finding what I want. Anyway, I bought some cool fabric, trying to remember the colors of my duvet cover and bedroom walls and all that and here is the result below. So easy - it took about an hour from start to finish - and so cute, I think! Don't you think it's cute?

On to more new pillowcases!